BIOGRAFY

Bernardo Sambra is a peruvian underwater and wildlife photographer. His articles an photographies has appeared in a number of international publications such as Aqua, Asian Geographic, Panorama de las Américas, Golden Dolphin, Rumbos, Conde Nast Traveler, Travesías, Underwater Photography Magazine, Somos and Scuba Diver. His images and work have achieved international recognition in several international specialist competitions and his work has been presented as part of a number of underwater exhibitions as “Oceans Expo 2005”, “Master Image Makers Gallery” (2005) in Singapore and “Reflejos Submarinos” (2006). In 2005, Bernardo was a speaker and jury at Celebrate The Sea Festival in Singapore.

In the latest years, Bernardo has added to his work as a photographer, the production and edition of books related to the oceans and its inhabitants joining together the work of the world’s most talented underwater image makers. His most recent titles are “Oceans Expo” (2005) , “Oceans” (2006) y “Oceans in Options” (2006).

“Protecting through images” is the slogan of The Living Oceans, an organization founded by Bernardo and his wife Valerie, that aims to raise awareness about the oceans and its inhabitants and promote the underwater photography as medium for artistic expressions in Latin America and the rest of the world.


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