Fleeting Worlds: Wildlife Photography from Ellen Cuylaerts

Cayman Islands-based artist Ellen Cuylaerts photographs aquatic wildlife {throughout the|surrounding the|about the} world, highlighting the {unique|specific|distinctive} connections between man, {pet|creature|dog}, and environment. Abandoning the tradition of straightforward, skin flick photography, Cuylaerts chooses to share her subjective {belief|understanding|notion} of her animal {activities|runs into|relationships}. The resulting images {record|file|report} the fleeting moment in which photographer and {pet|creature|dog} establish mutual understanding and two worlds connect.

Cuylaerts researches and chooses her subjects {depending on|based upon} conservation and environmental concerns in an effort to foster {consciousness|recognition|understanding} regarding climate change and {lack of|loss in|decrease of} habitat. In images such as In Among Worlds, the artist {catches|records|reflects} a lone seal {among|amongst|in the middle of} a snowy landscape, but a fishing ship harnesses in the background as a reference to the predatory dangers presented by humans. In her under the sea photographs, such as {Crazy|Outdoors|Rough outdoors}, Cuylaerts captures {a misinterpreted|a confusing|a misitreperted} shark with compassion, the dramatic, filtered light mediated and amplified by her lens for capturing the emotional affect of the encounter.