You’ll Never Want To Go Near the Water Again After Seeing These Terrifying Ocean Pictures
First Underwater Photograph
Travel back in time to 1899, in the depths of the Mediterranean, where history was etched through a groundbreaking photograph. At a depth of 195 feet, Romanian oceanographer and biologist Emil Racovitza posed for the world’s first underwater portrait, or self-portrait, as others have claimed.
Pioneering diver and photographer Louis Marie Auguste Boutan immortalized the moment in Banyuls-sur-Mer, South France. As debates linger on whether it’s the first underwater portrait or self-portrait, one thing remains clear: the profound significance of this historical dive into uncharted photographic waters.
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