Mermaid masterpiece! Photographer captures stunning images of mythical sea creatures to highlight impact plastic bottles have on the ocean
- Canadian photographer Benjamin Von Wong has created an incredible series of environmental images
- The artist pictured a mermaid inside a sea of 10,000 plastic bottles for his ‘mermaids hate plastic’ campaign
- By 2050 it’s estimated oceans will have more plastic than fish and he hopes to raise awareness for their health
- By 2050 it’s estimated oceans will have more plastic than fish and he hopes to raise awareness for their health
By Josh Hanrahan and Belinda Cleary For Daily Mail Australia
By the year 2050 it’s estimated there will be more plastic than fish in the sea.
And so, in a determined effort to change that, one international photographer is using a mythical creature of the ocean to lead the fight.
Benjamin Von Wong from Quebec, Canada, hopes mermaids will help teach people about the damage being done to the earth by plastic bottles.
Canadian photographer Benjamin Von Wong has produced an incredible photoshoot using mermaids to show how damaging plastic is to the ocean
The Canadian artist used 10,000 plastic bottles to create his photography masterpiece
Over an amazing series of photographs Mr Von Wong mixes the mermaid’s beauty with the stark reality of the toll plastic bottles are taking on the ocean
Currently in Australia, the photographer is spruiking a recent shoot showcasing the mythical creature drowning in a sea of plastic – proving how much ‘mermaids hate plastic’.
The end result was an incredible series of pictures, mixing the mermaid’s beauty with the stark reality of the toll plastic bottles are taking on the ocean.
‘I think this is my proudest showcase,’ Mr Von Wong told Daily Mail Australia.
Among the different scenes made by Mr Von Wong was this photo of a mermaid inside a water droplet
Mr Von Wong (pictured left) received a delivery of 10,000 plastic bottles from an American waste company
Inside a warehouse in the United States, Mr Von Wong and an army of volunteers set out to create a mermaid wonderland with 10,000 plastic bottles.
Over three days the team set up a variety of dynamic photoshoots, carefully sorting bottles to create the mermaid masterpiece.
‘It took 25 people two days to clean the 10,000 plastic bottles,’ Mr Von Wong said.
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Benjamin Von Wong, Photographer and Visual Engineer
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