Paul
started diving and taking underwater photographs in the
early 60’s. By the late 60’s, several of his fish
portraits were featured in Skin Diver Magazine’s Fish of
the Month series. His work has appeared in many magazines
and established visual identification criteria for many
marine animals. In some cases they were the first ever
published of those living species in their natural
habitat.
In
1989, Paul teamed up with Ned DeLoach to publish their
award-winning Reef Fish Identification: Florida,
Caribbean, Bahamas. Their company, New World
Publications has gone on to publish over twelve more
marine life identification guides and has become the
leader in marine life field guides.
In
1990, Paul co-founded REEF, the Reef Environmental
Education Foundation, an organization of volunteer divers
who collect marine species population data and maintains
the world’s largest marine life database. He continues to
serve as REEF’s Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
Paul received the 2006 DEMA Reaching Out Award and in 2007
was inducted into the International Scuba Diving Hall of
Fame.
A selection
of his work appears on
marinelifeimages.com
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