DIY's Photography expert, Rick Sammon, is a widely traveled and published photographer, as comfortable with his camera on safari in Africa as he is exploring the world under the sea. A regular photo columnist for AP Special Features and the author of 20 books relating to photography and conservation, he has also written for Sport Diver and Caribbean Travel & Life and has been a guest host on ESPN's Photo Safari.In 1995 Sammon received the Ben Franklin award for the best nonfiction children's book of the year, Hide and Seek Under the Sea. Sammon is also the president of the marine exploration organization CEDAM International, which is dedicated to marine conservation, education diving and awareness and the owner of SeaStock, a stock photo agency with more than 100,000 photographs. He is also the president of Sammon & Sammon Ltd., a photography-consulting firm based in Westchester, New York.
For more information on Sammon, check out his web site at www.ricksammon.com.
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