Matthew Smith, Celestial Terrestrials (Documentary/Photojournalism)

Celestial: Adjective: positioned in or relating to the sky, or outer space as observed in astronomy. Terrestrial: Noun: an inhabitant of the earth. The alien like appearance and behaviour of the Southern Calamari Squid (Sepioteuthis australis) has been of interest to me for many years. It’s ability to alter shape, colour, pattern and apparent mood in less than a second is incredible, it can do it much faster than a chameleon. Over the course of a few weeks of back-to-back scuba dives in the middle of the night (when they are most active) it set out to capture the moods of this Jekyll & Hyde creature in this portfolio.

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