Looking at landscapes and skylines through goggles and a lens is how I like to see the world. I get a thrill from floating around in the ocean with flippers on my feet and the unknown below. It's this reason I...
Looking at landscapes and skylines through goggles and a lens is how I like to see the world. I get a thrill from floating around in the ocean with flippers on...
The finest moments in my life are light dependent. Though I'm wholly present, in these moments I'm slack jawed and staring at a beautiful beam of sunlight. It's often not until the glow dims or sun shifts that I realize I...
The finest moments in my life are light dependent. Though I'm wholly present, in these moments I'm slack jawed and staring at a beautiful beam of sunlight. It's often not until...
Even though I have been photographing for years, the last trip to Padnag Bai in Bali was my first adventure with underwater photography. I borrowed underwater housing from my friend and went to my favorite dive spot. Underwater photography is nothing like...
Even though I have been photographing for years, the last trip to Padnag Bai in Bali was my first adventure with underwater photography. I borrowed underwater housing from my friend and...
I am a Netherlands-based fine art photographer Gabriele Viertel. My works are mainly created underwater. I use water to create a thought provoking mood and skilfully chiaroscuro lighting that leads to a dramatical surrealistic visual narrative.
I am a Netherlands-based fine art photographer Gabriele Viertel. My works are mainly created underwater. I use water to create a thought provoking mood and skilfully chiaroscuro lighting that leads to...
A 400-year-old church submerged in a reservoir in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has emerged due to a drought in the region that has reduced water levels by 25 meters (82 feet). Local fishermen have been taking visitors onto the...
A 400-year-old church submerged in a reservoir in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas has emerged due to a drought in the region that has reduced water levels by 25 meters...
I love showing up at homes and photographing children wearing their sport uniforms and acting like they are playing their favorite sport. They never get to wear the uniforms underwater, so I made a very memorable and fun shoot for that.
I love showing up at homes and photographing children wearing their sport uniforms and acting like they are playing their favorite sport. They never get to wear the uniforms underwater, so...
I work as a Reef Conservation Instructor and Sculptor in Thailand and wanted to show off my very first piece. It took me 4 months to construct and nearly killed me several times before finally finding it's home 5m under the...
I work as a Reef Conservation Instructor and Sculptor in Thailand and wanted to show off my very first piece. It took me 4 months to construct and nearly killed me...
This is a collection of photographs taken during 4 years of expeditions with Pelagic Life, an NGO that aims to protect the Mexican open ocean through eco-tourism and high quality images. Most of these pictures were taken freediving in the open...
This is a collection of photographs taken during 4 years of expeditions with Pelagic Life, an NGO that aims to protect the Mexican open ocean through eco-tourism and high quality images....
Constantly drawn back to using plants and flowers in my work, I wanted to strip back and simplify from my previous work and let the flowers speak for themselves, as though I am taking their portraits. The added element of water...
Constantly drawn back to using plants and flowers in my work, I wanted to strip back and simplify from my previous work and let the flowers speak for themselves, as though...
Adam and I are a husband and wife team who moved to Maui from Australia in July 2014 to further pursue our wedding and underwater photography business. This underwater session was a personal project of ours that we had been dreaming of...
Adam and I are a husband and wife team who moved to Maui from Australia in July 2014 to further pursue our wedding and underwater photography business. This underwater session was a...
