Thoughts for my fiftieth birthday

Party at Shimbashi Box in Tokyo, 17 December 2016

Photographs from a short excursion to Yamanashi Prefecture and Nagano Prefecture in Japan during autumn 2016

Today marks ten years that I’ve been blogging about underwater photography and issues related to the oceans, nature, and conservation

The story of unauthorized usage of my whale photos for a commercial advertisement. Waterworld - Werner Thiele KG. Aggressor Fleet.

A short story about a taxi driver I met in Los Angeles who relocated to the United States after being imprisoned in Ethiopia

Photo of a male orca and a couple of snapshots from my adventure in northern Norway

Happy Year of the Monkey, 2016

Sharing good wine and conversation to bring in the new year, with a friend who beat cancer

Selection of some of my favorite photos from 2015. Whales, spawning Napoleon wrasses, landscapes, puffins, penguins, and more