Michael Rutzen is a world-renown free-diver. He has been free-diving with white sharks since 1998, and is responsible for all the most recent and provocative shark images produced in the last few years.

He has worked with many film crew and still photographers, including the BBC, National Geographic and Discovery.

Michael free dives for one reason – to produce beautiful, serene pictures and footage that shows this animal in its true nature. Michael free dives only for film and photographic professionals.

Free-diving can only be performed under perfect sea and safety conditions – everything from water visibility to shark personality is taken into account!

A lot of time is spent in preparation. Photographers have spent years working toward a single shot!