José Javier Delgado Esteban

Photographer
Humpback Whales of the South Pacific
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Location: Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Biography: I am a multi award-winning visual artist, photographer and new media developer. Throughout my early professional life in Spain I developed a strong interest in all aspects of photography, moving image, environmental, space sciences and natural... read on
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Humpback Whales of the South Pacific
Credits: josé javier delgado esteban
Updated: 01/27/16
Location: Kingdom of Tonga
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The Whale Nation Project started as a 100% self-funded venture where I was going be documenting as many cetacean strandings as possible. The aim was to produce enough of a body of work for an exhibition where a combination of still and moving images will be shown. Although the genesis of the work was based on a conceptual idea, the final output will have a strong educational-driven outlook.

The production leg of the project officially started on Boxing Day 2011 when a huge 55 feet long Bull Sperm Whale stranded on a North Norfolk beach.

On the Summer of 2014, we spent some time in the South Pacific Archipelago of Vava'u in The Kingdom of Tonga or Friendly Islands as James Cook called them after visiting them extensively in his second voyage of discovery of the South Pacific.

We were documenting the migration of the Humpback whales from the cold food-rich waters of the Antarctic Ocean to the warm shallow waters of Tonga.
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Whaling Stations of the Iberian Peninsula: Now and then.

By José Javier Delgado Esteban — An important if though sad reminder of Spain's whaling recent past, the remains scatered mainly in the Galician province in the North of Spain. The..
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Song to the Siren

By José Javier Delgado Esteban — One of our current projects for 2016: "Song to the Siren" a series of images of the West Indian manatee ( Trichechus manatus..
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Shifting Perspectives

By José Javier Delgado Esteban — These portraits represent a sample of my contribution to the Shifting Perspectives iniciative in the UK. Shifting Perspectives was born out of a..
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Being Emily...

By José Javier Delgado Esteban — On the 22nd of January 2005 the non-identical twins Lorca Sebastian and Emily Carmen were born. Emily was diagnosed with Down's Syndrome the..
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Trouble in Paradise

By José Javier Delgado Esteban — The South Pacific Polynesian Kingdom of Tonga is known for the Humpback Whales coming every year from the cold Antarctic waters to mate and calf...
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Like Fish out of water

By José Javier Delgado Esteban — Under an ancient law of the United Kingdom, whales like this Sperm Whale are "Royal Fish" and when stranded on any public beach become the personal..
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