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Staff · Issue 134, Sep/Oct 2023 · pp. 5–10

Brian Skerry: The Sentient Sea Museum of Natural History, Siena, Italy “The Sentient Sea” is a visual story that presents Brian Skerry’s photographs from decades of exploring Earth’s oceans. This exhibition showcases a selection of photographs to tell stories of the ocean and portray it as a place of beauty and mystery, a place in trouble, and ultimately, a place of hope. “Over the course of my 40-year career, I have learned that everything is connected in nature and that animals and ecosystems are more complex than we have ever known.” Brian spends eight months per year working in the field, at dive locations, ranging from tropical coral reefs to beneath the polar ice. The innumerable animals exhibited range from giant whales to the tiniest fish, each with a wonderful story to tell. “I am certain that animals at every level have ‘personality’ and that all creatures perceive and feel. An…