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Michael Muller’s fantastic photos of sharks are so realistic they look like they're going to jump off the page (or screen) and gobble you up. Fortunately, a limited edition version of his new shark book comes with some added protection: It’s wrapped in its own metal shark cage.

The XXL Collector’s Edition of the book, which is titled Michael Muller: Sharks, Face-to-Face with the Ocean’s Endangered Predator, ships next month from Taschen for $1,500. The jumbo-sized, caged tome is limited to 1000 copies.

Muller recently posted a photo of the book on his Instagram feed and noted, “This idea has been in my head for like 6-7 years and to see it become a reality was really rewarding."

 

A photo posted by Michael Muller (@michaelmuller7) on May 10, 2016 at 2:34pm PDT

The regular version of the book is available for a list price of $70, though Amazon is currently selling it for $45.

We’ve featured Muller’s work on Shutterbug.com before and it’s interesting to note that when he’s not photographing sharks in their natural environment, he’s a much sought-after celebrity photographer in Hollywood.

Check out a behind the scenes video below where Muller discusses what it’s like to capture these seemingly disparate worlds. In both cases he uses a massive Phase One medium format camera rig, which is something we might expect for celebrity portraits but not, necessarily, for underwater action shots of fast-moving sharks.

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