Marine, underwater photographs made by John Harding from his time as editor of FATHOM magazine (Australia).
Whale shark should not be confused with a whale. John Harding sold pictures around the world in 1966, 1967 when whales came to Sydney Harbour (1966) and with friends swam with a whale shark (1967). Underwater photography was still primitive with no very wide angle lens available.
The shark vanished a split second after this picture was exposed.
This Sea Frontiers (a former USA magazine) story was published 1990 - and was largely re-written by the editors.
Despite the species making a dramatic come-back, well-meaning environmentalists in Australia persisted with a “there is less than 500 sharks left in the wild” theme to the gullible media.
In truth – there was no accurate way of counting sharks outside of regularly visited dive sites.
To suggest that these sharks could only be seen at a scuba shop dive site was a bit of a stretch of the imagination. Yet the media bought it, over and over again.
Mass reporting without proper knowledge of the subject.
Friends. Pair of cat sharks rest on a wobbegong.
Shaped to resemble sea weed is the egg of a Port Jackson shark.
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