Wildlife Photography at the New Bedford

NEWSLETTER
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05.jan.2016
http://museu-angra.azores.gov.pt
PRÉMIOS APOM: MELHOR SÍTIO DA INTERNET 2015, MENÇÃO HONROSA EM TRABALHO JORNALÍSTICO/MEDIA 2014 E MELHOR SERVIÇO EDUCATIVO 2013
The Angra do Heroísmo Museum presents Oasis by
Nuno Sá | Wildlife Photography at the New Bedford
Whaling Museum
The MUSEU DE ANGRA DO HEROÍSMO presents the exhibition Oasis by Nuno Sá | Wildlife Photography, at New Bedford Whaling Museum, from January to June 2016, within the
partnership with that North-American institution, aiming to narrow the bonds between the
Azores Islands and the USA east coast community.
The exhibition displays 24 large print underwater photos that show the splendor, the
oddness and the beauty of the multiple creatures that live in the vastness of the Azorean sea
and turn it into an unexpected oasis, known
just by a few.
This exhibition, which was held at MAH
Sala do Capítulo and at Fórum Terceira from
June to October 2014, was deposited at the
Museu de Angra do Heroísmo, that has assured its itinerancy through the archipelago and
also across borders, in the understanding that
its documentary and artistic value is a great
mean for the Azores touristic promotion.
With its opening scheduled for January 7th,
counting with the presence of the author, Nuno
Sá, a photographer from Madeira Island and
the director of Museu de Angra do Heroísmo,
Jorge A. Paulus Bruno, this exhibition reasserts the maritime connection of two communities
that are part of whaling history. In fact, a lot of
Azoreans were engaged as crew in the North-American factory boats that sailed to Azores in
the 18th and 19th centuries searching for those
who Melville faced as “the best whale hunters”.
As a way to pay a tribute to the role of the
Portuguese and over all the Azorean in the
whaling industry, the New Bedford promotes
also a mini-marathon, within the celebration of
the Moby Dick public reading 20th anniversary
in which will be presented the Portuguese version of this book, with the participation of the
director of Museu de Angra do Heroísmo.
Tradução Tarcísio Pacheco /MAH
Exhibition Opening
Oásis
by Nuno Sá
at the New Bedford Whaling Museum
Thursday, January 7
5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Free Event with hors d’oeuvres
and cash bar.
7:00 pm Presentation by the artist
Jacobs Family Gallery
Nuno Sá, the highly celebrated and internationally
renowned underwater wildlife photographer, has
captured the rich and diverse marine life of the pelagic oceans surrounding the Azorean archipelago.
Oásis features 24 dynamic large-scale photographs
of fish, sharks, and whales in their natural habitat.
These dramatic images celebrate species that thrive
in the deep waters of the Atlantic from perspectives
that few have the privilege to experience.
The exhibition is supported by The William M. Wood Foundation, John Pinheiro and
Luzo Auto, plus Pedro Carneiro and the New Bedford Portuguese Consulate. Special
thanks goes to Jorge Bruno, Director of the Museu de Angra and former Regional
Director for Culture in the Azores; and Márcia Dutra, Observatório do Mar dos Açores
Nuno Sá is a professional photographer specialized in the wild sea life and
he is awarded with about ten prizes at some of the main international nature photo contests. He is the author of two awarded images in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year, the largest and most prestigious wild life photo contest at world level. He is a collaborator of National Geographic and
other national and international publications. His images are exhibited in
some of the world largest natural history museums, like the London Natural History Museum and the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, at Washington.