04 x Chasing Light

A blacktip reef shark rises from the drop off onto the shallow white sand of Mo'orea lagoon. This shallow zone in the lagoon is home to a resident population of blacktip reef sharks and stingrays. At the edge of the shallow sandbar is a ledge that drops down to a channel leading out of the pass to open ocean. The contrast between the dark and the light creates a full spectrum of aqua hues while the sharks gather in the deep and slowly rise towards the light. Kori Burkhardt is an underwater photographer, expedition leader, & shark biologist based in French Polynesia. Capturing the ocean's apex predator by completely immersing with them, her goal is to show sharks in a beautiful, yet still...View all