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Sea Puppy Gaze

With irresistible puppy-like eyes, an Australian sea lion playfully engages with the camera with curiosity in South Australia’s kelp forests. Listed as Endangered, these rare sea lions face threats from habitat loss, fishing bycatch, and pollution.

Awards

World Photo Annual

2025

Bronze

Underwater

Professional

Sea Puppy Gaze

With irresistible puppy-like eyes, an Australian sea lion playfully engages with the camera with curiosity in South Australia’s kelp forests. Listed as Endangered, these rare sea lions face threats from habitat loss, fishing bycatch, and pollution.

About Artist

Remuna Beca

Remuna is an artist, award-winning photographer, filmmaker, and passionate conservationist. Her underwater work captures the extraordinary diversity of life beneath the surface, highlighting both the beauty and fragility of marine ecosystems and species, with a special focus on sharks. Through her lens, Remuna strives to deepen our connection to nature and raise awareness of critical conservation issues, aiming to inspire a greater appreciation and collective action to protect our planet’s most vital ecosystems. Remuna is honored to have received over 100 International photography awards and recognitions, including reFocus Awards, Underwater Photographer of the Year, Ocean Photographer of the Year, Ocean Geographic, and Siena Awards. Her work has been featured in exhibitions around the world, from the Australian National Maritime Museum in Sydney and various locations in the US, UK, France, Italy, and Africa with upcoming locations to be announced.

Remuna Beca

Photographic Areas of Focus

Aerial, Fine Art, Landscapes, Macro, Minimalism, Nature, Underwater, Wildlife

Location

United States of America

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