- Brian Skerry
Brian Skerry b. 1962, living person
Early life
Skerry was born in
Milford, Massachusetts in 1962, and grew up in Uxbridge. He graduated with a BS in media and communications, fromWorcester State College .. He worked selling corrugated materials for years and did underwater photography on the side.Photojournalism significance for marine biology
Skerry is an underwater photo-journalist, who works primarily for "
National Geographic " magazine, since 1998. "National Geographic" lists him among the "legendary" undersea photographers. Skerry does special assignments all over the world. He has also worked with Jacques Cousteau's organization. He began by doing shipwreck photography in the waters off ofNew England Through his relationship with "National Geographic" he has now shifted to wildlife photography throughout the world. In so doing he has become passionate about sounding the alarm of the decline of the world's fishing stocks.cite web|last=|first=|authorlink=|title="Brian Skerry, Underwater photographer"|pages=|publisher=Worcester Magazine|place=Worcester, MA|date=2007-05-03|url=http://www.worcestermagazine.com/content/view/1428/] . Brian Skerry has published. His book is entitled "Successful Underwater Photography", by Brian Skerry and Howard Hall". cite web
title="Successful Underwater Photography, by Brian Skerry and Howard Hall"|publisher=Google Books|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=CzdDmnfXMA0C&dq=brian+skerry&printsec=frontcover&source=web&ots=_CWjJssfSh&sig=mGckqwzLoxi6sbNCwDC_s4q46LM|accessdate=2009-11-23]External links
* [http://www.popphoto.com/americanphotofeatures/4521/assignment-earth-brian-skerry.html Assignment Earth, Brian Skerry]
* [http://www.cdnn.info/news/article/a030707.html CDDN.info/news, Out of the Blue]
* [http://www.galleryplayer.com/browse/collection_detail.aspx?catID=501&sku=7822&imageID=5193 Collection of works, National Geographic: Legendary Photographers]References
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