Ballantine’s Presents Benjamin Von Wong’s Underwater River

In late May, we journeyed to Tulum, Mexico with world renowned ‘hyper-real’ photographer Benjamin Von Wong () and a team of 35 to undertake a never before attempted #StayTrue photographic project - 35m deep under water in a Mexican ‘cenote’, floating above a stunning natural ’underwater river’. To capture the image – a recreation of a traditional Chinese Cormorant Fisherman celebrating Ben’s #StayTrue story and Chinese heritage – took a team of world leading divers, set builders, and a world ch