Hawksbill Sea Turtle

• Prize
• Photographer
  Grant is a Canadian born freelance photographer currently studying photojournalism in Paris, France. His passion for nature and exploratory travel began at a very early age and developed into scuba di, Canada
• Website
  https://www.grantstirton.com

The Similan Islands National Marine Park located off the western
coast of Thailand in the Andaman Sea is one of the critically
endangered hawksbill sea turtle’s remaining protected areas.

A small scientific breeding program is maintained by park officials,
although recent surveys suggest numbers are continuing to
decline despite local efforts.

• Biography
  Grant Stirton is a photo-based artist residing near Ottawa, Canada. Specializing in marine environments, his passion for exploring the natural world is informed by his experience as a photojournalist and marine expedition guide. His practice is a synthesize of modern and historical process, as he works across digital and analog formats, producing hand-made platinum, silver and archival pigment prints. He is a graduate of SPEOS Photographic Institute in Photojournalism, the University of Toronto in Management and is currently an artist in residence with the School of Photographic Arts Ottawa.
• Awards
  2022 Group Exhibition, RI Centre for the Photographic Arts, Black and White Exhibition, Providence, RI 2022 Group Exhibition, Red Bluff Art Gallery, Art 4 Animals, Rancho Tehama Reserve, CA 2022 Group Exhibition, Exhibitionzone, Emptiness (Online) 2015 Group Exhibition, AGORA Gallery, On the Rhino Front Line, New York, NY 2014 Group Exhibition, Magnum Photos, Group Exhibition (SPEOS), Paris, France 2014 Group Exhibition, SPEOS Photographic Institute Student Exhibition, Paris, France 2022 ND Awards, 2nd Place – Professional Nature Category, Series, Underwater Statue Park 2015 National Geographic Online, Island's Assignment Editor's Selection 2015 Honourable Mention, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Series 2015 Honourable Mention, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Underwater Nature 2015 Honourable Mention, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Defender in the Kalahari Night 2014 3rd Place, PX3 Prix de la Photographie, Underwater Nature