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D
oug Perrine does
not consider
himself an
underwater
photographer.
That might
come as a surprise to those who
have seen his images of marine
life, underwater, in a wide variety
of publications for more than
three decades. But Perrine sees
his career differently, insisting
that neither he nor his subject is
necessarily underwater when he
creates an image.
Rather, Perrine sees himself
as “a wildlife photographer who
specializes in marine life.”
“I think of it as a subset of
nature photographer,” he said, “as
opposed to being an underwater
photographer, which could be
a subset of sports photographer
or fashion photographer or even
product photographer, depending
on how you approach it. I don’t
mean any disrespect to any
other field of photography, but
I see little in common between
what I do and the work of guys
who photograph models in silky
dresses in swimming pools, for
example. Since I photograph
naked fish and dolphins having
sex, I have also billed myself as
the world’s foremost marine-life
pornographer, and no one has
stepped up to challenge me for
that title yet.”
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