In a series of striking photographs, Marcia Riederer captures the elegance and curiosity of the elusive dwarf minke whale. A whale the size of a large van stared directly at Marcia Riederer as it circled the rope she was holding onto in the water. "It felt like time slowed down… like it was looking into my soul," recalls Riederer. "Its eyeball was the size of my head and it was really looking at me." Riederer, a Brazilian photographer, had a life-changing experience in June 2023 when she made