luminous plankton from the Osezaki Sea,
Japanese marine life photographer Ryo Minemizu focuses
his lens on some of the tiniest and most abundant life forms in our oceans, His
series Phenomenons explores the diverse beauty and extravagant colors
of plankton, and is shot amongst the dark waters of the Osezaki sea near Mount
Fuji, to capture the small creatures Minemizu sets his shutter speed to just a
fraction of a second, while ensuring that his own movements don’t disturb the
surrounding organisms, “Plankton symbolize how precious life is by their tiny
existence,” he explains. “I wanted other people to see them as they are in the
sea, so it was my motivation from the beginning to shoot plankton underwater,
which is quite a challenge. Most plankton are small, and their movements are
hard to predict.” above larval fish of Dendrochirus,
unknown a larval Gymnapogon
Batesian mimicry, larval fish of Soleichthys
larval tripod fish
the Paralepididae
Hyperiidea on Nausithoe jellyfish
larval barred soapfish
the paddle of zoea larva of Lysmata
megalopa larva of Eplumula phalangium
larva of Pleurobranchaea, His solo exhibition Jewels in the Night Sea begins
a three-city tour at Canon Gallery in Ginza, Tokyo from August 20-29, 2018. It
will then move to Cannon galleries in Nagoya and Osaka from September 6-12 and
September 20-26, 2018. You can see more of Minemizu’s underwater photography
on Instagram and Twitter, selected prints from his Phenomenons series are available in his online
shop, and no I am not on commision, I just think the photographs are stunning.
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