Collection · 15 works · black and white
If the ocean dies, we die
Underwater portraits about ocean pollution, created in my underwater studio in Pessac.
A visual cry
This black and white series is inspired by Paul Watson’s words: “If the ocean dies, we die.”
The images show submerged models, trapped in drift nets, smothered under plastic sheets, or lost in an ocean of bottles. Their bodies become a metaphor, their expressions embody suffering and urgency. They are not just women underwater: they are the sea, held captive by our indifference, our unbridled consumption and our inability to act.
These portraits remind us that the beauty of the ocean is fragile. If we smother it, we condemn ourselves.
— Stéphane Rochon, diver since 1990, underwater photographer since 1995
The works
Signed and numbered prints, from 40 × 60 cm (16 × 24 in), with a certificate of authenticity.
Woman curled inside a fishing net in the dark, black and white underwater portrait
Woman trapped in a drifting fishing net, black and white underwater portrait
Nude figure drifting beneath a ceiling of plastic bottles, black and white underwater portrait
Woman falling backwards through a sea of plastic bottles, black and white underwater portrait
Plastic drifting like a ghostly jellyfish in a beam of light, black and white underwater photograph
Woman wrapped in plastic sheets, hand on her face, black and white underwater portrait
Face emerging from folds of plastic, black and white underwater portrait
Body smothered under plastic film below the surface, black and white underwater portrait
Woman curled in a fishing net under rays of light, black and white underwater portrait
Woman bound in a fishing net looking up to the surface, black and white underwater portrait
Woman seen from behind, a fishing net over her head, black and white underwater portrait
Woman floating in a plastic veil above rays of light, black and white underwater portrait
Body vanishing in a flowing plastic veil, black and white underwater portrait
Woman curled in folds of plastic veil, black and white underwater portrait
Woman arched backwards in a plastic veil under the surface, black and white underwater portraitArtworks, not posters
Signed and numbered prints, from 40 × 60 cm (16 × 24 in), with a certificate of authenticity. As fine art prints, on Dibond, under acrylic or in a floating frame, to order from each work’s page.