Curio: "we went skinny dipping and did things that frightened the fish!"
Friday, March 25, 2016 at 6:22PM
NATHANIEL R in Curio, Emma Thompson, Greg Wise, Helena Bonham Carter, Mark Rylance, O.T. Fagbenle, Terry Gilliam, celebrity portraiture, nudity, zoology

Yes. that's a quote from Steel Magnolias. I apologize as this is entirely unrelated. It happens.

Are you familiar with "Fish Love"? It's a not-for-profit company from Nicholas Röhl and the actress Greta Scacchi. The goal? I'll just quote them here:

to raise awareness of the unsustainable fishing practices that are destroying the the earth's marine ecosystem. Since then, the Fishlove images have succeeded in bringing the subject of over-fishing to the front covers and pages of the world's media many times over. 

This year's catch is the adorable Emma Thompson and Greg Wise shot by photographer Jillian Edelstein to promote the endangered. But there's more (slightly nsfw) after the jump...

This year gallery brings us one of our favorite movie couples (above). It's always worth cherishing the fact that sometimes life has a happier ending than art: Emma Thompson married Kate Winslet's untrustworthy suitor from Sense & Sensibility!. 

They also got Mark Rylance fresh off his Oscar win posing with a shark. The master thespian is not shy. There's a lot more of him in the movie Intimacy (2001).

And here's Dougray Scott (the original Wolverine before he had to back out of the X-Men giving Hugh Jackman his signature role). I haven't seen him at the movies in so long.... since his brief Arthur Miller role in My Week with Marilyn I think. Where's he been? 

And one of our favorite British celebrities Miriam Margolyes, who you should know and love because she's a) hilarious, b) an out and proud lesbian, c) a fine actress d) an amazing talk show guest and e) one of the only actors to speak out against category fraud (she was humorously displeased with Winona Ryder getting a supporting actress nomination for The Age of Innocence when she was right there with her best film role on the sidelines.

You can see more of this year's gallery here and purchase any of these as posters with the money going to this worthy not-for-profit. 

Just for fun here's 4 favorite images from other years

Helena Bonham Carter with a big eyed tuna, shot by John Swannell last year

Melanie Laurent with a brown crab shot by Alan Gelati in 2013

O.T. Fagbenle (from Looking) with a John Dory in 2011

and Terry Gilliam with a spider crab.

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