One of the world's leading underwater photographers, David Doubilet has shot more than 60 stories for National Geographic magazine since 1972. Among his most recent assignments is "Cuba Reefs: A Last Caribbean Refuge," in the February 2002 issue.

Doubilet's undersea reporting has taken him to the Red Sea, Pearl Harbor, the South Pacific, and beyond. Along the way he has captured groundbreaking images of great white sharks, flashlight fish, shark-repelling flounders, creatures of the undersea desert, fluorescent coral (shot with ultraviolet light), World War II wrecks, and much more.

Born in New York City in 1946, Doubilet began snorkeling off New Jersey at eight. When he was 12 he took up scuba diving and photography, using a Brownie Hawkeye in a rubber bag as his first underwater camera. Growing up, he spent his summers diving, working, and photographing in New Jersey and working as a dive guide in the Bahamas.

Doubilet's honors include the prestigious Sara Prize in 1969, the Explorers Club Lowell Thomas Award, and the Lennart Nilsson Award in 2001. He is an honorary fellow of the Royal Photographic Society of London, and he was elected to the International Diving Hall of Fame. In 2001 he was named a contributing photographer-in-residence of the National Geographic Society.

Doubilet's books include Light in the Sea: An Undersea Journey, Water Light Time, and The Great Barrier Reef, published in 2002.

See Doubilet Photos Online
• A World of Moonlight: Selected Underwater Photos
• Kingdom of Coral: Australia's Great Barrier Reef
• Online Lecture by Doubilet
• Pearl Harbor: Oil and Honor

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