Underwater scene of a scuba diver exploring a shipwreck, with sunlight streaming through clear blue water above.
WA Museum Boola Bardip

Capturing the Deep: An Underwater Lens on WA

Location

WA Museum Boola Bardip
Perth Cultural Centre, Perth / Boorloo

Dates

–

Tickets

Included with General Admission

Explore the unique underwater world off the WA coast, as seen through the camera lenses of the members of the Western Australian Underwater Photographic Society.

Visitors will explore the rich and diverse sea life that exists right here on our doorstep but hidden beneath the water’s surface. From the clear warm tropics in our north, to the cool temperate reefs to the south, this exhibition delves into an extraordinary world that not everyone gets to see.

Local photographers from the Western Australian Underwater Photographic Society invite you to immerse yourself in WA’s underwater world.

Western Australian Underwater Photographic Society

The Western Australian Underwater Photographic Society (WAUPS) is a non-profit organistaion which was established and incorporated in 1984.

The aims of the WAUPS are to:

  • Promote an improvement of underwater photography among its members
  • Promote underwater photography in the community
  • Encourage an understanding and preservation of the marine environment
  • Promote an exchange of skills and ideas from within the society and from external bodies; and
  • Have fun and enjoy socialising, diving and photography

WAUPS holds regular monthly meetings, a range of competitions, monthly photo dives and social events.

Please get in touch if WAUPS can support your photographic journey!

Location: Community Exhibition Showcase

Scuba diver swimming above a reef covered in yellow seaweed near a rusted shipwreck underwater.
Image by Amanda Blanklsby
Close-up view through a circular opening of a delicate white marine organism with feathery tentacles against a dark background with orange coral.
Image by Gary B
Two sea lions swim gracefully underwater above a sandy seabed with patches of green seagrass.
Image by Kathleen Wilton
Close-up of a weedy seadragon with a long, pipe-like snout and spotted body, floating against a dark background.
Image by Yvonne Hoppe
Close-up underwater view of a green sea turtle resting on a sandy seabed with coral, facing the camera.
Image by Matt Smith
Close-up of a brightly coloured sea slug with red spots and purple-edged frills resting on coral against a dark background.
Image by Pat Swallow
Close-up of a small translucent shrimp with blue-tipped claws among pale anemone tentacles with purple tips.
Image by Daniel Messom
Close-up of a camouflaged, spiky velvetfish with textured white and purple markings against a dark underwater background.
Image by B Pryde
Close-up of a black-and-yellow anemonefish peeking out between soft, pink-tipped sea anemone tentacles.
Image by Yuri Verbaan
Close-up of a bright orange fish with blue-lined patterns and green eyes, partially hidden within a soft, blurred orange coral background.
Image by Tammy Gibbs
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