'Secrets of the Whales' Photographer Brian Skerry on the Time an Orca Offered Him Food
On 4/23/21 at 1:05 PM EDT
Secrets of the Whales, premiered on Disney+.
The epic, four-part series, produced by Academy Award-winning filmmaker James Cameron and narrated by actor Sigourney Weaver, was filmed over three years in two dozen locations, revealing the extraordinary lives and complex social structures of five different whale species—orcas, humpbacks, belugas, narwhals and sperm whales.
The series involves acclaimed
National Geographic Explorer wildlife photographer Brian Skerry, who has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater over the past four decades. Skerry spoke to
Newsweek about his experiences making the series. The conversation below has been edited for length and clarity.