A native of the Netherlands, immigrated to Canada in 1967, resides in Dartmouth (Nova Scotia, Canada) with family and dogs; a stones throw from the North Atlantic surf. A well-known environmentalist and promoter of the pristine quality of northern wilderness fresh water resources, exemplar for original natural waters in nature.

A founding director of the Nova Scotia Underwater Archaeology Society;
a past president of the Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia.

Artistic venture owner of:
AQUA MARINE PHOTOGRAPHY LTD.
56 Pleasant Street
DARTMOUTH, Nova Scotia B2Y 3P5
Phone/Fax: (902) 463 2695
E-mail: <gvanryckevorsel@ns.sympatico.ca>
Website: <www.salmonphotos.com>


(Text courtesy of La Pirogue Museum)

UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY

Gilbert van Ryckevorsel, a well-known marine photographer and artist from Nova Scotia, has spent over 30 years exploring the depths of Atlantic Ocean and Northern Canadian wilderness rivers, becoming personally acquainted with the mysterious environments and life forms. Whales, blue fin tuna, lobster, Atlantic salmon, sturgeon, amphibians, these are the marine inhabitants that have given Gilbert his lifelong inspiration.

Over the past 30 years, Gilbert van Ryckevorsel's unique talents of communicating with and photographing the underwater worlds have allowed him to share his underwater experience with a world audience. His photos have appeared in many publications such as National Geographic, Equinox, International Musea, The Atlantic Salmon Journal, magazines, books, advertisement; his videography in wildlife television of North America and Europe, on CBC and BBC programs.

His still images are used in interpretations of the sub-sea world of North Atlantic coastal and inland waters; in museums and interpretation exhibits on the environment.