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Black and white image of the Western Flyer boat at dock.
Personal Perspectives

Bringing the Western Flyer, and History, Back to Life

As a first year graduate student in marine biology, I shared a large office with...
August 2017
"Ocean sunfish" by Mark Harris
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Chasing a Basking Shark

It was a hot and sunny day, with barely a whiff of breeze. I boarded a boat in...
October 2015
A school of akule (Hawaiian for bigeye scad) explode into a camera's frame.
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Following the Akule

While swimming off of the big island of Hawaii in Kealakekua Bay, I saw what first...
August 2015
"December in Malibu" by Andrew Richards
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December in Malibu

Shooting seascapes often involves hiking on very delicate rock formations near...
June 2015
"Break On Through" was taken by Wendy Wolf at California's Pfeiffer Beach. This photo was a winning selection in the Portraits of Planet Ocean Flickr contest.
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Break On Through

I took this shot at Pfeiffer Beach, my favorite beach in my home state of...
June 2015
One of several rowboats that were sunk in front of Lake Hotel at Wyoming's Yellowstone National Park in the early 20th century.
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Underwater Parks in 3-D

As I readied myself and my camera for a dive in Yellowstone Lake, the largest body...
January 2015
Brian Skerry sits on a 20 foot high underwater tripod to photograph the Aquarius Habitat off Florida.
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Portraits of Planet Ocean – Behind The Photographs

As an assignment photographer, I sometimes feel as though I am living in a vacuum,...
September 2013
Red Pigfish and Blue Mao-Mao school at the edge of a cavern in New Zealand's Poor Knights Islands. Read photographer Brian Skerry's story behind this photo.
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Behind the Photo: The Primal Ocean

A few years ago, I was in New Zealand photographing a story about the value of...
October 2012
A sea monster attacks a ship in an illustration for 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne.
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Ray Bradbury and the Sea

Today Ray Bradbury died. It might seem strange that I'm writing about Bradbury here...
June 2012
Brian Skerry takes an up close photo of a tiger shark on the seafloor.
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Patience is a Virtue

As an underwater photographer, time in the field is the most valuable thing I can...
June 2012
A white crabeater seal resting on an iceberg.
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Life in the Field

To a photographer, all that matters is the image, the picture that results when the...
May 2012
A hermit crab looks out from its coral dwelling in the waters of Japan's Ogasawara Islands.
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The Perfect Underwater Photo

There is of course, no such thing as the perfect photograph, as there is no perfect...
December 2011

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