6th Minimalist Photography Awards

I’m really pleased that my image has received Honourable Mention in the latest edition of Minimalist Photography Awards.

It is one of my favourite photographs, being an adrenaline-pumped action shot during a night dive in French Polynesia. This photograph shows a pair of grey chasing after its prey, a fusilier fish during a night hunt.

Initially, the fusilier hid amongst the crevasse in the corals. When it was detected, it attracted a shiver of sharks to break through the corals to flush the fusilier out. Corals were broken and the sand silt was stirred up – absolute mayhem. What followed was a high-speed chase in the pitch darkness of the night. I kicked my fins as hard as I could and followed the chase with my camera furiously firing and was fortunate enough to capture this image. I remember panting heavily at the end of the chase, and yes the shark got the fusilier.