Thomas Peschak

Thomas P. Peschak is a photographer, marine biologist and author based in Cape Town, South Africa. For more than 10 years he has dedicated his life to photographing, researching and documenting Africa\'s wildest oceans and most remote coastlines. His images have garnered many awards, including wins at the prestigious BBC-Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, the Fuji Photographic Awards and a Palm d\'or (Portfolio) at the Festival Image Sous Marine 2007 (World Festival of Underwater Pictures) in Antibes - France. His photographs and features have appeared in publications such as BBC Wildlife, Africa Geographic, GEO, Fathoms and Paris Match amongst many others. He is the photojournalist for the WWF South Africa\'s (World Wide Fund for Nature) Marine and Aquatic Program and a contract photographer for the Save our Seas Foundation for whom he documents shark conservation and research projects around the globe. Thomas has photographed and written three critically acclaimed books Currents of Contrast: Life in Southern Africa\'s Two Oceans, South Africa\'s Great White Shark and Wild Seas Secret Shores of Africa. A further two titles will be published in 2008.

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