Aqua

Bears and crocodiles, sunken rainforests and abyssal caves, icy glacial lakes and overgrown tropical rivers: all of this and much more has been captured by Freiburg photographer Michel Roggo over the past five years. He photographed 36 bodies of water—always freshwater—on every continent. This Freshwater Project resulted in thousands of images taken in breathtakingly beautiful waters, often teeming with animals and plants. The aim was not to create a documentary image, but rather one that captures the spirit of each body of water. It’s about the magical light beneath the surface, the interplay of reflection and refraction, combined with the shadows cast by the trees of the floodplain forest.