Chevron

Chevron was photographed from above during an encounter with a fin whale in Baja California in 2023.

From the surface, the sheer scale of a fin whale can be difficult to comprehend. From the air, its form becomes unmistakable.

Looking directly down, the animal seemed almost graphic against the surrounding blue, the long body, sweeping lines and distinctive markings creating a natural composition within the water.

What drew me to this frame was its simplicity.

There was nothing else competing for attention. Just one of the largest animals on Earth moving through an enormous expanse of ocean.

Chevron is a photograph about form and scale, a portrait that strips the encounter back to the shape of the animal and the blue world through which it moves.