In late fall 2004 after visiting Tahiti I set out to make a film in the island nation about what was happening to shark populations. I had never heard the expression "finning" before. It left me with a sick feeling about the direction this planet was heading in regards to sheer carelessness in our worlds oceans. I photographed sharks in their natural environment, and discovered facts about why they were disappearing. Lack of funding and time to produce the film forced me to shelf it, but it ...