Over the years there have been profiles of Stan Waterman in every
major dive journal in the U.S. as well as England. If you are not
acquainted with this icon in the diving world, his web site www.stanwaterman.com
can pretty well bring you up to date.
He is often referred to as "the dean of underwater photography,"
but he is self-effacing and conservative enough to protest such hyperbole.
He was, though, a pioneer in the field, producing his first 16mm lecture
film almost a half century ago. Literally dozens of network television
specials and two Hollywood features followed.
Today Stan is filmmaker emeritus to a new generation of underwater
cameramen and producers who were his protégées. He hosts
dive adventures in the best locations and continues to shoot and edit
his own videos.
Each evening aboard NAI'A he conducts a mini-film festival, screening
his work and previewing work he is currently engaged in. He counsels
guests who are interested in underwater video, critiques their day's
shooting and suggests editing approaches. He does not offer structured
seminars.
Guests have found it a pleasure - an unusually unique experience -
to share his company over the course of a dive tour. Shakespeare might
have said of him that he is "...more an antique Roman than a
Dane." Indeed, at Dartmouth College he majored in Shakespeare,
studied with Robert Frost and today makes time for much reading and
writing. His essays are published in each quarterly issue of OCEAN
REALM magazine.
Want to know more about Stan Waterman? Ask for a remembrance of their
time with this gentle, courteous and humorous old-fashioned man from
guests who have been with him.
At the age of seventy-eight he jokes that daily injections of Geritol
are all that keeps him going. Better catch him while you can. This
"Man Who Loves Sharks" could be eaten by one tomorrow. Then
again, the man who went bungee jumping in New Zealand just three years
ago may not hang up his fins for some time to come.
