Software Architect Turned Photographer Alexander Safonov Captures Breathtaking Underwater Scenes off the Coast of South Africa
December 17, 2012
Alexander Safonov is a software architect from Voronezh, Russia who currently lives and works in Discovery Bay, Hong Kong. Not content to sit in front of a computer full-time he obtained a diving license in 2002 and started to experiment with underwater photography about two years later. He has since made numerous excursions to photograph underwater wildlife off Cocos Island, Fiji, the Galapagos and Raja Ampat. However his favorite destination is the annual sardine run off the coast of South Africa where most of the photos you see were captured over the last few years.
See a few of his incredible photos that capture the beauty and life found in the ocean by clicking through the gallery below:
You can see more of Alexander Safonov’s photos on Flickr and 500px.
These photos were originally published by Colossal Art and Visual Ingenuity.
