NANTUCKET – The Nantucket Historical Association is presenting “Underwater Photography,” a special lecture by diver Ben Phillips on August 22 at 6 p.m. at the Whaling Museum.
Phillips, a Nantucket native, is an underwater photographer, travel-diving specialist and diving instructor.
Over the past five years, he has spent much time diving and photographing underwater subjects in top destinations in Southeast Asia.
He is currently photographing around Nantucket and Cape Cod for large pelagic fish, which live in the zones of the ocean or lake water that are neither close to the bottom nor near the shore.
His travel-diving company, Next Level Adventure, specializes in bringing groups of people on customized diving trips all around the world.
“The NHA is thrilled to welcome Ben Phillips to the Whaling Museum for this rare opportunity to get up close with underwater life many of us have never seen before,” said Jacob Horton, NHA Public Programs Coordinator. “From amazing creatures that are smaller than your fingernail all the way up to enormous sharks, his photos and stories will be truly awe-inspiring for audiences.”
Phillips honed his diving and photography skills in his mid-twenties when he traveled to Thailand, gaining access to the “coral triangle,” a 3.7-million-square-mile patch of ocean that spans from Indonesia to the Philippines to Papua New Guinea, which has the highest concentration of marine life on the planet.
A selection of Phillips’ photographs will be on sale the night of the lecture at the Whaling Museum directly after his lecture.
Admission is $10 per person and tickets are available at nha.org.
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