Flashback of Jaws

This stunning picture captured by a British cage diver conjures up the image of Steven Spielberg’s 1975 classic “Jaws.” Captured around the waters of West Mexico, you’d be forgiven for thinking it’s the image that inspired the “Jaws” poster. Roger Kastel designed the iconic image for Peter Benchley’s paperback edition of the same-titled novel that inspired the movie.

Kastel drew inspiration from a great white diorama found at the American Museum of Natural History. The female swimmer at the top is based on a model who posed for  Kastel’s sketch for an ad published in Good Housekeeping. She agreed to stay for an extra 30 minutes, and she posed for the “Jaws” image standing on top of a stool.