Photographer Who Swims With Sharks and Polar Bears

 

The photographer who swims with sharks and polar bears

Amos Nachoum uses photos and expeditions to correct misconceptions regarding land and sea creatures and to encourage conservation. israel121c

The award-winning 2019 documentary “Picture of His Life” by Israeli filmmakers Yonatan Nir and Dani Menkin spectacularly depicts Nachoum’s quest to photograph polar bears underwater.

“Twelve people have landed on the moon; over 4,000 people summited Everest. Only five people swam with polar bears,” Nachoum says with pride. “And I was the only one able to capture [on film] not one but two or three polar bear families in the water.”