Glimpses of humans living underwater

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Lanzarote, Spain/ 07 Feb 2016. The vast and deep oceans have always been full of mysteries and surprises that never fail to intrigue us. They hold secrets of our evolution close to their floor. It’s not that easy for us to get those secrets out- to understand the story of our past and to know what lies ahead. But imagine, how life would have been if humans have lived underwater and how easy it would have been to fetch out those secrets. You can now get a glimpse of ‘Humans Living Underwater’ at Museo Atlantico-Europe’s first underwater museum.

On the seabed in the Las Coloradas bay in Lanzarote, one of the Spain’s Canary Islands, British artist Jason deCaires Taylor is creating an extraordinary series of underwater artworks portraying scenes from everyday life.

The sculptures, submerged at a depth of between 12 and 15 metres, recreate scenes ranging from a couple clicking pictures to 35 figures walking beneath the water.

The alluring statues are made from environment-friendly concrete and are accessible only to divers and marine life.

The installations also feature haunting images like the ‘Raft of Lampedusa’ showing a raft carrying 13 refugees depicting the disturbing world we are creating.

The creations are built on land before they are lowered to the seabed.

The artworks are lowered into the sea gently.

Taylor is a British artist, a sculptor and photographer; a diver and a naturalist. He has gained worldwide recognition as one of the first artists to integrate contemporary art with the conservation of marine life. His works in Grenada have been listed among the Top 25 Wonders of the World by National Geographic.