{"id":23271,"date":"2022-11-03T12:29:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T19:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=23271"},"modified":"2022-11-04T10:29:53","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T17:29:53","slug":"national-geographic-photographer-andy-mann-delivers-captivating-presentation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2022\/11\/03\/national-geographic-photographer-andy-mann-delivers-captivating-presentation\/","title":{"rendered":"National Geographic<\/em> photographer Andy Mann delivers captivating presentation"},"content":{"rendered":"

From rock climber to ocean conservationist, National Geographic<\/em> filmmaker and photographer Andy Mann\u2019s From Summit to Sea<\/em> is a journey through the ups and downs of his career, and he brought it to the Royal Theatre last night. The presentation is filled with the breathtaking photos expected from a National Geographic<\/em> photographer, along with some candid shots. There are photos of the friends he rock-climbed with, other photographers, scientists, biologists, and even some failed shots of animals.<\/p>\n

Turning passion into a job was a recurring theme throughout From Summit to Sea<\/em>. Starting as a rock climber, he began taking photos with a point-and-shoot camera. He eventually started selling photos to fund his rock climbing. Travelling eventually became his passion, funded by photographing oceans.<\/p>\n

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A shot of a polar bear in Greenland by Andy Mann (photo by Andy Mann).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As an aspiring photographer my takeaways from the night were: use photography to tell a story, find a passion and follow it, and push through the difficult times.<\/p>\n

Mann\u2019s intention with his photos is to tell a story of places people will most likely never go. His travels to the Antarctic and remote islands in distant lands aren\u2019t easy\u2014he once traversed through 45-foot waves in the most dangerous ocean passage, for example. But to Mann, they\u2019re worthwhile because we get to experience these places through his photos.<\/p>\n

During his 10 years with National Geographic<\/em>, Mann never knew where his journey would take him. He simply followed his passion, even when it was what he referred to as \u201csecond fun,\u201d which is when the fun of what happened is delayed. Mann went to climb the iconic tower Poumaka in French Polynesia; it was gruelling, but he said, looking back, it was an amazing experience. As a student entering final projects, I can relate to the \u201csecond fun.\u201d At the end, I\u2019ll look back and see the good times, even if I can\u2019t right now.<\/p>\n

Short films were mixed in with the photos giving insights into what life is like for a National Geographic<\/em> photographer. Mann told stories about the people he met in the villages he went to. One startling example was when he told the tale of his expedition to study the bluntnose sixgill shark. While Mann was in a relatively small submersible covered in tuna carcasses, a gigantic shark came up and bashed against the submersible. It\u2019s amazing how deep and far Mann has gone to capture photos of the ocean and life under the surface for the world to see, and hopefully, appreciate.<\/p>\n

The most relevant story for me\u2014and one that I think most students can relate to\u2014was about a Zoom call between Mann and primatologist Jane Goodall. They were discussing how to keep going during difficult times. Goodall\u2019s advice was to \u201cgird your loins.\u201d It\u2019s a biblical reference of tucking in one\u2019s tunic in preparation for battle (like \u201cpull up your socks\u201d). Prepare yourself, keep pressing on\u2014it’s going to be difficult but worthwhile in the end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From rock climber to ocean conservationist, National Geographic filmmaker and photographer Andy Mann\u2019s From Summit to Sea is a journey through the ups and downs of his career, and he brought it to the Royal Theatre last night. The presentation is filled with the breathtaking photos expected from a National Geographic photographer, along with some […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23272,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,238,4,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-life","category-life-sports","category-arts","category-webexclusive"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23271"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23277,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23271\/revisions\/23277"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}