Through her evocative photographs, Karen Glaser takes us swimming with Florida's manatees. Through her eyes we see the light-dappled world where manatees move with unexpected grace. And we witness the tenderness with which these massive creatures greet each other and their benign curiosity. But Glaser's photos also reveal the scars too many of the creatures bear, evidence of human disregard and even occasional malice toward these unassuming giants. I am delighted to see Karen Glaser and John Reynolds collaborate to make the manatee's underwater world even better known.'-Jennifer Bine, Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service