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Slide Shows and Lectures Save Our Shores Steward Training Marc will be sharing his knowledge of the area's newly established Marine Protected Areas with Save Our Shores' Sanctuary Stewards-in-training. The talk will be on Thursday, February 7 in the evening. For more information, contact Save Our Shore in Santa Cruz at (831) 462-5660. Marc Shargel has been a frequent presenter at clubs and civic groups all over Northern and Central California. His talks "Islands of the Eastern Pacific" and "An Underwater Swim Across the Pacific" have been seen by more than a dozen clubs, as well as civic and volunteer groups. His most recent talks include his latest shots of endangered Manatees from West Florida. In 2002 his presentations featured images from the South Pacific Islands of Palau and Yap. Marc's talks also include his reasons for participating in local marine conservation groups, The Coalition of Organizations for Ocean Life, and The Friends of the Edward F. Ricketts Marine Reserve. If you'd like to arrange a date for a presentation to your group, send email to Marc.

Art Shows and Fairs Jingle Shells Art & Ocean Festival Sunday, December 2, 2007, Noon-5:30 PM Festive Whale Lighting 5:45 PM A one-day holiday gift show at The Seymour Center at Long Marine Lab in Santa Cruz. Celebrate the holiday season at the annual Jingle Shells Arts & Crafts Festival. I'll be showing prints of new work from rarely-dived areas of California, along with established favorite images. Other local artists will offer a variety of nature and ocean-inspired gifts––jewelry, ceramics, art glass, handmade soaps, and more! Special activities for the family include crafts, musical performances, and special presentations by local naturalists and researchers, including a live bird of prey. At the same time you can enjoy the Seymour Center's fabulous displays of local marine life, and one of the most beautiful views in the county. Come early and enjoy sunset from the cliff! Phone (831) 459-4087 for more information, or see the map and directions, below. This show will be your last chance to see our NoteCards and fine art prints in person before the holidays! (We will be accepting phone and web orders up to December 6). The event culminates at 5:45 PM with the lighting Ms. Blue, a full-size whale skeleton! Open to the public, admission to the Seymour Center is $6 for adults, free for children 16 and under. Email or phone 831-335-4849 for additional information on any of these events.

Our Thanks to all the organizations who have hosted our presentations: Aquarius Aquarium Institute, Fresno, CA The Seymour Marine Discovery Center Monterey Bay Kayaks Amigos del Mar The San Jose Flipper Dippers The Explorers Club of Northern California Soquel High School Kelp Klimbers of Monterey Adventure Sports Monterey Peninsula Underwater Photographers Northern California Underwater Photographic Society Vaqueros del Mar Tandem Dive Club San Francisco Reef Divers Northern California Rainbow Divers Seniors Council of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties Bargetto Winery The Monterey Shootout Rotary Club of San Lorenzo Valley

Our Thanks to all the organizations who have sponsored our recent shows: The Seymour Marine Discovery Center The Cultural Council of Santa Cruz County The Santa Cruz Municipal Wharf Capitola Art & Wine Festival Bay Photo Lab Aldo's Italian Bakery Bargetto Winery Elegant Earth Gallery County of Santa Cruz

About the Photographer

Marc Shargel has been diving along the Central California coast since 1978. Shargel grew up near Cleveland, and attended Stanford University, where he learned to scuba dive and studied Marine Biology at Hopkins Marine Station in Pacific Grove. As a teenager, he learned the techniques of developing and enlarging photographs, but it was the images he encountered underwater that motivated him to return to photography. He has dived and photographed in California’s Kelp Forests and on Coral Reefs in Mexico, Hawaii, the Caribbean the Red Sea, and the Galápagos and Revillagigedos archipelagos. Since 1984 Shargel has made his home near Santa Cruz, California.

"Humans build things with straight lines and square corners," he says, "Nature suggests graceful curves but doesn’t enforce them. Flexibility is paramount. The living Ocean is indescribably beautiful: it demands to be seen. I hope my photographs will communicate some of that beauty, and motivate people to preserve it."

Marc Shargel's photographs have been exhibited at galleries throughout the San Francisco and Monterey Bay areas. They have won a variety of prizes in photo contests. Marc was named the Monterey Peninsula Underwater Photogaphers' "Photographer of the Year" for 1998. His work has been published in national magazines, commercial publications, in Dan Gotsahall's authoritative book Sea of Cortez Marine Animals, and on CD-ROM.

Marc is also a talented photographic illusionist. His digitally crafted images, based on underwater photos, are consistently popular and have also won several prizes.

When he's not underwater, Marc Shargel operates Lumigenic Media, a multimedia production firm. Through his company, he offers fine art prints of his photos, as well as a recently introduced line of notecards. More of Shargel's photographs can be seen in his virtual gallery on the World Wide Web.

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