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in 1997, to mark the International Year of the Coral Reef, the     European Union commissioned a book on the coral reefs of  Papua New Guinea. As a photographer who has spent much time in PNG over the past 10 years and has made over 500 dives in its most interesting areas, Sergio Sarta was invited to collaborate on the book with Bob and Dinah Halstead, the legendary Australian photographers who were the first to discover and appreciate the seas of PNG from the point of view of underwater photography.

The European Union – funded Islands Region Environmental and Community Development Program (IRECDP) published this book as a means of promoting environmental awareness among, above all, the people of Papua New Guinea. PNG’s coral reefs are areas of outstanding beauty and are home to innumerable marine species, several of which have as yet only been sighted in these seas and whose photographs are published here for the first time.

                                                       
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In 1996, Sergio Sarta brought out a book of underwater photographs entitled PORTFOLIO, which won first prize at the International Festival of Underwater Images at Antibes, in France. This 250- page book, which met with great acclaim from both the critics and the public, is written in Italian and English and contains about 250 magnificent photographs.                                                                                                                         The book is organized by subject into 20 chapters, some dealing with a particular species of sea creature, such as dolphins, scorpionfish, anemonefish or corals; others portraying life underwater in distinctive locations, such as the open sea, the reef or wrecks; and yet others grouping Sarta’s impressions in a more general way, such as those on close-ups, fresh water diving, night diving or models.

Each chapter of about 10 photographs is introduced by a chattily informative paragraph written from the personal perspective of the photographer himself. Each photograph is accompanied by a brief comment and the location of the shot. A map at the end of the book illustrates all the dive sites, from the Pacific to the Atlantic, from the Mediterranean to the Caribbean.

                                                                                               
                 WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT SERGIO SARTA’S PORTFOLIO