Award-winning underwater photojournalist, Brian Skerry explains how he uses photography to celebrate the sea, bring awareness to the dangers that face our oceans and inspire change.
Bio
Brian Skerry
Brian Skerry is a photojournalist specializing in underwater and
marine-related subjects and stories. Since 1998 Skerry has been a contributing photographer for National Geographic magazine, covering a wide range of assignments.
Go behind the scenes and hear photographer Brian Skerry talk about his career, what inspires and influences his work, and his most memorable adventures.
Swimming done underwater with a self-contained underwater-breathing apparatus (scuba), as opposed to skin diving, which requires only a snorkel, goggles, and flippers. Scuba gear was invented by Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Émile Gagnan in 1943. Diving clubs formed quickly as the technology became widely available. Scuba diving is used in oceanography, in underwater exploration and salvage work, in the study of water pollution, and for recreation.