John Collins is an Irish photographer and writer. After studying photography as a teenager, he became a dive instructor in 1991, and he soon merged his two hobbies, shooting images as he explored the underwater world. Later, he continued studying photography at the New York Institute of Photography, and recently published his first volume of underwater images, Cool Waters, Emerald Seas: Diving in Temperate Waters.
According to Collins, "While coral reef scuba diving is obviously the most popular, so many people live in areas where the waters are cooler and miss out on the superb diving here." Consequently, for his first book he chose to spotlight cooler water diving. Exploring western Europe's north Atlantic, North America's chilly Pacific, and Africa's shark-filled southern seas, Cool Waters features 120 "interpretative" (versus "documentary") images. From the look of the sample images of the book, it appears he's interpreted things very well: he's created a gorgeous love letter to the ocean, filled with bold, captivating images.
[Via X-Ray Mag]
