Wallis Annenberg has announced that the Photo Space will not be re-opening. Read her letter of appreciation on the closing of a chapter in Los Angeles.
Photo by: Dr. Octavio Aburto
Octavio Aburto
Photographer
Dr. Octavio Aburto is the Director of the Gulf of California Marine Program. Dr. Aburto uses photography as part of his work as the Founder and former Director of the Gulf of California Marine Program and Associate Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
Dr. Aburto obtained his Ph.D. at the Center of Marine Biodiversity and Conservation at SIO and was honored with the Jean Fort Award by the University of California, San Diego for his significant contribution to an issue of public concern through his doctoral research. As a Kathryn Fuller and Hellman Fellow, his research and photographs have focused on marine-protected areas and commercially exploited marine species in Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Ecuador, and the United States. His photographs have been part of several conservation projects worldwide and have won international photography contests, including gold place in the 2016 Our World Underwater photography competition.