Imogen Manins , What lies beneath (ANIMAL 2024)

Beneath the piers that jut out into our waterways live the most extraordinary creatures. My endeavour is to reveal the colour and wonder of our less-seen local marine creatures. A male Weedy Seadragon diving, carrying a brood of eggs, a magnificent Maori Octopus out hunting at dusk, A Weedfish camouflaged against golden sargassum seaweed. Photos taken under the piers at Portsea and Flinders. Bunurong sea country.

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