William Tan is a violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and accomplished marine life photographer. Between concert seasons, he spends his time studying and photographing marine animals throughout the Asia Pacific region. His patience and determination has resulted in many rare images such as his sequence of a male jawfish releasing its brood of hatching eggs into the sea. Jawfish practice an interesting form of reproduction. After the female deposits her eggs in a burrow, the male fertilizes them and carries them in his mouth, protecting them as they develop. Catching the extremely shy fish at the moment it is releasing its hatching eggs is quite an accomplishment. 

William Tan has been fascinated with the creatures of the sea since childhood. While studying at the Johns Hopkins University (USA), much of his spare time was spent gazing at the extensive marine collection of the National Aquarium in Baltimore. A violinist with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra, William earned his scuba diving certification in 1994.