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Christoph Gerigk

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Underwater photographer Christoph Gerigk captures marine wildlife and documents animal life in sunken environments.

Christoph Gerigk is an underwater photographer specializing in scientific and archaeological documentation of aquatic environments. Trained in biology and photography, he has developed unique expertise in visually capturing submerged sites, whether shipwrecks, ancient cities, or natural environments that are difficult to access. His work is based on a rigorous approach that combines technical precision and documentary standards in order to produce images that can be used by both researchers and cultural institutions.

Renowned for his collaborations with underwater archaeology missions, Christoph Gerigk is particularly interested in areas with low visibility and complex environments, where photography requires innovative solutions. He uses specialized lighting systems, panoramic image stitching, and underwater 3D photogrammetry to reproduce entire sites with a high degree of precision. These methods enable him to contribute to scientific research, underwater heritage conservation, and museum promotion.

His photographs have been published in reference works and presented in international exhibitions devoted to sunken civilizations and maritime heritage. Several professional distinctions, including international photojournalism awards, attest to the quality and documentary value of his work. Christoph Gerigk thus occupies a recognized place in the field of scientific underwater photography, bringing a methodical and innovative perspective to environments that are inaccessible to the general public.

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Biosphoto | 1934293 | Diver and stinging Moon Jellyfish-Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; Lars Abromeit/GEO within stinging Moon Jellyfish | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Diver and stinging Moon Jellyfish-Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; Lars Abromeit/GEO within stinging [...]
Biosphoto | 1934217 | Scientists in laboratory - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; Dr. Chris Martens (front left), Dr.Niels Lindquist (left), UNC Chapel Hill and other members of the saturation diver team /2011 Ocean Acidification Mission | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Scientists in laboratory - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; Dr. Chris Martens (front left), Dr.Niels [...]
Biosphoto | 1934292 | Aquarius Reef Base in reef - Florida USA | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Aquarius Reef Base in reef - Florida USA
Biosphoto | 1934285 | Marine life on Aquarius - Aquarius Reef Base Florida | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Marine life on Aquarius - Aquarius Reef Base Florida
Biosphoto | 1934277 | Marine life under Aquarius -  Aquarius Reef Base Florida | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Marine life under Aquarius - Aquarius Reef Base Florida
Biosphoto | 1934273 | Under the  Gazebo   -  Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; next to Aquarius. This structure provides refuge for aquanauts if problems develop inside Aquarius. The Gazebo has a separate air supply and oxygen for special ascent tables if the aquanauts need to come to the surface in an emergency. | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Under the "Gazebo" - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; next to Aquarius. This structure provides [...]
Biosphoto | 1934269 | Visualization flow of water in a sponge - Aquarius Reef Base ; Fluorescein dye is used to visualize how water is absorbed at the outside and then exhausted by a sponge.The Caribbean barrel sponge, Xestospongia muta, is a large and common member of the coral reef communities at depths greater than 10 m, and has been called the “redwood of the deep”, due to its up to 2000 year lifespan as well as its size and color. Despite its prominence, high biomass and importance to habitat complexity and reef health, very little is know about the basic biology of this massive sponge, including rates of mortality and recruitment, reproduction, growth and age. Like reef corals, this sponge is subject to bleaching and subsequent mortality.<br>With support from NOAA's Aquarius Reef Base at UNCW, NOAA's Coral Reef Conservation Program, and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, a research group has been monitoring populations of X. muta in the Florida Keys since 1997. | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Visualization flow of water in a sponge - Aquarius Reef Base ; Fluorescein dye is used to visualize [...]
