By Christy Swift
Photos Courtesy Chris Gug

Chris Gug has made a career out of photographing ocean life and turning it into art. His Aliens Collection shines a light on deep sea creatures rarely, and sometimes never before, seen. How does he do this? Believe it or not, with scuba gear, right off the coast of Lauderdale-By-The-Sea.„

Gug (pronounced “Goog”), as he likes to be called, was one of those rare kids who knew exactly what he wanted to do at an early age. While other kids were playing Atari, he was obsessed with frogs and snakes and other critters in his backyard in Connecticut. His mom was a wildlife rehabber who always had an injured animal in the bathtub at home. From those experiences, he developed the ability to understand animals and how they related to humans.

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