Thomas Peschak: Dive into an ocean photographer's world
トーマス・ペスチャック: 海洋写真家の世界へ飛び込もう
Thomas Peschak strives to merge photojournalism and cutting edge science to create powerful media projects that tackle critical marine conservation issues. Full bio
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海に憧れてきました
full of color and life,
素晴らしい場所で
fantastical creatures.
奇妙な生き物たちの住処です
ruling the food chain
支配しているところを想像したり
dancing across coral reefs.
泳ぎ渡るのを思い描いていました
写真家に転向したので
looking for places
自分が小さい時に夢見たような
to dream about when I was little.
探すのに捧げてきました
at a fairly young age.
水中を探検してきました
I truly went underwater,
furiously finning
鮮明に覚えています
cannon on a shallow coral reef.
触ろうとしたのです
to grab hold of it,
surrounded by fish
色とりどりの魚に囲まれました
I fell in love with the ocean.
from really, really big sharks
とてつもなく大きいサメから
in the palm of your hand.
可愛らしいものまで
of humpback whales
レインフォレスト沖で
Great Bear Rainforest.
立ち会いました
of green sea turtles
アオウミガメの交尾の場にも
and is affected by the ocean.
影響を与え合ってきました
I used to dream of as a child
夢見たような 手つかずの海は
ますます大変になってきています
many of these ripple effects firsthand.
直に目撃し 撮影してきました
I had to shock my audience
ショックを受けてもらうことで
with disturbing images.
長い間 思っていました
for me to effect change
思ったのです
the ocean's surface.
and become a champion for it
それを大切にすることも
of conservation photography.
保護活動の写真の力なのです
that kind of high
未開の海岸沖でのことでした
travel northwards
we call the Sardine Run.
have good reason to run.
of hungry and agile predators.
密かにすごい勢いで追っているからです
of the sardines from the main shoal
ベイト・ボールという
against the ocean surface
are these mortal enemies,
they actually coexist.
実は共存しています
help sharks feed more effectively.
効率よく餌取りをするのを助けます
are more dispersed
もっと分散してしまい
with what I call a sardine donut,
水を口いっぱいに含んで
with sharks on the sardine run,
サメとの刺激的な瞬間も経験し
分かります
just like any other guest
他の魚たちと同様に
that is the Indian Ocean
of coral islands.
モルジブ諸島に行き着きます
オニイトマキエイが
in Baa Atoll called Hanifaru.
とても小さな所へやってきます
of your pupils,
become patchy,
オニイトマキエイは
backwards again and again,
後ろに宙返りをします
chasing its own tail.
子犬にそっくりです
to form these long feeding chains,
餌取りのための長い鎖を作ります
少しプランクトンを取り逃がしても
the first or second manta in line
by the next or the one after.
飲み込むことでしょう
we call cyclone feeding.
サイクロン・フィーディングと呼ばれます
and delivering the plankton
吸い込むようにして
運んでいきます
amongst such masses of hundreds of rays
ダイビングした経験は
like the Manta Trust,
一緒に活動することで
from their skins.
conservation champions
熱心な保護活動をしており
every single year.
収入を得るようになりました
to travel back in time
地図がほとんど空白だったり
is visiting remote atolls
そのような時代の海に一番近かったのは
and fishing fleets,
is a poignant reminder
かつての海の様子が
of Bassas da India,
バサス・ダ・インディアという
in the Mozambique Channel.
聞いたことがないでしょう
even during the day.
とても臆病とは言えません
that they'd be even bolder
もっと大胆になって
という勘がありました
遭遇したことがあったでしょうか
思い出します
for National Geographic Magazine
『ナショナル ジオグラフィック』の仕事を
on the Pacific side
of a wholesale slaughter,
100年間 続いた場所で
gray whales were killed,
a remarkable comeback.
of the peninsula lies Cabo Pulmo,
カボ・プルモという
had brought them close to collapse.
崩壊寸前の状態でした
convinced the authorities
指定するように訴えました
was nothing short of miraculous.
奇跡としか言いようのないものでした
a single decade of protection,
10年しか経っていないにもかかわらず
recovery of fish ever recorded.
前代未聞の回復を遂げました
for it -- come with me.
一緒に行きましょう
and densest schools of fish
大きく密な魚の群れの中に
to be creators of hope.
that it is not too late for our oceans.
伝えたいのです
on nature's resilience
an everyday occurrence for me.
願うばかりです
that will effect change
あるのではないかと思うのです
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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