Celebrities go underwater for charity
Celebrities are demonstrating their underwater skills for charity in a new underwater photography exhibition that opens today in Brighton.
The ‘Celebrations of the Sea’ exhibition has been launched today at Brighton Sea Life Centre in aid of the Shipwrecked Mariner’s Society and is sponsored by canned seafood manufacturer, John West.
‘Celebrations of the Sea’ features celebrities doing their day job underwater –including television presenter Dan Snow, TV and seafood chef Mitch Tonks and world renowned yachtsman Mike Golding OBE.
Photographs are being showcased submerged in tanks alongside living marine life including rays, conger eels and wolf fish.
The exhibition is designed to showcase Britain’s reliance on the sea and the importance of the marine sector. Images are by acclaimed marine photographer and TV producer, Kate Westaway.
Dan Snow, TV presenter, broadcaster and historian said: “I wanted to take part in the exhibition for two reasons – to support a fantastic cause and because I’d seen some of Kate’s earlier images of seafarers which are inspirational. Hopefully visitors will not only be interested in the variety of professions showcased, but will also make donations to help those mariners who have given so much and are now in need of our support”.
From Brighton, the exhibition will move onto Sea Life centres in Weymouth, Birmingham and Blackpool before ending in Scarborough in December.
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