Biosphoto | 1934266 | Monitoring of sponge respiration - Aquarius Reef Bas Florida ; non-calcifying reef organisms like sponges will likely benefit from negative impacts to corals caused by ocean acidification and climate change; research data suggest that water passing through a filter feeding X muta sponge drops more than 0.01 pH units, a significant fraction of the 0.1 drop that has already resulted from the acidification of the ocean by the increase in atmospheric carbon dioxide in recent decades.; scientists try to understand how to distinguish local acidification processes, like that from sponge respiration, from the global scale changes now occurring around the world. Only in this decade have scientists fully realized the threat of global acidification to calcifying organisms such as corals. Marine scientists around the world are now attempting to provide the information that we need to both understand and manage this important problem; field work, experiments and scientific setups of the AUG 2011 Research Mission: Ocean Acidification: Controls on Reef pH; Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Martens, UNC Chapel Hill<br>Co-Principal Investigator: Dr.Niels Lindquist (left), UNC Chapel Hill | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Monitoring of sponge respiration - Aquarius Reef Bas Florida ; non-calcifying reef organisms like [...]
Biosphoto | 1934249 | Monitoring of sponge respiration -Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; non-calcifying reef organisms like sponges will likely benefit from negative impacts to corals caused by ocean acidification and climate changeResearch Mission: Ocean Acidification: Controls on Reef pH; Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Martens, UNC Chapel Hill<br>Co-Principal Investigator: Dr.Niels Lindquist, UNC Chapel Hill | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Monitoring of sponge respiration -Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; non-calcifying reef organisms like [...]
Biosphoto | 1934247 | Divers field work - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; field work, experiments and scientific setups of the AUG 2011 Research Mission: Ocean Acidification: Controls on Reef pH; Principal Investigator: Dr. Chris Martens, UNC Chapel Hill<br>Co-Principal Investigator: Dr.Niels Lindquist, UNC Chapel Hill | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Divers field work - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; field work, experiments and scientific setups of [...]
Biosphoto | 1934245 | Man taking a shower - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; Chris Martens taking his obligatory shower in the wet porch. Aquanauts must wash off any salt water after each dive in order to keep the station free from corrosion. | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Man taking a shower - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; Chris Martens taking his obligatory shower in [...]
Biosphoto | 1934244 | Men in bunk - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; 6 bunks for 6 crew members | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Men in bunk - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; 6 bunks for 6 crew members
Biosphoto | 1934235 | Diver cleaning an anode  - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; umbilical diver moving a NASA prototype camera | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Diver cleaning an anode - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; umbilical diver moving a NASA prototype [...]
Biosphoto | 1934230 | Insspection high pressure air - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; umbilical diver inspecting the high pressure air reserve | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Insspection high pressure air - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; umbilical diver inspecting the high [...]
Biosphoto | 1934225 | Aquarius Reef Base control room  - Floride  ; Saul Rosser, Operations Director ARB/UNCW. Shore Base Aquarius monitoring station “watch desk”, fast response and workboats, small boats for daily operations, dive lockers, workshops, dormitory, wet and dry laboratories, and emergency recompression chamber.  | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Aquarius Reef Base control room - Floride ; Saul Rosser, Operations Director ARB/UNCW. Shore Base [...]
Biosphoto | 1934223 | Life Support Buoy and Ocean Observing Platform - Floride ; Power generation, air compressors, wireless communications/telemetry array, and ocean observing capabilities including water temperature, salinity, chlorophyll, waves, and currents. semi–autonomous (unmanned) Life Support Buoy (LSB) provided by NOAA’s National Data Buoy Center. The LSB is a large discus buoy, 30 feet in diameter, and hosts generators for power, compressors for air, and a telemetry communications system. | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Life Support Buoy and Ocean Observing Platform - Floride ; Power generation, air compressors, [...]
Biosphoto | 1934220 | Lunchtime - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; Chris Martens (r) and Niels Lindquist, UNC Chapel Hill sitting in the galley | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Lunchtime - Aquarius Reef Base Florida ; Chris Martens (r) and Niels Lindquist, UNC Chapel Hill [...]
Biosphoto | 1934157 | Aquarius Reef Base in the Reef - Conch Reef Florida ;  Schoolmaster Snappers (Lutjanus apodus) hide under the steel structures, coverd by Orange Cup Corals<br>(Tubastraea coccinea) , some of these have their yellow polyps opened, due to depth and low-light (normally only at night) | © Christoph Gerigk / Biosphoto
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Aquarius Reef Base in the Reef - Conch Reef Florida ; Schoolmaster Snappers (Lutjanus apodus) hide [...]