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September 2026

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Being seasick, sunburnt, dusty, flooded and sometimes scared are all part of it, but getting the shot means any hardship is quickly forgotten” – wildlife photographer Chris Fallows on his spectacular shots of whales

Pangolin Wildlife Photography podcast, Meet The Pro

Welcome to Episode 26 of the Pangolin Podcast, hosted by Toby Jermyn. In this episode, world-renowned fine art wildlife photographer and conservationist Chris Fallows joins us from Cape Town to talk about the images (and moments) that shaped his career—from the legendary Air Jaws great white sharks of Seal Island to a moody humpback whale fluke years in the making, and a more painterly elephant scene from Mana Pools. We also chat about how behaviour at Seal Island was discovered, what’s changed in False Bay, and why Chris is now using his print sales to help buy and protect land for wildlife corridors. Plus, Chris shares a guest image he loves by Nick Brandt, and reveals where he’d place his “humble dwelling” for a lifetime of photography.

Cape Talk – Interview with Lester Kiewit

Lester Kiewit speaks to wildlife photographer Chris Fallows about finding himself in the middle of a supergroup of whales. He and his wife witnessed and photographed 472 whales, of which 304 were individuals. It is a world record for the number of individual baleen whales seen in a single group at 304.

BBC News – Humpback Whale Super Groups

On a misty morning in December 2025, two photographers, Chris and Monique Fallows, captured the images of 304 individual humpbacks – the highest number of large whales ever identified in a single day. Their pictures tell a story of a remarkable return from the brink. Read more..

60 Minutes with Anderson CoopeR

This was a great white shark hotspot. Then they mysteriously vanished | 60 Minutes

Great white sharks have abandoned a former hotspot in South Africa. Some pin the blame on a pair of orcas. Others point the finger at another culprit: humans.

60 Minutes Overtime

Inside wildlife photographer Chris Fallows’ archive

Photographer Chris Fallows, known for his dramatic photos of great white sharks breaching the water near Cape Town, South Africa, shared the stories behind his astonishing images of wildlife, from elephants and cheetahs to humpback whales and lions.

CBS News

How wildlife photographer Chris Fallows captures the natural world

Fallows’ photographs of this behavior in great white sharks, called “breaching,” are some of the most breathtaking of the natural world, capturing them in mid-flight, suspended above the water.

“To see a 1,000-kilogram great white shark come flying out the water, well, that’s something very few people get to see, and certainly I never got tired of it,” Fallows told 60 Minutes Overtime.

Cape Talk – Interview with John Maytham

Chris Fallows –conservationist and wildlife photographer explains the different reasons for the decline in the Great White shark population along the False Bay coast.

Biz News - False Bay missing great whites

The great white sharks of False Bay – once so abundant that film crews from around the world came to document them, have all but vanished. Wildlife photographer and conservationist Chris Fallows says we’re looking for blame in the wrong place. In this interview with BizNews Fallows, famous for capturing the world’s first images of breaching great whites at Seal Island – explains why the two orcas, Port and Starboard, who are widely blamed for the sharks’ disappearance, “arrived after the crime scene”.