‘I Was in the Right Spot’: Shark Photographer Snaps Moment Great White Assumes ‘Jaws’ Pose

A great white shark assumes the "Jaws" pose off the coast of Guadalupe, Mexico. Courtesy of Euan Rannachan

The first time Euan Rannachan jumped in the water with great white sharks he was half-expecting something similar to the movie “Jaws.” He would later launch a shark photography career centred around precisely that goosebump-inducing aesthetic: menacing underbites, ragged razor-toothed grins, and all.

But he recently told The Epoch Times how his initial expectations of savagery were shattered the very first time he laid eyes on sharks—and they laid their round, black eyes on him.