Jean-Marie Ghislain
Symbiosis
'We were in Mauritius, shooting for our documentary film 'The Journey'. Leina was six months into her pregnancy. We had set out early morning in search of sperm whales. A...
"We were in Mauritius, shooting for our documentary film "The Journey". Leina was six months into her pregnancy. We had set out early morning in search of sperm whales. A broad, dark shape on the surface caught our eye…For a moment, our hearts skipped a beat when we thought we’d found the whales. Instead, a gigantic school of pufferfish greeted us. They were well over a thousand and Leina started diving amongst them, disappearing in the cloud, teasing them into infinite shapes. It was fascinating to observe how swiftly they changed course, moving as one entity - a perfect illustration of collective intelligence."