Underwater sculptures save coral reefs
Jason de Caires Taylor's eerie installations are cultivating new life under the sea.
The artist's new Underwater Sculpture Park is a collection of 400 people posed in everyday scenes and is installed permanently on the sea bed of the beautiful National Marine Park of Cancun, Isla Mujeres and Nisuc, Mexico.
Not only are they spell binding and explore "the intricate relationships that exist between art and environment", they also help create a new ecosystem where marine life can flourish.
With natural reefs under threat throughout the globe's oceans, the sculptures act as the perfect stable surfaces needed for coral to grow. Fish, turtles, sea urchins, sponges and sharks have also started to recolonise the area.
Images alone can't do justice to Jason's creations, so watch the video below and be amazed.
Look out for an exclusive interview with Jason de Caires Taylor on huckmagazine.com very soon.
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Underwater sculptures save coral reefs (text) by Gemma Freeman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial 2.0 UK License.
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We need some equivalents in aquariums for more people to enjoy but without the negative impact of large numbers of people diving around a reef.