ナショナルジオグラフィックのインスタグラム(natgeo) - 12月8日 23時01分

Photo by @brianskerry / 2005 / A thresher shark in a gill net in Mexico’s Gulf of California (Sea of Cortez). Each year more than 100 million sharks are killed globally, often for their fins, used in shark fin soup. I made this picture over a decade ago, while working on a @ナショナルジオグラフィック story about commercial overfishing. Although I had made other photos of sharks being caught and processed, I wasn’t sure these images would resonate with readers. But when I swam along this gill net and framed the scene through my camera’s viewfinder, it struck me as a crucifixion, and I hoped the photo would create empathy for the plight of sharks. As predators, sharks play a vital role in keeping ocean ecosystems healthy.

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