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David Doubilet
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.
David has authored seven books on the sea.
The most recent are: Fish Face by Phaidon
Publishers (2003), The Kingdom of Coral:
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef by National
Geographic Books (2002) and Water Light and
Time by Phaidon Publishers (1999). He is the
recipient of the many prestigious awards,
including: The Sara Prize, The Explorers
Club Lowell Thomas Award and the Lennart
Nilsson Award in Photography. David is a
member of both the Royal Photographic
Society and Society and
International Diving Hall of fame. |
