March 18, 2003
Contact: George Yatchisin
(805) 893-3494
e-mail: yatchisin-g@ sa.ucsb.edu
The Live...from National Geographic series presents An Evening of Underwater Photography with renowned lensman David Doubilet
Summary Facts:
- David Doubilet
- Acclaimed as one of the world’s best underwater photographers
- Doubilet is a Contributing Photographer-in-Residence to the National Geographic Society
- An Evening of Underwater Photography is an illustrated lecture
- Part of the series of Live...from National Geographic
- Co-presented by Brooks Institute of Photography and UCSB Arts & Lectures
- Tuesday, April 22
- 8 pm / UCSB Campbell Hall
- General public $12 / UCSB & Brooks Institute students $10
- Tickets/Information: UCSB Arts & Lectures at 893-3535
Award-winning photographer and member of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame David Doubilet will present the illustrated lecture An Evening of Underwater Photography on Tuesday, April 22 at 8 pm in UCSB Campbell Hall. David Doubilet, one of the world’s premier underwater photographers, has shot primarily for National Geographic since 1971. Doubilet’s more than 40 assignments for the magazine have propelled him from the Red Sea to the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, from Japan’s Suruga Bay to Monterey Bay in California. The consummate artist, Doubilet also writes elegantly about the moods and magic of the underwater world. Graeme Gourlay, editor of Dive magazine, claims that Doubilet “has set the standard others follow and opened the eyes of a generation to the wonders of the marine world.” In 1999 The New Yorker called the retrospective collection Water Light Time, “A showcase for the work of National Geographic’s David Doubilet, whose underwater journalism, with its painterly contortions of color and geometry, transcends mere reportage.”
Doubilet’s undersea reporting has taken him to the Red Sea (one of his favorite “studios,” as he refers to it), Pearl Harbor, Scotland’s Loch Ness, the Galapagos Islands, the Indian Ocean, the South Pacific and beyond. Along the way he has captured stunning 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. In addition to his numerous stories in National Geographic, his work has appeared in other publications worldwide and in several books including Light in the Sea: An Undersea Journey, Under the Sea From A to Z, a highly-acclaimed children’s book written by Anne L. Doubilet, and his most recent collection The Great Barrier Reef.
Doubilet’s photography has won many prizes including the prestigious “Sara Prize and International Award” given by Mondo Sommerso Magazine in Italy in 1969. He was the first American and the youngest person to win this award. In 1975, the Boston Sea Rovers, one of the diving world’s most prestigious organizations, named him “Diver of the Year.” He has also received several honorable mentions by the National Press Photographers’ Association over the last decade. In 1993 he was honored in France by winning the first place trophy in the Professional Category of an international contest sponsored by C.M.A.S. (World Underwater Federation); and by appearing as Guest of Honor at the 20th World Festival of Underwater Photography in Cap d’Antibes.
Doubilet majored in still photography and graduated from Boston University’s College of Communication in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 1988 he received their Distinguished Alumni of the Year award. During the summer of 1966, he attended a pilot course in underwater photography at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara.
UCSB Arts & Lectures and the Brooks Institute of Photography have collaborated to present the acclaimed lecture series Live...from National Geographic in Santa Barbara. Featuring some of the most celebrated photographers, explorers, authors and scientists in the world, this enthralling illustrated program features remarkable people who explore the world while on assignment for National Geographic.
Courtesy of the UCSB Bookstore, books by David Doubilet will be available for purchase and signing. This program is presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures and Brooks Institute of Photography in association with Live...from National Geographic, a mission program of speakers and events that brings the National Geographic experience to communities nationwide. This lecture is sponsored by KEYT 1250 Radio and the Santa Barbara News-Press.
Tickets for an evening with David Doubilet are $12 for the general public and $10 for UCSB & Brooks Institute students.
For tickets or more information,
call UCSB Arts & Lectures at (805) 893-3535.
Editor: For photos, please call
George Yatchisin at (805) 893-3494.