[Image: Steve Haining / IG]
After breaking a Guinness World Record for achieving the deepest underwater model photoshoot in June 2021, photographer Steve Haining has recently pushed both the limits of diving and art.
Haining and model Ciara Antoski broke his record once again after the pair held a hauntingly beautiful photoshoot at 50 metres underwater on the wreck of the Hydro Atlantic, which sunk in 1987 near Boca Raton, Florida.
Despite some setbacks beyond their control, from fishermen attracting larger wildlife to the area to tank malfunctions and a jellyfish sting, the images are not only breathtaking but also hold a ghostly, otherworldly feeling to them.
According to Haining, the runtime of the shoot was 52 minutes, including 15 minutes at the bottom—five more than needed to be considered for the record. The shoot was conducted beyond the no-decompression limit of scuba diving, something only 1% of all divers can attempt.
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The creative team, along with their safety diver, spent almost a year planning the shoot, experimenting with composition concepts right up to the time they leapt from the boat.
Antoski also spent an additional year preparing for the project, which is all the more impressive given that she plunged in the flowing, short-sleeved outfit she wears in the photos, compared to the more protective suits worn by everyone else.
“The locations in the ocean also are beautiful untouched places that offer a perspective not many people get to experience let alone take photographs so there’s something special about that.”
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[Source: MyModernMet]
