Brian Skerry

I swam with my first shark in the 1980s. I was 20 miles off the coast of Rhode Island, working with a…

— Brian Skerry

Remove the predators, and the whole ecosystem begins to crash like a house of cards. As the sharks disappear, the predator-prey balance…

— Brian Skerry

Under the snowcapped mountains of Fiordland National Park, freshwater streams empty into the saltwater fiords, creating a unique ecosystem. This is a…

— Brian Skerry

Photography can be a powerful instrument for change, and photojournalists can tell stories that make a difference.

— Brian Skerry

Since the majority of the oxygen we breathe comes from the ocean, not to mention much of the world's protein, it is…

— Brian Skerry

New England waters are some of my favorite - they are some of the richest waters because they are temperate waters and…

— Brian Skerry

As a young boy, I was very interested - as I still am - in all sorts of adventure and exploration. I…

— Brian Skerry

The bohar snapper - they have these huge canines. I got bit by one. One took a chunk out of my ear…

— Brian Skerry

I have been blessed to realize my dream of becoming an underwater photojournalist, but with that, I feel an obligation and sense…

— Brian Skerry

I've been diving for about 30 years, and I can honestly say that I've had some amazing encounters with sharks, squids, and…

— Brian Skerry

Last year the [harp seal] pup mortality rate was 100 percent in parts of the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

— Brian Skerry

All in all, the dives I made in Fiordland were some of the best I've ever made.

— Brian Skerry

The Internet and my web site have grown to become essential components of my business. The expertise and support that LuxSci continually…

— Brian Skerry

For where Kingman is located, the coral cover is unique in the world. I refer to it as a universe of hard…

— Brian Skerry

Kneeling on the sea bottom in a place known as Tiger Beach, I watched a 12-foot- long female tiger shark cruise over…

— Brian Skerry

I love storytelling, I love being a visual person, and it just made perfect sense to be an underwater photographer and explore…

— Brian Skerry

I typically shoot underwater with my regular camera in an underwater housing, and then I usually have two big strobes that I…

— Brian Skerry

I finally became a scuba diver at age 15 or so, and a couple of years after that, I attended a dive…

— Brian Skerry

I think that going to the beach as a child, being in the water and smelling that salt air and hearing the…

— Brian Skerry

The Oceanic White Tip is considered one of the most dangerous sharks in the sea along with the Great White and Tiger.…

— Brian Skerry

I was the first journalist allowed on a hunting boat during harp seal season in almost 15 years. Around the late 1970s,…

— Brian Skerry

Sharks don't particularly have a great interest in divers. It seemed that in a normal dive, I would jump in the water,…

— Brian Skerry

I still think there's a big part of the population that has a lot of misinformation about sharks. But I think it's…

— Brian Skerry

The oceans are in trouble. There are some serious problems out there that I believe are not clear to many people. My…

— Brian Skerry

For decades I have tried to peel back the layers of mystery surrounding many marine creatures, though most have held tightly to…

— Brian Skerry