FRANCIS PÉREZ

(Award-winning underwater photographer)

“We live on a planet that is mostly water. Our lives, forest and air depend on our oceans. A dead ocean means a dead planet.”

Francis Pérez was born in Canary Islands and started in underwater photography taking pictures of the sea bed in Tenerife. As a freelance professional underwater photographer, he focuses on the submarine world with a unique style. His pictures show his own point of view in places such as Indonesia, Red Sea, Malaysia, South Africa, Mozambique, Philippines, Micronesia, Galapagos Islands, Mexico, Chile and Canary Islands, where he has focused on cetaceans. 

He’s a collaborator of National Geographic Spain in articles about biodiversity of Canary Islands. His work has been published in many books, such as Blue Hope of Sylvia Earle, Book 50 anniversary of Red List UICN, and many international magazines as National Geographic (Spain) Scuba Diving (USA), Sumerge (South Africa), aQua (Spain), Ocean Geographic (Australia). Awarded with many international prizes as Ocean Geographic (Australia) Ocean view of Nature Best Photography (USA), Por el Planeta of National Geographic and Televisa (Mexico), and more recently the cover of WWF Report “Out of the Plastic Trap: Saving the Mediterranean from plastic pollution”.

He has been awarded with many international photo contests around the world, including the prestigious WORLD PRESS PHOTO 2017, 1st prize nature.

UPF would like to express our hearthfelt appreciation for the support of Francis Pérez, who has graciously given us permission to use his award winning photograph “’Caretta Caretta Trapped”. The photo shows a loggerhead sea turtle swimming entangled in abandoned fishing gear, off the coast of Tenerife, Canary Islands, in the northeast Atlantic Ocean.

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