The latest submerged installation by Jason deCaires Taylor, the British sculptor’s first in the Mediterranean, is the Underwater Museum of Cannes, which has been declared open off the French Riviera coast.
Commissioned by Cannes mayor David Lisnard and funded by the city, the project took more than four years to develop. It features a series of six monumental 3D portraits, each more than 2m high and weighing 9 tonnes, located in the protected southern part of the island of Sainte-Marguerite.
For maximum accessibility to snorkellers as well as scuba divers, the sculptures lie close to shore and shallow at 2-3m deep, resting on areas of white sand between Posidonia seagrass meadows and cordoned off from boat traffic.
Source: www.divernet.com