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Exploring the underwater world through the lens of Kip Evans.
Opinion

Exploring the underwater world through the lens of Kip Evans.

  • Pam Marino
  • Jan 3, 2026

Could you live underwater for 17 days? Pam Marino here, answering that question with a resounding “no,” but I respect anyone who can.

Photographer Kip Evans has traveled the world capturing images, but many favorites are here at home.
Face to Face

Photographer Kip Evans has traveled the world capturing images, but many favorites are here at home.

  • Sara Rubin
  • Jan 1, 2026

A childhood as a Navy brat took Kip F. Evans all over the world with his family, including a consequential trip to Polynesia where he went sno…

A new gallery captures the underwater world of the Monterey Bay.
Opinion

A new gallery captures the underwater world of the Monterey Bay.

  • Erik Chalhoub
  • Nov 22, 2025

Erik Chalhoub here. I frequently walk Cannery Row on the weekends, seeing who’s in town and waiting in the often-overflowing entrance queue to…

A new ‘night gallery’ on Cannery Row offers a deep dive into underwater photography.
Arts & Culture

A new ‘night gallery’ on Cannery Row offers a deep dive into underwater photography.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 20, 2025

There’s a new space in Monterey devoted just to underwater photography. Breakwater Collective is a night gallery, meaning that, for the most p…

Two local divers turn their passion for the sea into unique photographic art.
Face to Face

Two local divers turn their passion for the sea into unique photographic art.

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 28, 2024

They are divers, photographers and friends of 30 years. Chuck Davis and Ryuijie also have a dual exhibit in the Monterey Museum of Art that wr…

Visuals 02.16.23
Arts & Culture

Visuals 02.16.23

  • Feb 16, 2023

CHUCK DAVIS

Visuals 11.24.22
Arts & Culture

Visuals 11.24.22

  • Agata Popęda
  • Nov 24, 2022

PHIL LEMLEY

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