IT’S STRANGE TO THINK THAT LAURENT BALLESTA’S LOVE OF UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY BEGAN WHEN HE FELT MANY WERE UNBELIEVING OF HIS OCEAN-GOING EXPLOITS. THE SIGHTS HE DESCRIBED WERE TAKEN WITH A DOSE OF SCEPTICISM BY THOSE HE WOULD CONVERSE WITH BACK ON DRY LAND, AND TO BE FAIR, AS ON BOARD DISCOVERED IN DISCUSSING HIS AWARD-WINNING MARINE ACHIEVEMENTS, IT’S NOT HARD TO SEE WHY