I have been blessed to realize my dream of becoming an underwater photojournalist, but with that, I feel an obligation and sense of urgency to share what I have seen with others.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The possibility to mobilize the international community to act on human suffering is what drives me every day as a photojournalist.
I have photographed sharks in waters around the globe, and I always want more and yearn to peer deeper into their world. To feed my passion and to raise awareness, I developed a story about sharks for 'National Geographic' magazine.
I love storytelling, I love being a visual person, and it just made perfect sense to be an underwater photographer and explore the ocean and work with scientists.
Photography can be a powerful instrument for change, and photojournalists can tell stories that make a difference.
I've had the joy of spending thousands of hours under the sea. I wish I could take people along to see what I see, and to know what I know.
Your photography is a record of your living, for anyone who really sees.
I love this life. I feel like I am always catching my breath and saying, 'Oh! Will you look at that?' Photography has been my way of bearing witness to the joy I find in seeing the extraordinary in ordinary life. You don't look for pictures. Your pictures are looking for you.
All the things worth writing about are outside me. I'm a lens, not a source. And even if it's not always a comfortable journey, it's always a stimulating one.
I am not a photojournalist and certainly not used to the Jason Bourne type stuff that some photographers have to deal with.
If I wasn't a comic or TV star, I really wanted to be a photojournalist.