ERNEST H. BROOKS II
Ernest has exhibited his underwater photography in New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Germany, China, Mexico, France, Canada, Costa Rica, Saudi Arabia, Japan, Iceland, Chile, Puerto Rico and Portugal.
He has been published in National Geographic and many other leading magazines in the world. He was one of the original owners of Islands magazine and his first cover can be remembered: The Channel Islands. The Historical Diving Society, USA has honoured Ernest for his contributions to the world of commercial diving in the US. The early 1960s found Ernest filming the abalone divers of San Miguel Island, the early deep dives of Dan Wilson of Ocean Systems, Oceaneering’s Cal Dive and the development of offshore exploration.
Ernest focused on bringing into being an educational photographic programme for students at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara to study the challenges of underwater photography for the future – art, science, technique, futures. You will know the work of many of Ernest’s students: David Doubilet, Cathy Church, Chuck Davis, Richard Salas, the Cousteau Society, Amanda Cotton and Wyland Nicklins.
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