Madeline St Clair
(UK)British scientist Madeline (Mads) St Clair is a tropical marine biologist and conservation photographer-filmmaker. Her interest in how man-made stressors are affecting the ocean have taken her across the globe, from coral reef acoustics and microplastics research to filming the disappearing glaciers of Arctic Greenland. Mads drive to learn, investigate and document our oceans and people has taken her to some of the remotest corners of the planet, harnessing her skillset as a commercial drone pilot and underwater camera operator to deliver bold, innovative visual campaigns for the protection and longevity of our most precious marine ecosystems and the people who rely on them. Founder and Managing Director of Women in Ocean Science, Mads is also a fierce advocate for gender equity and works to elevate female voices in the ocean and wildlife space.
Ocean Wxman
OCEAN WXMAN: an intimate portrait of the female connection to the sea. Following pioneering female ocean guardians from local and indigenous communities across the Indo-Pacific, Ocean Wxman will tell the stories of the women shaping the protection of marine ecosystems within their communities.
A hybrid photography-film series captured within our ocean’s most biodiverse coral reef regions, Ocean Wxman seeks to elevate the women quietly breaking stigmas in conserving the sea, in an exploration of the nuanced relationship between female empowerment and ocean protection.
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