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Atlantic Ridge Productions is owned and managed by Nuno Sá.
Nuno Sá ended his Law degree in one of Portugal’s top universities in 2001. One year latter he moved to the islands of the Azores to pursue his dream of living a life connected with the sea, where he has lived for the last 12 years.
Nuno Sá was the first Portuguese wildlife photographer awarded in some of the worlds major nature photography competitions, and is today considered Portugal’s most awarded Wildlife Photographer. He is the author of six books and several dozens of articles published on National and International magazines, such as National Geographic Portugal.
As a wildlife photographer Nuno Sá has been very active in creating marine awareness about the unique sea life of the Azores and Portugal. In 2010 he started a new way of getting people involved, splitting his time at the sea between stills and video, and opening Portugal first Production Company specialized in underwater imagery – Atlantic Ridge Productions.
Under or over water (but mostly under) Nuno Sá has cooperated as producer, director of photography or cameraman with several National and International TV channels as well as independent productions.
2013 was another year for a big change in the company when we decided to invest in Portugal’s first Ultra High Definition Digital Cinema 5k RED Epic camera in a professional housing – Gates Deep Dragon.
From our own expedition boat, to rebreathers, scooters, drones and mirage of photo and video equipment we are geared up for all kind of work from natural history imagery to commercial works.
La photographie sous-marine a aussi son prix et il vient d'être décerné à Nuno Sa.
Les trois jurés Alex Mustard, Martin Edge et Peter Rowlands ont parcouru près de 2 500 oeuvres venues de 40 pays, avant d'arrêter leur choix sur cette photographie d'hippocampe, intitulée "50 tons of me". Grâce à la précision et à la symbolisation de sa photo, Nuno Sa a subjugué le jury. Chaque année, cette espèce protégée est vendue à outrance dans le commerce. Nuno Sa est engagé depuis longtemps dans la protection des océans et tente, à travers son oeuvre, d'y sensibiliser le public. Il a notament participé à de nombreux reportages et dirige actuellement...