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Fabrizio

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Photographer / Explorer / Storyteller
For conservation.
⛵ Encounters again and again
🎥 Every Whale Counts

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This is the eye of a pygmy sperm whale.

An eye that opened next to the rocks, stranded on the beach.
An eye that stared into what felt like the end of everything.
A quiet moment where hope was almost gone.

This eye saw confusion.
It felt as a question...
why am I here?
Who are these people?
Why can’t I breathe, or move, or find the sea again?

This is the eye that saw all of that.

But it also saw more.

It saw a circle.
A circle of people.
Coast guards, fishermen, biologists, whale watchers, strangers.
A team without needing words.

Just hands, heart, and purpose.

All of us, gathered for one reason.
To help him survive.

Thanks to the swift response of Dr. Natacha Aguilar, Lana Barteneva‑Vitry, ASP Parmanand, PS Poongavanan, PCS Felicité, Naidoo and Saddul of the coast guard, Adrien’s Dream team, DolSwim team, MMCO, local boat operators, and countless volunteers,
we guided him safely back to the open ocean.

If you want to read what happened that day,
from the first phone call to the moment he reached the open sea,
you can find the story on the blog. Link in bio.

Maybe you’ll find something in it.
Maybe it will remind you of the good that still exists.
Maybe it will make you believe in people again.

Some quiet hope for your scroll today.

📸: the eye that saw both the end… and the way back.

More pictures, names and info about yesterday on the link taken in Mauritius, Indian Ocean, Africa by @spottedfabri

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a year ago

¿Cómo se identifica una ballena?

A veces, todo comienza con una foto.

Una ballena emerge para respirar.

Se ve parte de su lomo.

Quizás la aleta dorsal.

Quizás una cicatriz.

Quizás una marca que normalmente pasaría desapercibida.

Y luego, si hay suerte, aparece la aleta caudal.

La aleta caudal, además de ser hermosa y elegante...
También es un registro de avistamientos.

Esa cola puede revelar mucha información.

La forma, las marcas, las cicatrices y los patrones de la aleta caudal de una ballena jorobada son diferentes en cada individuo. Casi como una huella dactilar.

Esto significa que una sola foto puede ayudar a los investigadores a reconocer a la misma ballena más adelante.

Quizás la próxima temporada.

Quizás dentro de unos años.

Quizás en otra parte del océano.

Estas fotos fueron tomadas frente a las costas de Australia Occidental y subidas a Happywhale, una plataforma donde científicos, fotógrafos, observadores de ballenas y amantes del océano pueden colaborar en la investigación de ballenas mediante la fotoidentificación.

Y eso me encanta.

Porque a veces pensamos que un encuentro termina cuando la ballena desaparece bajo el agua.

Pero no siempre es así.

Una foto puede seguir viajando.

Puede ayudarnos a saber dónde ha estado esa ballena, adónde podría ir y cuán interconectados están realmente estos viajes oceánicos.

Para nosotros esto es lo mínimo que podemos hacer por cada encuentro.

Prestar atención.

Aprender.

Aportar un poco. Y crear conciencia.

Un encuentro.

Una imagen.

Una parte más.

Que el océano este con ustedes. taken in Western Australia by @spottedfabri

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5 months ago

Kaya 🤍 hello!

We spent the day on Wadandi Boodja
with people who care deeply about this place.

Big thank you to @undalup_association
for welcoming us,
for sharing,
and for teaching us their ways.

The same goes for
@aims_gov_au that showed us how you can find life just from water
@greatsouthernreef brought seaweed and the whole reef world with it.

@birdlifeoz showed what’s happening above the water

UWA Ocean’s Institute shared their work and knowledge of the ecosystem living there.

the Shire of Augusta Margaret River spoke about protecting the dunes and local vegetation

and we transmitted our passion for whales and expression in the sand

All of it brought together by @educational_marine_areas
getting kids to connect and care for a local marine area.

An amazing idea to invest in the future of our nature

It was an honour for us
to be there,
to share a bit,
And learn a lot
and mostly just to play with the future

Nothing fancy
just kids on the beach
asking questions
getting curious
getting it

Gracetown
small place
big feeling

If anything stays from this
it’s that care starts local
on your own beach
with what you notice.

…and sometimes
you look a bit closer
and there’s an octopus living right there in the bay and that is a great example of how precious this bay is

good day
good people
good energy

May the ocean be with you 🌊

Thank you all taken in Wadandi Boodja by @spottedfabri

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6 months ago

Our first blue whale of the season and we’re still going nuts!

You know they’re big, but seeing one in real life is just insane!

And it pooped! Bright green. 😂

Pigmy Blue whale! One of the biggest creature to live on the planet. They can reach 24 metres

The team at Geographe Marine Research shared a little insight with us: Perth Canyon is a known feeding ground, but these whales may also feed opportunistically in places we’re still learning about.
Seeing it poop suggests it had been feeding earlier in its journey, possibly somewhere nearby. Exactly where or when, we can’t tell. But what we can tell is that this green cloud is an immense support for our ocean food web.

So footage of whale poo, and lots of questions, yes.

May the ocean be with you💙

Steve and the serious footage! by @spottedfabri

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9 days ago

The dorsal fin of this male was just cutting through the water, racing with the others.

Conditions were pretty challenging for us, lots of wind, lots going on, but at the same time it was such a good feeling seeing the boat moving properly through it all.

And then this competitive group came past us while we were sailing.

It felt like watching a train go by.

You look at them and you just know you would never want to be in front of that much power.

A few big males, all competing for position around a female, chasing each other, pushing, bumping, trying to get ahead. And when you think one male humpback can weigh around 30 tonnes… seeing five or six of them moving together like that is hard to explain.

