“Unique, insightful, exciting, Face to Face is the result of Al Hornsby’s lifelong fascination with wildlife and animal behaviors, and of over 40 years’ work as a professional photographer and writer specializing in the underwater world, travel and Nature.”

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Free-diving to about 15 meters, I found the male and female whales, suspended closely side-by-side in the water, gently caressing each other, and I made images dive after dive. As I headed upwards at one point, I realized the whales were slowly following. The male ascended from directly below me, and I began to think I was going to end up on his back. To my delight, at the last moment he turned, the female just beyond him, and gave me an eye to eye look from just a meter away...

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When a Great White Shark, charging the bait just a few feet away, passes closely enough for you to see its every detail in that mind’s-eye, slow-motion our brains are so capable of recording, there is an unconscious, primal understanding of just what a Great White’s prey didn’t realize in its last, crucial moment...

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The Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa, known as one of the most exciting wildlife and bird-watching locations on the planet, turns out to also be one of the most fascinating diving locations conceivable.

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There is little more exhilarating in diving than being face to face with one of the aquatic world’s big, powerful creatures.

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There is something very special about close-up, marine life photography. It can transport you to an underwater world where your universe can, at times, be measured in but inches.

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Our planet has been blessed with an incredible array of wildlife…from large, thrilling carnivores to those creatures whose lovely, gentle spirits can sooth us with feelings of wonder.

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