THE HISTORY
55 YEARS OF HISTORY
Our goals, core archive, and team have been in the making for over 55 years. From early expeditions across the Pacific and Atlantic oceans to more recent efforts on the Ocean Surface Centre project, the current strength of our archive and team is a culmination of multiple lifetimes of experience, practice, and expertise.
LIZARD ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
FILMING FOR MULTIPLE PROJECTS
SOME OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
EXPEDITIONS
Through various projects, the core team have embarked and led over 35 expeditions across the world, with countless more from the wider 25+ contributory team.
OPTICAL BENCH SETUPS
The team has a history of innovating in the film industry, holding a number of technical awards in the area. Optical benches have allowed the team to capture creatures otherwise undocumented.
PIONEERING FLUID EFFECTS
Through technical and innovation the team have pioneered a style of special FX known as fluid effects. This approach has been continued by Chris Parks and used in feature films and commercials ever since.
INDONESIA
SOME OF THE EARLIEST ARCHIVE CONTRIBUTIONS...
a passion for plankton...
While The Group is a collaborative effort, its inspiration stems from Peter’s remarkable 55-year career documenting and capturing the wonders of the natural world. Over the years, Peter has built ImageQuest3D’s extensive marine archive, featuring an incredible collection of expedition, plankton and reef photography. The Open Ocean Group was created to expand upon this foundation, bringing together Peter’s colleagues from around the globe, along with others who share and support our mission.
the TIMELINE
SOME of the KEY STAGES IN GETTING TO TOOG
Peter founded Oxford Scientific Films, and over following years began expeditions to locations such as Bermuda, for Sir David Attenborough's Life on Earth.
ImageQuest3D was formed, specializing in large format production, research and development. IQ has worked on some of the biggest feature films, and documented some of the smallest ocean creatures.
In 2003, Peter was honoured by the Academy, with an Oscar; the ‘Gordon E. Sawyer Award'. Through 2005, IQ contributed to Darren Aronovskys Film; 'The Fountain'. In 2009, Peter was honoured by Her Majesty the Queen with an OBE for services to Wild Life Filming.
In 2018 Peter was asked to head up the creative team of marine biologists and specialist film folk for a permanent but actively researching venue, bringing the whole edutainment, exhibit and display world up to world. This was the inspiration to create a larger collective...
WORKING WITH THE WORLD'S BEST
The team has experience in collaborating and working with the world’s very best ocean activists and storytellers. Experience in producing some of the highest quality content, and sharing it through cutting edge technology is the foundation being adapted for the group’s projects. Pictured behind are Chris Campkin and renowned ocean expert and biologist Sylvia Earle.
