ISRAEL: Israeli marine photographer exhibits photographs of fish in their natural habitat

Record ID: 397263

  • Title: ISRAEL: Israeli marine photographer exhibits photographs of fish in their natural habitat
  • Date: 23rd October 2008
  • Summary: WOMAN IN SEA MARINE PHOTOGRAPHER NOAM KORTLER WHO INITIATED AND PRESENTS HIS ARTWORK IN 'TREASURES OF THE SEA' EXHIBITION SAYING: "Well, everybody been to a gallery, everybody seen photos on the wall but they never saw it underwater. It's something different, it's abstract in a way and it's natural in a way because you see the aquatic life in the real area and you get wet
  • Embargoed: 7th November 2008 12:00
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  • Location: Israel
  • Country: Israel
  • Topics: Arts / Culture / Entertainment / Showbiz,Environment / Natural World
  • Reuters ID: LVAB7AAOHO3CGHFG2823SG7GJ4XC
  • Story Text: Israeli marine photographer exhibits documented aquatic life in its original setting - underwater.
    Photographs of fish have on display in their natural habitat in an original exhibition off Israel's southern shores.
    Noam Kortler, an Israeli marine photographer, found an original way to draw spectators to view his exhibition -- all one needs is to dip into shallow waters off the shores of the southern Israeli resort city of Eilat to get a glimpse of the photographs.
    Kortler, an Eilat scuba diving instructor, said the he has displayed his 'Treasures of the Sea' exhibition for the second year running and he hopes to keep it as an annual tradition.
    Photographs of colourful fish and images of other underwater creatures were suspended underwater in a circle near the bottom of the sea. While schools of fish swam among the photos, scuba divers viewed the display.

    "I think it's the most natural place for the photo to be, underwater, because the image are from the underwater world," said Kortler.
    Most of the pictures were shot off the shores of Eilat apart from a few taken in Papua New Guinea, the Galapagos Islands and Fiji.
    Each photograph, printed on PVC, is attached to a 12 pound weight with invisible fishing lines and held in position by weights in order to create the floating effect, Kortler explained. But the international prize-winning marine photographer, assured that it is not necessary to be a professional diver to see the exhibition.

    "Everybody can do it, even young kids that can go and snorkel, beginners, introductory dive, professionals, everybody can go into the water and enjoy it," he said.
    Because of it's positioning, the exhibit of about a dozen photos was predominantly viewed by scuba divers and a few other underwater creatures.
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