David (Boston) co-founded Double Exposure with Gabriela Romanow (Cambridge) in 2004, believing that
"before-and-after" photographs would poignantly illustrate environments in transition. David, who is
new to underwater photography, has enjoyed bringing renewed purpose to old photographs, both above
and below the waterline.
Jerry Greenberg Jerry was a pioneer who set a standard to which many an underwater photographer
continues to aspire. Time has been kind to this remarkable icon, photographed here at 83 years old
diving to Carysfort Reef in late 2010. A resident of Miami, Jerry helps manage a publishing
business specializing in underwater images(www.fishcards.com).
Steve Lucas A frequent contributor to the now-defunct Skin Diver Magazine, Steve died at his
Arkansas home in early 2011 from complications of the diabetes he had had since childhood. One week
before his death, beset with myriad physical afflictions, he said memories of his photographic
career made him "the luckiest man alive." His website is http://www.exoticrainforest.com
Jim Scheiner Just a few miles outside Road Town, British Virgin Islands, sits a small studio whose
walls are lined with hard drive after hard drive of digital photographic images. Jim's work both
above and below water is featured at www.rainbowvisionsbvi.com; he is testament to how hard
some photographers work in paradise.
Dave Woodward Dave holds National Association of Underwater Instructors Certification No. 29. He
would have No. 1 had his name begun with "A." He was in the first NAUI class "where no one quite
knew what to teach anyone else about scuba diving." A resident of Pueblo, CO., Dave was one of the
earliest dive instructors and photographers in the Bahamas.
Might you have taken coral photos that we could use as benchmarks? Even if you used a digital camera
just a couple of years ago, your pictures might work. If we could find an identifiable site again,
we would appreciate the opportunity to look at your photographs. The challenge, of course, is to
find the sites again. The job is far easier if the pictures are along popular dive routes - anywhere
in the world. Send your images to: gromanow@doublexposure.net.
If your diving vacations
include periodic visits to the same location, consider starting a comparison project yourself.
Underwater point-and-shoot cameras now cost very little. Start documenting changes you see in coral
landscapes. Share your work with local media.
Remember that while the coral baseline is
changing, the underwater world remains a mesmerizing place to visit. Although hard corals generally
are suffering, soft corals remain vibrant sights to enjoy, courtesy of scuba diving.
