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Alison Bounce

Alison Bounce

In France and around the world, Alison uses her photography to blur the lines of reality and submerge expecting mothers in an underwater dream.

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Brandon Verdura

Brandon Verdura

Brandon is an avid photographer, freediver, and US Coast Guard helicopter rescue swimmer living out his dream and capturing a moody side of the sea in Oahu, Hawaii.

Rebecca Handler

Rebecca Handler

Rebecca pushes the boundaries of conceptual advertising photography, taking her vintage aesthetic and unique style underwater to create surreal and engaging imagery.

Karen Bagley

Karen Bagley

Karen has mastered underwater portraiture and wants to help you do the same! In between photography sessions she travels the US speaking about her craft.

David Valencia

David Valencia

David shares a deep connection with the ocean and its inhabitants. He is committed to sharing the ocean's beauty and its story with the world through photography.

Grant Thomas

Grant Thomas

Grant left Scotland with an engineering degree and a passion for travel. Now underwater photography is his life and humpback whales are his work mates!

Steve Miller

Steve Miller

Our resident photo guru has a true passion for teaching and learning about photography. Steve isn't afraid to try any offbeat technique in search of "the shot."

Ken Kiefer

Ken Kiefer

Ken's photography speaks a love of water and a love of travel. Whether he's shooting a swim team or a school of sharks, his work captures life in action.

Jenna Martin

Jenna Martin

Jenna shoots beautiful underwater fine art photography in the unusual setting of Billings, Montana. Plus she shares her trade secrets through regular workshops.

Jacques de Vos

Jacques de Vos

From South Africa to Norway, Jacques' freediving skills allow him to create underwater video that captures the energy of the ocean in a beautifully natural way.

Erena Shimoda

Erena Shimoda

Erena practices photography as healing therapy for cancer survivors. The transformative photo sessions help her subjects regain lost confidence and self esteem.

Barry Brown

Barry Brown

From fossils to bike trails to producing furniture out of driftwood. And somehow he also finds time to bring his boundless enthusiasm to underwater photography!

David Fleetham

David Fleetham

We're pretty sure David is the hardest working man in underwater photography. The only underwater photographer to be featured on the cover of LIFE magazine.

Rafal Makiela

Rafal Makiela

Rafal's underwater fashion photography has a magical, dreamlike quality, often perfectly punctuated by his favorite red-headed model (and wife Krysia Makiela).

Viktor Lyagushkin / Ikelite Ambassador

Viktor Lyagushkin

"Mr. Slave Strobe" is a master of light, using strobes to paint his vision onto the walls of underwater caves as if setting the stage for a theater production.