Carlos Eyles is a 72-year-old ocean photographer, author, and free diver. In Still, we accompany him into the ocean, as he describes his intimate relationship with the marine world. Reflecting on a realm that is still within the province of the unknown, Eyles illuminates how profoundly wondrous it is to live within the great scheme of life.
Journey with a free diving philosopher, into the alien world of a living ocean
Directors: Ruby Stocking, Jose Tadeu Bijos, Michael Barth, and Pasqual Guiterrez
Produced by Dodge College
22 November 2013
videoEcology and environmental sciences
How beautiful bioluminescent bacteria can expose invisible water pollution
3 minutes
videoMeaning and the good life
An ageing fisherman embarks on a journey to carry out his friend’s dying wish
23 minutes
videoConsciousness and altered states
A glimpse into the dangerous and thrilling life of a big wave surf photographer
6 minutes
videoConsciousness and altered states
‘It makes sense of everything I am.’ The transcendence of the long-distance swimmer
12 minutes
videoSports and games
Dances with whales: the ethereal underwater vistas of an elite freediving team
13 minutes
videoFood and drink
The best way to eat an oyster is the way you like it at the moment you crave it
5 minutes
videoGender
Defying social pressure, a woman commits herself to lobster fishing and the sea
11 minutes
videoCognition and intelligence
From crawling to flying, the agony and ecstasy of trying to learn something new
5 minutes
videoHistory of technology
Soon the particular solitude of the lighthouse keeper will be lost to automation
4 minutes