Richard Chesher

South Pacific Cultural Photography Frederique and I are enthusiastic photographers of the culture, scenic beauty and wildlife of the South Pacific. Vanuatu is a treasure trove of cultural images.  Cultural Tour in Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu   New Caledonia's culture is completely different than Vanuatu. In Vanuatu 99% of the people are indigenous Melanesian people living in small rural villages.  14th of July in Noumea New Caledonia, has a blend of cultures from Melanesia (Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu), Europe, Polynesia, Indonesia, China and other parts of the world. New Caledonia and Vanuatu Wildlife and Scenic Photography New Caledonia and Vanuatu also have much different topography; the islands of Vanuatu are volcanic while New Caledonia was uplifted from the sea floor. Using high dynamic range panoramic photography we captured the feeling of the powerful forces of Vanuatu's Yasur Volcano : New Caledonia's Grande Terre is much larger tha...

New Caledonia and Vanuatu Tourism Photography. I love photography. By the time I was 10, I had my own darkroom and processed films and prints in black and white and then in color. In 1959 I began doing underwater photography in support of my activities as a professional diver and later as a graduate student in marine sciences. I assisted the professional underwater photographer Jerry Greenberg in south Florida and worked as an underwater photographer for Ribikoff Oceanics and Westinghouse. My first published images appeared in National Geographic Magazine in November 1966, and since then, my scientific and travel photographs have been published in so many books and magazines that I have long since lost track of them. My photo agents in London and New York send me lists of sales from time to time. In 2000, Frederique and I began production of travel and cruising guides to Vanuatu and New Caledonia and we specialized in hotel, resort, and tourism photogra...