Into the Wild: Exhibit Creation with the Aquarium of the Pacific
On the second floor balcony of the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, there’s a blank white wall twenty-five feet long. It’s about to be filled with larger-than-life images of marine snails to tell the story I’ve been documenting for over a year - in which tiny abalone are bred in labs to fulfill their destiny in the wild ocean.
Foster Care for Endangered White Abalone at the Aquarium of the Pacific
I visited the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach on an unseasonably hot day in early April. I meet Briana Fodor, a Senior Aquarist, who ushers me ‘behind the scenes’ into a small, blue-lit room. We’re on the business end of the Aquarium’s Abalone Exhibit in the Southern California/Baja Gallery, which houses red abalone, endangered white abalone, and plenty of food.