OCEAN PORTFOLIO AWARD: Sirachai Arunrugstichai
Sirachai (Shin) Arunrugstichai is a Thai photojournalist, based in Bangkok, Thailand. Formally trained as a marine biologist, he studied community-based coral reef restoration and shark fisheries. After witnessing detrimental changes in the marine environment he loved, he shifted his career toward conservation photojournalism to tell the stories of our intertwining relationships with the oceans. Sirachai now works with conservation organizations, including IUCN, Save Our Seas Foundation, WildAid, Ocean Conservancy and his images have been published by National Geographic, the Smithsonian, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and the Guardian, among others. Although Sirachai now works as a photojournalist, Shin is still active within the scientific community and regularly collaborates on shark and ray research in the Southeast Asia region which he calls home.
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