LUC BESSON and MARCUS

Marcus

-	Marcus
-	Marcus described by his colleagues
-	Memories with Luc Besson
	* Atlantis
	* Tahiti
	* Australia
	* Seychelles

MARCUS " He is man, he is not man. " Surface break during the filming of "The Big Blue" in 1988	MARCUS, he is a man, he is not a man, he is a fish, a clown fish, a puffer fish, a scorpion fish, he is a whale, a shark, a dolphin, he is a shell, a coral, he is the sand, he is the water, he is the sea. I met him in the water, in the sea, at the depth; in the deep blue. He swims in front of us leading the dive but he is all around us. We are in his sphere with him on our under water experience which does not disturb the tranquility; time stands still. This man lives in such harmony with the marine life that he knows by instinct, where we want to be to see what we have to see. It is like he is accepted by the fish and coral as one of their own. He sends out vibrations to encounter fish and other marine life. He has an exceptional ability to listen to the fish and recognize, when and where to find them.
The fish come out of their holes and caves and dance in front of him, play with him and do not mind to be touched and caressed; he has a special way of communicating with him. He makes you fall in love with the sea and you will feel as comfortable and safe in the water as in your mothers' womb. He goes diving just because of the dive; he loves it for what it is. The state of grace and possibility that we admire in the life below the surface seems different to Marcus. He is not there to watch it and study it; he is a part of it. "Get in the water, get in the ocean, dive in it and breathe". These breaths are life, without them, we do not live. .
when diving, Marcus teaches how to let go the fear and restraints of our terrestrial existence; how to feel the freedom to move without the effects of gravity; how to loose the limitations of movements we are bound to by living on land; how to fly in the water; that up or down is not important, just the bubbles, the sign of us being there and breathing; to remember that we are human and not like him, a dolphin. Because he, the dolphin diver, has all his senses on reception, the senses of the dolphin that anticipate if a diver has a problem or becomes nervous to be there, when they need him.
	Marcus films and photographs the underwater world in the same fashion as he moves in the water, the lenses move through the water like airlines under the sea. The camera is an extension of his eyes and he speaks with his images. He films with passion. It is his favorite way of showing to the people who cannot dive with him, what he encounters on his voyages, from small crabs to whale sharks and why he loves it. He films to share the moments that taught him the respect for the oceans with others. Our planets name mistakenly is earth, even though we live on the smaller part of it. We have to learn how to respect and care for the planet that carries and feeds us; now and in the future the oceans are a part of us and we a part of them.
Thank you Marcus, in the name of all the divers who were a part of your adventures and in the name of the ones you taught how to dive. You do not only dive or teach how to dive, you share your passion and make us understand and feel the emotions that wait for us in the blue waters. Your images are different than the pictures of the other underwater photographers, you focus less on technique and concentrate on the message of the picture. Because you take pictures with your eyes and your heart, not with the lens, the images are unique in their composition. Marcus the dolphin man is not the same person out of the water. It seems like, just as the dolphins come to the surface for air you only rest as long as needed and return to your environment and live your real life. Marcus, seen by his team mates about an instant, a dive or his life.