Franco and Sabrina

Franco and Sabrina

CADRO, LUGANO, SWITZERLAND SWITZERLAND AND ITALY
Franco is a world known professional underwater photographer, extremely versatile, having dived in all the oceans of the planet: from the Arctic to the Antarctic, from east to west, and in many lakes, rivers, wetlands and springs. Franco and Sabrina collaborate as a photojournalist team. They both started as recreational scuba divers, then specialized in technical diving and recently in free diving. They live the liquid element with passion and dedication and are focused on sharing both the majestic beauty of the underwater planet and also highlighting environmental problems. “Photography can be a powerful instrument for documenting and changing the minds of people who are not yet aware of the troubles faced by our ecosystems.”
Free divers getting ready to jump into the water to photograph Striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) feeding on sardine's bait ball (Sardinops sagax), Magdalena Bay, West Coast of Baja California, Pacific Ocean, Mexico
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Striped Marlins (Kajikia audax)

by Franco and Sabrina - 6th December 2019
I’ve always been fascinated by Striped Marlins and wanted to take on the challenge of documenting some of their unbelievable…
0Comments climate change, conservation, fish, freediving, Mares, ocean, photography, underwater, wildlifephototours
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Tenerife – The island of eternal spring

by Franco and Sabrina - 28th August 2019
Tenerife is the largest of the seven islands that make up the Canary archipelago. In addition to having the best…
0Comments Banfi, conservation, diving, fish, Mares, ocean, photography, SSI, underwater, wildlifephototours, XR
Only in springtime, when the hard winter slowly subsides, are the ice-cold waters suitable for divers who can dive around a iceberg that floats in crystal-clear water, Tasiilaq, East Greenland
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Greenland on the Rocks

by Franco and Sabrina - 6th June 2019
I had dived under ice platforms in the chilly, cold waters of the Arctic and Antarctic several times before diving…
0Comments climate change, diving, Mares, ocean, photography, SSI, underwater
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The Island of Santa Maria

by Franco and Sabrina - 27th February 2018
Islands in the current of an endless ocean (Part Two) Read Part 1 here Santa Maria In the Azores' archipelago,…
0Comments Azores, Canon, diving, freediving, Mares, ocean, photo, photography, research, Santa-Maria-island, scuba, underwater, X-vision
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An island in the current of an endless ocean

by Franco and Sabrina - 5th January 2018
Nine islands of lava, each one different from the other; some with high coasts and fjords, inlets that seem to…
0Comments Azores, blueshark, conservation, diving, EOS 1DX MkII, freediving, long_line_fishing, Mares, ocean, overfishing, Pico_island, research, underwater
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The treasures of the submerged archaeological park of Baia

by Franco and Sabrina - 10th November 2017
Can you believe that is possible to freedive and scuba dive side by side with a grouper or an octopus,…
0Comments apnea, archaeology, conservation, diving, freediving, Mares, research, Roman era, SSI, treasure, underwater
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Fun, tech diving, photo pro, friends … what else?

by Franco and Sabrina - 25th July 2017
All over Croatia the sea is crystal clear with millions of shades, promising and seductive. It embraces a strip of…
0Comments Adriatic, colour, Croatia, diving, Mares, ocean, picture, sea, underwater
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Vamonos à bucear

by Franco and Sabrina - 15th May 2017
The look of the Baja California Sur can appear tedious: cactus, desert, rocks, beaches and vice versa, but the underwater…
0Comments conservation, fish, fishing, mammals, Mares, ocean, photo, research, scuba, scubadiving, sea, undewater, UNESCO
Great hammerhead shark (Sphyrna mokarran) swimming over a sandy seabed, South Bimini, Bahamas. The Bahamas National Shark Sanctuary, West Atlantic Ocean.
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The massive and solitary Sphyrna Mokarran

by Franco and Sabrina - 4th April 2017
A few weeks ago I was leading a micro-group of passionate divers and UW photographers to Bimini Island, a lovely sandy…
0Comments conservation, diving, Mares, ocean, research, underwater
Freshwater isopod, Amphipod gammarus (Acanthogammarus victorii), Lake Baikal, Siberia, Russia
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Baikal Lake, the blue pearl of Siberia

by Franco and Sabrina - 4th January 2017
Last summer I went to the Baikal Lake in Russia and lead a group of passionate cold-water divers and amateur…
6Comments baikal, coldwater, diving, extreme, fish, freshwater, Mares, photography, underwater, XR Extended Range
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What happened on the 12th of September 1944 between the Italian and Balkan battlefronts?

by Franco and Sabrina - 2nd December 2016
A few weeks ago I reached a special expedition of professional divers and technicians with the aim of photographing and…
5Comments diving, Mares, ocean, photography, rebreather, research, underwater
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Moments of a lifetime caught on camera : Snorkelling side by side with the sperm whales of the eastern Caribbean Sea

by Franco and Sabrina - 29th November 2016
This post starts our contribution to the Mares blog, to which we are absolutely grateful, and our first post is about the…
7Comments conservation, freediving, ocean, photography, underwater
silky shark, Carcharhinus falciformis, San Benedicto, Revillagigedo (Socorro) Islands, Mexico, East Pacific Ocean
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Good News from the CITES

by Franco and Sabrina - 5th October 2016
CITES voted yesterday (4th October) on proposals to list silky sharks, all three species of thresher sharks and all nine…
0Comments conservation, diving, fish, fishing, ocean, photography, underwater, WWF