Amos Nachoum – Underwater Big Animal Photographer
In this episode of The League of Extraordinary Divers I chat with legendary underwater big animal photographer Amos Nachoum.
Bio
You have seen the images of today’s legend in one way or another, because his images of big and or dangerous underwater animals have graced printed works from diving magazines to advertising agencies.
Amos Nachoum is a master of photographing with purpose the BEHAVIOR of Big Animals worldwide, the threatened and endangered. He freedives with blue whales off the Eastern Pacific, scuba dives in the Okavango delta with crocodiles and goes face to face with the great white shark. One of only five people ever to swim and photograph Polar bear underwater… More people were on the moon …12.
Since 1980, he has explored every significant body of water from the North Pole to Antarctica. Amos’s photographic vision is to raise awareness of ocean giants in their habitats. His images reflect respect and compassion for animals and wilderness. His photographs strive to dispel the myth of “dangerous” wildlife and show harmonious interactions between man and animal. Also, Amos is an explorer. He leads wildlife photography expeditions with his company BigAnimals.com.
Amos’s photos and essays have appeared in publications including National Geographic, Time, Life, The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, Le Figaro, Terra Sauvage, Airone, Der Spiegel, Unterwasser, Fifty Fathoms and the cover of the Explorers Club Journal, in February 2020. Amos’s photography won the prestigious Nikon contest.
Awards
He is a two-time winner in the animal behavioral category of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. In 2012 he placed first in the American Photography Artist competition. In 2014 he shared his vision “There is no demons in the sea” at the prestigious Ted Talk to a standing ovation.
Amos won in 2018, First place at the SIPA award, animals behavior category. In 2019 he was nominated to be the SeaKeepers man of the year, alongside James Cameron, David Attenborough, Walter Cronkite, Jacques Cousteau and Mikael Gorbachev.
The movie “Picture of his Life”, about Amos’s career and ultimate adventure diving with the Polar bear, has been released after ten years in the making, to great review in both Europe and in the USA.
Amos lives in Pacific Grove CA, USA. He photographs with Nikon camera, Seacam housing and strobes. His cinema camera is the RED, Monstro and Nauticam housing.
Items In This Podcast
- War photographer
- 1978 Red Sea Trip with camera
- Starts liveaboard company
- Starts big animal expeditions
- Photography and Fine Art – amosphotography.com
- Big Animal Expeditions – biganimals.com
- “Picture of His Life” Film Trailer
Sponsor
Special thanks to our episode sponsor Aggressor Adventures
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