November 12: Swimming with Sharks, Visiting Artist Keith Ellenbogen + Harvard Museum of Natural History
Exhibition
Swimming with Sharks: A Deep Dive into Shark Biology and Behavior
Opening November 12th (see below for opening talk info)
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Photography by: Keith Ellenbogen, Underwater Wildlife Photographer, MIT Sea Grant Visiting Artist
Nearly half a billion years ago, the first ancestors of a most remarkable group of fishes sprung forth from the evolutionary tree of life, exploding into a spectacular array of cartilaginous predators. Today, sharks are ubiquitous in and essential to our oceans, their lives intersecting with our own in important and surprising ways. In this remarkable exhibition, discover why the most massive sharks prey on some of the ocean’s smallest critters. Learn how to decipher dietary clues from jaws preserved in Harvard’s world-class collections. Explore how miniature teeth on shark skin help them move efficiently through water. Come to appreciate sharks not as deadly killers, but as fascinating creatures—more menaced than menacing—that play an outsize role in maintaining balance in marine ecosystems. Don’t miss this chance to come face-to-face with the ocean’s most famous, misunderstood megafauna! >>More about the exhibit
Photography Talk
Swimming with Sharks: A Photographic Journey
Saturday, November 12, 2022, 2:00pm to 3:00pm
Harvard Museum of Natural History, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Registration required | Free with museum admission
Speaker: Keith Ellenbogen, Underwater Wildlife Photographer, MIT Sea Grant Visiting Artist
Join renowned photographer Keith Ellenbogen as he takes the audience on an awe-inspiring underwater journey into a dynamic marine environment. Through the art of underwater photography and environmental storytelling, Ellenbogen will showcase stunning images from his recent expeditions that include apex predators such as great white sharks, ocean giants like humpback whales, and giant bait balls of migrating fish. Many of his images are featured in the new exhibition Swimming with Sharks at the Harvard Museum of Natural History. Appropriate for ages 10 and up. >> More about the opening talk
Presented in collaboration with MIT Sea Grant.
