A few months ago, I was approached (via e-mail) by someone claiming to be editor of a Chinese photography magazine called PhotoWorld. He had clearly spent a great deal of time on my website and wanted to do an article about my underwater photography!
They didn't offer much money, but I figured it would still help the charity I'm supporting with my photography, so - even though I'd never heard of the magazine - I decided to do it, and just hope it was legit. I answered a bunch of questions by e-mail, sent him the images he requested, and - lo and behold - a few weeks later received in the mail a nice glossy magazine with an 8-page article in it!
You can see the article here, along with a rough English translation.
Because it was my grinning shark photo that got his attention in the first place, I had an opportunity to answer a few questions about sharks. Trying to do my small part to raise awareness (especially in China!) of the plight of sharks in general, my answer to one of his questions (that was used in the article) included the following:
"Unfortunately the world’s shark populations are being
decimated as shark fins are cut off to meet people's demand for shark fin soup - sharks are caught
by ships, their fins cut off and the live sharks thrown back in the water to die. I very much hope
that my photos can help people to understand this horrific act, and influence people to no longer
eat shark's fin soup, so that the dwindling number of shark species can recover."
