Locations / California

Alpine Universe

Thalassa

Santa Monica, USA

.anxious.

Isolation

San Francisco, USA

BloodThinnerz

Divisions

Los Angeles, USA

BLU J

Submergent

Los Angeles, USA and Vancouver, Canada

Christopher Willits

The Unknown Sea

San Francisco, USA

David Starfire

Sirens

Los Angeles, USA

DDay One

Beyond the Horizon

Los Angeles, USA

Gill Chang

No Oceans Unturned

Los Angeles, USA

Huez

Abyss

Los Angeles, USA

Kowrites

Maritime Expressions

Los Angeles, USA

Laura Sullivan

Born of the Sea

San Francisco, USA

Louis Futon

Bottom of the Ocean

North Hollywood, USA

Mangal Suvarnan

Messengers of the Sea

Los Angeles, USA

Michael Mucklow

A Sacred Promise

Joshua Tree, USA

MIKAEL AYRAPETYAN

Feelings of the Ocean

Los Angeles, USA

ocha

Arctic Night

Los Angeles, USA

Oshiin

A Silent Despair

Oakland, USA

PIERCE

Deep Blue

Los Angeles, USA

Rinzen

Orchid

Los Angeles, USA

Robert Thies and Damjan Krajacic

Blue Landscapes: The Seas

Los Angeles, USA

Robot Koch

Albatross

Los Angeles, USA

Shimo

Lights in the Distance

Los Angeles, USA

Sol Rising

Rising Sun

Los Angeles, USA

Sunset Neon

Breaking the Surface

Los Angeles, USA

Tom Ameen

Stories from the Sea

Los Angeles, USA

Vhsceral

Hidden Costs

Ridgecrest, USA

Mainframe Bird

We Are All Villains

Los Angeles, USA

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Winner of the 2021 Scripps Howard Award for Excellence in Innovation in Journalism

The Journalism behind the Music

All music in this project is based on The Outlaw Ocean, a New York Times Best-Selling book by Ian Urbina that chronicles lawlessness at sea around the world. This reporting touches on a diversity of abuses ranging from illegal and overfishing, arms trafficking at sea, human slavery, gun running, intentional dumping, murder of stowaways, thievery of ships and other topics.

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