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Doug Perrine -
The Founder |
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Doug Perrine is widely regarded
as one of the world's foremost marine wildlife photographers.
His photographs have been reproduced in virtually every major
nature magazine in the world, as well as in thousands of books,
calendars, greeting cards, posters, etc., including more than
100 covers. His photography has won a number of awards, including
the prestigious BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
as the overall winner (2004), and also winner of the animal
behavior category and the Nature's Best/Cemex competition in
the Professional Marine Wildlife category. He is also the author
of seven books on marine life and numerous magazine articles.
Doug founded SeaPics.com as a venue for his own photography,
and later expanded it to represent a growing number of other
photographers as well. Originally from Dallas, Texas, Doug
was educated at the University of Hawaii and the University
of Miami, earning bachelor's and master's degrees in marine
biology. He has lived in Morocco and Micronesia (as a Peace
Corps volunteer) and the Cayman Islands (as a dive guide/instructor).
Since finishing graduate school in 1986, he has been self-employed
as a naturalist/photojournalist. He is the author of the books Sharks (1995), Mysteries
of the Sea (1997), Sharks and Rays of the World (1999), Ripley's
Whales & Dolphins (2000), Ripley's Coral Colony
Creatures (2000), The Living Sea (2002), and Sea
Turtles of the World (2003). He is the primary photographer
for Sea Turtles (1996) and Manatees and Dugongs
of the World (1999). His books are available at Amazon.com.
Doug takes on occasional photographic and writing assignments
as well as creating photography for stock. He also works occasionally
as a consultant for filming projects, including jobs for National
Geographic Television, the Discovery Channel, and other broadcasters.
His work as a shark photographer was featured in "Sharks
of the Deep Blue" on Discovery Channel's 1999 "Shark
Week" broadcast. After founding SeaPics.com (under its
first name, Innerspace Visions) in 1986, Doug built it into
the world’s premier photo agency for ocean-related pictures,
before selling the agency to its manager, Susan Dabritz, in
2003. Doug has now returned to his roots as a free-lance photojournalist,
but continues to be associated with SeaPics.com as one of its
primary contributors, and provides occasional assistance in
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