You can feel it. I wanted to focus my attention on the movement of this photo, with its marks and how it cuts through the water. Well that was just one.

For me, right now, this is glory. Fuck money, expectations or whatever the hell it distance you from Nature.

All the work, all the stress, all the reasons we try to help protect these animals somehow come back to this unique moments.

The wind, the boat and these massive creatures moving beside us, that's fucking glory!

May the ocean be with you all taken in Western Australia by @spottedfabri

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14 days ago

Southern right whale

I kept wondering where this photograph should live.
I realised it didn’t really matter. A southern right whale brings its own message.

Up to 80 tonnes, and capable of throwing that enormous body completely out of the water. The males can even carry almost a tonne of testicles. Nature is extraordinary and this is one of the big fellas of the world

But the numbers aren’t what make this photograph important to me.

This whale breached just 300 metres from shore, at sunset, while I had my camera ready. I was there with someones I love, someones who shares this journey of trying to leave the world a little better than we found it.

I’ve spent years going around the world, just to witness them, but this moment may be one of the best ones.

To witness that much power, that close, and be lucky enough to capture it...

I’ll carry this one with me for a long time.

May the ocean be with you 🌊 🐋 taken in Western Australia by @spottedfabri

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21 days ago

And if I may have the honour to present you our new montage featuring one of the most beautiful animals in the world

A footage that this time I did not film but edited and co orchestrated with one of the best humans I met in my life

The moment speaks for itself, it's a celebration of Encounters.

We found these creatures playing whilst doing a beach clean up! Can you believe how awesome that made us feel?

Feeling that we are helping them somehow, having our peace of mind that we are doing the best we can to help them.

And after that doing all this with my fellow brother.

Fkn love you may the ocean be with you all by @spottedfabri

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25 days ago

Dolphins are wonderful.

Apart from their ways of being, their ways of dancing and moving in the water.
Apart from them being so similar to us. Being so attached to one another. So curious, so playful and social.
Apart from how incredible hunters they are. How fast and intelligent.
Apart from transmitting us so much joy and energy.
When watching them in the wild, not forcing any interaction and them just appearing in a glimpse to interact with us.
Apart from that... Well.... They are just beautiful to admire.

May the dolphins be with us. Free, happy and healthy by @spottedfabri

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a month ago

This is a day in the life of bioacoustic research with Fabrizio Ferrari, listening to the hidden world of whales and dolphins. 🐳

The ocean is never silent. It only sounds quiet because we’re not listening.

Clicks, whistles, and deep songs travel across kilometres of water, carrying family, hunting, and connection.

Human noise is changing their world. Listening helps us understand how.

Swipe through to explore the soundscape, and visit the link in our bio to dive deeper into Fabrizio’s work. 🔈🌊🌎

In collaboration with:
Ocean culture life and KirstyinMotion
Globice
Qwio
Megamar
UniversityofLaLaguna

Thanks to imagery from @spottedfabri

And supporting images thanks to jonoallen and @mattporteous by @spottedfabri

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9 months ago

This week is contributor Spotlight post- @spottedfabri

Fabrizio Ferrari is a wildlife photographer, photojournalist, filmmaker, skipper and rescue diver. Through Spotted Fabri, he immortalizes encounters, writes the stories behind them, and pours his work into conservation. by @spottedfabri

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10 months ago

Augusta is just insane!

The tours lately are so full of life.

This! This right here... it's a humpback whale and a bottlenose dolphin interacting with each other.

It's just unreal! A dream coming straight out of a Pixar movie.

But it's not fictional. It's not AI. It's our ocean...

Wild. Alive. Neighbouring ocean

Another one for the books...
Just a sneak peak of an incredible tour with @naturalistecharters taken in Western Australia by @spottedfabri

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2 months ago

🌊 EMA Waatu Kaatajin: Wongi Waatu Gulyarra 🌊

The Cowaramup Primary Children’s Sea Council has chosen Seagrass, Waatu Maarin, as a focus for their Waatu Kaatajin Ocean Learning journey at their EMA site in Cowaramup Bay 🌱🌊

Through a rich diversity of voices, experiences and ways of knowing, students are weaving stories together and exploring Waatu Maarin through science, culture, creativity and connection to Country.

Guided by the knowledge and expertise of the @waparkswildlife DBCA Ngari Capes Marine Park team, @undalup_association rangers, @iszaacwaalitjwebb, Professor Gary Kendrick (@uwaoceans_ss ) and the @encountersagainandagain we are Wongi Waatu Gulyarra (Talking oceans together) and Koorlin (sharing) together about his crucial habitat of the marine environment.

🌱 Some of the learning so far…

...Seagrasses are the only flowering plants in the sea! Like Mamung (whales), they came from land and, over time, made their home in the ocean. They have evolved remarkable adaptations that allow them to grow, flower and reproduce beneath the sea.

...Beneath the waters of Cowaramup Bay are two dominant seagrass species: Amphibolis antarctica and Posidonia sinuosa... …yet the full extent of these underwater meadows across this site remains to be measured.

...Seagrass capture and store carbon, stabilise sediments and protect our coastlines from erosion.

...Seagrass meadows provide a vital foundation for marine ecosystems, supporting an extraordinary diversity of marine life. Including Gil (lobster), Corial (crabs), Beeda (squid), Bamba (stingray), Djiljit (fish), Carbem (grouper), Waatu Djinda (sea star)...and so many more!

...Everything is connected, and every element of Boodja (country) holds an interconnected story. The plants, animals, seasons, ocean and people are deeply interconnected, with the health and wellbeing of one part of boodja influencing and sustaining so many others...

...Over the last 100 years, the world has lost around 20% of its seagrasses, and unfortunately, we are still losing one to two football fields of seagrass every hour.. let us learn and care together for this extraordinary ecosystem. by @spottedfabri

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