Weekly Featured Underwater Photographer – Alexia Dunand
Every week we will feature an underwater photographer who managed to leave us breathless.
This week’s feature is Alexia Dunand!
About Alexia
Alexia was born in Switzerland in 1984. Whilst studying Life Sciences at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technologies in Lausanne, she obtained her first scuba qualification in Australia and became totally hooked, “I couldn’t believe the variety of forms and colours that coexisted underwater, it was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen, I had to find a way to contribute to marine conservation”.
Alexia has not stopped diving since then. For a couple of years, she worked around the world as a dive instructor and dive centre manager, and enjoyed taking underwater pictures during her free time. During this period, she obtained a Masters Degree in Marine Ecology. In 2012 issues with her back prevented her from teaching but gave her the opportunity to make her passion for underwater photography a priority. That was the best thing that happened to her, she says! Diving exclusively in sidemount, she is now able to use her images as a tool for marine conservation, with the hope that it will change the way humans interact with nature. She has also worked as a scientific diver and is an experienced full cave, trimix and rebreather diver.
She is based on Lanzarote in the Canary Islands with her husband, where they own a diving business focused on advanced scuba training, underwater photography and marine conservation for passionate and responsible divers. Check out their website to know more: http://www.thelonghose.com
Alexia’s gear
Camera: Olympus E-PL5
Housing: Olympus
Lenses: Panasonic 8mm fisheye, Olympus 60mm macro.
Strobes: Sea&Sea YS-110a & YS-D1
Alexia’s awards, publications and work
PUBLICATIONS:
• Cousteau Divers 2012
• UTD Journal April 2013
• National Geographic Your Shot, Daily Dozen, Aug 14, 2013
• Duiken October 2013
• Ocean Conservancy Calendar 2015
AWARDS:
• Winner of the Ocean Conservancy’s Marine Wildlife and Seascape Photo Contest 2013
• Runners up Wide Angle Marine Life in the UnderwaterPhotography,com 2013/2014 contest.
• Weekly winner of the 2013 Picture Time photo contest of Duiken.
• Judge for the Ocean Conservancy’s Marine Wildlife and Seascape Photo Contest 2014.
For more work by Alexia, make sure you check this website: http://www.thelonghose.com
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