Thomas Peschak: Dive into an ocean photographer's world
תומאס פשאק: צללו לעולם האוקיינוס של צלם
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full of color and life,
fantastical creatures.
ruling the food chain
dancing across coral reefs.
רוקדים לרוחב שונית האלמוגים.
looking for places
בחיפוש אחר מקומות
to dream about when I was little.
at a fairly young age.
I truly went underwater,
furiously finning
שחתרתי בסנפירים בפראות
cannon on a shallow coral reef.
מכוסה בשונית אלמוגים רדודה.
to grab hold of it,
surrounded by fish
I fell in love with the ocean.
from really, really big sharks
in the palm of your hand.
of humpback whales
של לוויתנים גדולי סנפיר
Great Bear Rainforest.
of green sea turtles
and is affected by the ocean.
ומושפעים על ידי האוקיינוס.
I used to dream of as a child
many of these ripple effects firsthand.
מאפקטי הגל האלה ממקור ראשון.
I had to shock my audience
לגרום הלם לצופים שלי
with disturbing images.
for me to effect change
להשפיע על השינוי
the ocean's surface.
and become a champion for it
of conservation photography.
that kind of high
travel northwards
we call the Sardine Run.
בריחת הסרדינים.
have good reason to run.
of hungry and agile predators.
of the sardines from the main shoal
כמה מהסרדינים מהלהקה העיקרית
against the ocean surface
לכיוון פני האוקיינוס
are these mortal enemies,
they actually coexist.
הם למעשה מתקיימים יחד.
help sharks feed more effectively.
לאכול יותר אפקטיבית.
are more dispersed
with what I call a sardine donut,
למה שאני קורא דונאט הסרדינים,
with sharks on the sardine run,
עם כרישים בבריחת הסרדינים,
just like any other guest
ממש כמו כל אורח
אנחנו ממשיכים מזרחה,
that is the Indian Ocean
of coral islands.
in Baa Atoll called Hanifaru.
of your pupils,
become patchy,
backwards again and again,
chasing its own tail.
to form these long feeding chains,
את שרשראות ההאכלה הארוכות האלו,
the first or second manta in line
או השני בשורה
by the next or the one after.
we call cyclone feeding.
אכילת ציקלון.
and delivering the plankton
שואב פנימה ומספק את הפלנקטון
amongst such masses of hundreds of rays
של מאות טריגונים
like the Manta Trust,
כמו קרן הטריגונים,
from their skins.
conservation champions
every single year.
to travel back in time
is visiting remote atolls
זה לבקר באטולים מרוחקים
and fishing fleets,
is a poignant reminder
of Bassas da India,
in the Mozambique Channel.
even during the day.
אפילו במהלך היום.
that they'd be even bolder
for National Geographic Magazine
במשימה למגזין נשיונל גאוגרפיק
on the Pacific side
of a wholesale slaughter,
החוף הזה היה הזירה לטבח המוני,
gray whales were killed,
a remarkable comeback.
of the peninsula lies Cabo Pulmo,
נמצא קאבו פולמו,
had brought them close to collapse.
convinced the authorities
was nothing short of miraculous.
a single decade of protection,
recovery of fish ever recorded.
של דגים שאי פעם תועדה.
for it -- come with me.
and densest schools of fish
to be creators of hope.
that it is not too late for our oceans.
שזה לא מאוחר מדי לאוקיינוסים שלנו.
on nature's resilience
ביכולת השיקום של הטבע
an everyday occurrence for me.
להתרחשות יום יומית בשבילי.
בעלי תקווה חסרת תקנה.
that will effect change
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Thomas Peschak - Conservation photographerThomas Peschak strives to merge photojournalism and cutting edge science to create powerful media projects that tackle critical marine conservation issues.
Why you should listen
Thomas P. Peschak is an assignment photographer for National Geographic Magazine and the Director of Conservation for the Save our Seas Foundation (SOSF). He is a senior fellow of the International League of Conservation Photographers and has been named as one of the 40 most influential nature photographers in the world.
Originally trained as a marine biologist, he retired from science fieldwork in 2004. He became an environmental photojournalist after realizing that he could have a greater conservation impact with photographs than statistics. Yet he remains rooted in marine science through his roles as Director of Conservation for SOSF and Founding/Associate Director of the Manta Trust.
Thomas has written and photographed five books: Currents of Contrast, Great White Shark, Wild Seas Secret Shores and Lost World. His latest book, Sharks and People, was released in 2013 and chronicles the relationship between people and sharks around the world.
He is a multiple winner in the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards and in 2011 and 2013 he received World Press Photo Awards for his work.
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