Bryan Austin takes portraits and, like all top portrait photographers, works intimately with his subjects. Bryan’s models, however, are enormous whales who approach him in the open water. Stitching together scores of shots taken only a few feet from the whales, he produces life-sized prints in stunningly high resolution. “Capturing the eye is central” to the portrait, says Bryan. “It is a way for two minds to connect.” The photographs are exhibited in whaling nations to peacefully inspire a moratorium on whale slaughter.