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Whales in close-up

By Cian O'Luanaigh

8 June 2011

UNDERWATER photographer Charles “Flip” Nicklin has two main rules: “Shoot something new, or something old in such an original way that it’s new again, and get close to the action.” In Among Giants he follows these rules to the letter – with stunning results.

Spanning three decades of Nicklin’s career as a free-diving photographer for National Geographic, this rich retrospective documents close encounters with over 30 species of whales and dolphins. On one page, ghost-white belugas stare quizzically up at the camera from dark Arctic depths, on another, bowhead whales break the surface like dark icebergs against grey skies.

Quite apart…

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