is honored to have his underwater imagery considered to be
among the best by editors, peers and colleagues the world over. 
He has photographed over 60 stories for the National Geographic
Magazine where he is currently a Contributing
Photographer-in-Residence. David has documented our
changing underwater world since his first
assignment with the Geographic in 1971. In addition to the
Geographic, David’s work continues to appear in countless
publications worldwide and he is a contributing editor and
feature columnists for the Behind the Shot in Sport Diver
Magazine (US) and Seascapes and Dive Magazine (UK).

Born in New York City in 1946, David began shooting underwater
at the age of 12 using a Brownie Hawkeye camera in an improvised
housing - a rubber anesthesiologist’s bag from his father’s hospital.
His teen years found him submerged off the New Jersey coast and
in the Caribbean waters surrounding tiny Small Hope Bay, Bahamas. He built a passion for the sea and everything in it. David graduated from Boston
 University in 1970.

David’s challenge to himself is to redefine photographic
boundaries each time he enters the water. His passion is the
undersea majesty of light and how to capture it. Completely
at home on a coral reef, a World War II wreck, a deep dark
 fjord or among the great giants in our sea, David has relentlessly
pursued the many hidden layers of coral reefs around the globe.
His cold water work has immersed him in the rich waters of New
Zealand, Tasmania, Scotland, Japan, the Northwest Atlantic and
Northeast Pacific. Recent photographic journeys have taken him
into some of the largest freshwater systems on our planet such
as the great Okavango Delta system in Botswana and the
St. Lawrence River.