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Former Surfer Creates Extraordinary Photographs of the World’s Ever-Changing Oceans

Ron Leach | Oct 24, 2016

©Warren Keelan

Warren Keelan has won numerous awards for his travel and seascape photography, including the International Landscape Photographer of the Year, the International Monochrome Awards and the International Photo Awards among others. What caught our eye is the amazing work he’s done documenting the ever-changing forms of the world’s oceans.

A photo posted by Warren Keelan (@warrenkeelan) on Aug 20, 2016 at 7:44pm PDT

As Keelan told Australia’s Daily Telegraph, “I spend most of my days alongside or within the ocean, interpreting what I see through the medium of digital photography.”

A photo posted by Warren Keelan (@warrenkeelan) on Jul 16, 2016 at 10:57pm PDT

A former surfer, the 40-year-old Australia-based photographer is very comfortable in the water even though he hasn’t ridden a board in years. “I love the raw, unpredictable nature of water,” he explains, “and share what I feel are special and unique moments in the sea.”

A photo posted by Warren Keelan (@warrenkeelan) on Jul 7, 2016 at 7:04pm PDT

Keelan challenges himself to create images that tell a story or leave an impression on the viewer, and says, “When the swell is good I have to be out there with my camera. I have this incredible fear of missing out.”

A photo posted by Warren Keelan (@warrenkeelan) on Jun 30, 2016 at 6:38pm PDT

Aware of the dangers he faces, Keelan swims into the sea, sometimes with a body board, and his camera inside a waterproof housing attached to a safety line.