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MARCUS
" My Father taught me to dive "



Marcus in the Arctic: 1992
  		 
My father made his first dives in 1944 as a combat swimmer in the Italian Navy during WWII.
Today he is 81 years old and teaches his grandchildren how to dive.

In 1956 in Algeria, when I saw the film The Silent World and watched it six more times, I knew what I wanted to do. Technically, I became a certified diver in 1958 in Corsica.
The souvenir I keep since then is ear problems.
Nevertheless, I had my first experiences under water when I was 2 ½ years; I used to jump into my father's arm's while he was diving in the pool.
I leap into the water, sink like a rock and play in the bubbles until my father spoils the pleasure by returning me to the surface.
In 1974 I became an instructor and dive professionally.
Since then, I dive practically every day.
In total, i have about 15.000 dives.
I dive because I feel and know that water is MY element.
 

Under water, my senses are hypersensitive:
- I can anticipate the fish
- I find a the smallest animals within large surroundings
- I can feel fish approaching from behind me
- I drink the water through my regulator to taste it
- I dive without gloves to feel the water and if I can i dive without suit as well to have the contact with water all over my skin.
- I fly. I film, so I can share my love of the sea with someone who did not sea the beauty of it first hand yet.
The camera is an extension of my senses, I speak in images about my love with the oceans, I use the water to dance and fly around its actors.
When I see the film, the same emotions when I took the images come back to me, even years later.
I film moments under water.
I prefer to leave the words to others and just let the images to do the talking.

                                                                                                       Marc BIEHLER
 
Gesma in 1969
 
Saint Mandrier in 1969

Spring 1977,
My first classes as an instructor in swimming pool