Brian Skerry
Male, Person
1962 –
Who is Brian Skerry?
Brian Skerry is an underwater photojournalist who works primarily for National Geographic magazine.
Skerry was born in Milford, Massachusetts in 1962, and grew up in Uxbridge. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in media and communications from Worcester State College in 1984. Before becoming a professional photographer, he worked selling corrugated materials and pursued photography on the side.
Skerry has worked for National Geographic' since 1998 and has photographed a number of feature stories. Before 1998 he primarily worked doing shipwreck photography in the waters off of New England, but 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; several of his recent stories focus on conservation photography. Over his three-decade career, he has spent over 10,000 hours underwater.
Skerry has written five books, including "Successful Underwater Photography" and "Ocean Soul." Besides his 19 published National Geographic stories, his work has also been featured in a number of magazines and he has appeared on several television programs.
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- Born
- 1962
Milford - Education
- Worcester State University
- Lived in
- Uxbridge
- Massachusetts
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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