Storytelling is a powerful tool for social change. In a sea of perpetually updated newsfeeds, we create editorial content with the goal to inform, inspire and include ocean advocates of all ages and backgrounds.
This journal is an ongoing log of our collective movement — a record of the people, projects and ideas that inspire our mission and move us forward. To keep up with the latest, check in here, follow our social media channels and subscribe to our weekly newsletter, Wavelengths.
IN FOCUS: SOHAM BHATTACHARYYA
We speak to the winner of the Mangrove Photography Awards about life in The Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest in the world.
IN FOCUS: Matt Bagley
Get to know the photographer documenting sea life around Phillip Island with a new depth-building technique.
IN FOCUS: MIKE COOTS
Meet the legendary photographer and shark attack survivor dedicating his work to the apex predators that changed his life.
IN FOCUS: Marko Magister
Meet the photographer who’s been working with the Parley team to document a plastic pollution crisis in a remote part of Patagonia.
IN FOCUS: Denisse Ariana Pérez
Photographer Denisse Ariana Pérez discusses falling in love with water, spiritual experiences, and reimagining paradise amongst pollution.
IN FOCUS: Katie Rae
We speak to British photographer Katie Rae about her shadowy style that could be described as “ocean noir”.
IN FOCUS: Jules Casey
Six years ago, Jules Casey’s life changed forever. We speak to the marine photographer and free diver about life in the water off the coast of Melbourne.
IN FOCUS: FAINE LOUBSER
Explore the beauty and magic of underwater kelp forests with Parley collaborator Faine Loubser
The beauty and fragility of the oceans in 25 photos
Announcing the finalists of our photo competition with AnOther
The microbiologist blowing up Instagram with her close up videos of tardigrades
We spoke with @tardibabe about her kaleidoscopic videos of microbes, dancing and wriggling on petri dishes.
In Focus: Juan Amarú Rodriguez
The Colombian photographer documenting plastic pollution deep in the Amazon
In Focus: Giacomo Cosua
Photos from Parley’s first expedition with Sea Shepherd in the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary.
PARLEY X ANOTHER MAGAZINE: PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST
Show us the #StateOfTheOceans in a photo for the chance to join a Parley expedition.
THE INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT SHOWING SEA LIFE LIKE YOU’VE NEVER SEEN IT BEFORE
Scroll through Aron Sanchez-Baranda’s Instagram page, and you may think you’d stumbled across an archive of extraterrestrial life.
Diving into Darkness: The Illuminating Images of Helen Brierley
Most life on this planet we named Earth exists in the oceans. The vast majority of it is unknown to humans. Explore the “other” side in photos.