David Doubilet, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

David Doubilet

American photographer

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1946

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: photographer, writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

David Doubilet (born November 28, 1946) is a well known underwater photographer known primarily for his work published in National Geographic Magazine where he is a contributing photographer and has been an author for 70 feature articles since 1971.
He was born in New York City and started taking photos underwater at the young age of 12.
He started with a Brownie Hawkeye in a rubber anesthesiologist's bag to keep the water out of the camera.
He lived with his family in New York City and spent summers in Elberon New Jersey exploring the Atlantic .
He later worked as a diver and photographer for the Sandy Hook Marine Laboratories in New Jersey and spent much of his youth in the Caribbean as a teenage dive instructor in the Bahamas where he found his motivation to capture the beauty of the sea and everything in it. His wife is the photographer, Jennifer Hayes.