This nature photographer focuses his energy in capturing the movement of the waves and showing it to us in a form that we've never seen before so that we are able to appreciate it in a unique way. It's all about transforming the way you look at the water. Thouard gives us a way to see the waves in still life instead of in constant movement and transformation. He does all this with a camera and simple fins as his guide. Take a look at this gallery and you'll see the fantastic shots he has published so far, all of this impressive and powerful in their own way.

Wearing only a bathing suit and a pair of fins, Tahiti-based photographer Ben Thouard encapsulates the beauty and power of the ocean's waves. Gorgeous images of crystal-clear waters and picturesque sunsets are the result of him spending countless hours navigating the waters with his camera. "The best way is to swim into the waves," he tells us in an email, "and become part of the element to capture the best of it."

Thouard photographs the ocean in varying stages of intensity. Sometimes, he'll showcase relatively calm waters that sway back and forth. More often, however, Thouard's images are of curling waves, shot at the moment when they start to fold over onto themselves. Both dramatic and awe-inspiring, the true force of the currents are revealed by surfers who try to tame and regularly tumble in the waves' wake.

Although Thouard has invested so much time in ocean photography–making a career out of it–there are still encounters that stand out for him. "I think my best experience in the water is when I shot that underwater photo of a surfer getting into the tube [wave] at Teahupoo," he says. "I was shooting only underwater pictures that day because the water was so clear!

I wanted to shoot just waves and occasionally some surfers, but this wave came, I dove under, let it pass over me, turned back and started shooting." The formal qualities of the resulting image are what mesmerized Thouard. "The way the light is going through the water, the position of the surfer and the shape of the wave, wow! It remains my favorite pictures out there."

Ben grew up in the south of France where the waves are small. His father was a sailor and taught him everything about the ocean. Rocked by waves and wind, he received an education in close connection with nature and especially the sea. Coached by his older brothers, he quickly fell in love with surfing and spent every moment possible in the ocean.

He discovered photography at the age of 15 and started shooting his friends who surfed. After learning photography basics in Toulon, Ben then studied in a photography school in Paris, He managed to achieve his dreams of travelling to Hawaii and shooting images. During the next couple of years, he traveled the world alongside professionals in search of photogenic landscapes and waves that has never been surfed before. At 22, he decided to move to Tahiti. Ben quickly made Teahupo'o's famous wave his backyard and his favorite place to shoot.

In the last years Ben has risen to the top of game being the one of the leading photographers based in the the tropical paradise called French Polynesia. Magazine covers, advertising campaigns, award winning images from the water and around it has lead to global success and acknowledgment from his peers and many happy clients world wide.

Finally Ben now dedicates a lot of his time shooting Waves and Ocean images that are displayed in Art Galleries. He recently released his first solo book "SURFACE", a 184 pages, hard cover, coffee table book that includes some very new and unseen images.

You can follow his social media accounts for more amazing photos:(facebook.com/Ben.Thouard.Photography), (instagram.com/benthouard/), (https://www.benthouard.com/).