Tennessee Aquarium - Remembrances of a kid wanting to see sharks…

The Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TN - Photo by Photographer Ricky Davis of TRD Photography on Kodak Tri X Film

As a kid I can still remember vividly the night I saw it on the news that Chattanooga was going to be getting an aquarium downtown. I loved sharks and what that meant to me was that I was finally going to see sharks in person. That's not quite what the Tennessee Aquarium was back then. When it first opened, while disappointed there were no sharks, I was blown away seeing the way they really focused in on our region of waterways. It was such an amazing experience that I've gotten to check out a lot over the years and then got to take my kids to share the experience as well.

I've recently had a few people ask if I'd ever photographed the aquarium and I realized that I have had the aquarium in shots, but I've never really focused on some aquarium photos. So I decided to try it out while shooting some film downtown this week. If you're not from around Chattanooga, don't sleep on the aquarium! BTW over the years they did expand to offer sea life and have had sharks too. So that's a win for sure.