  Member since November 11, 2007
About mePursuing the art of underwater photography, Michael AW is best known for his saturated colour imagery. His photographs and editorials on environmental issues, natural history and dive travel have been featured in Asian Geographic, BBC Wildlife, National Geographic Travel, Asian Geographic, GEO, Nature Focus, Sport Diving, Scuba Diver, Smithsonian, Islands, FHM, Times, to name but a few. He was the co-founder and publisher for Asian Geographic and Scuba Diver Australasia for seven years. Michael AW is also the founding director of OceanNEnvironment, a charity organization registered with Environment Australia. In 2002, Michael AW initiated the Celebrate the Sea Festival in Singapore; the festival was subsequently staged in Kuala Lumpur 2003 and 2004, Singapore 2005 and 2006 and 2007 in Manila, Philippines ? it has evolved to be the one of the most important international event of the sea.His images have won the Nikon International Photo Contest on three occasions. Michael is also a three time winner at the World Festival of Underwater Pictures, Antibes. In 2002 he won Best Music Adaptation for Video, the Gold Diver statue for Best Black & White print in 2005 and the Bronze stature for Portfolio the most prestigious category of festival in 2006. He is also a recipient of two awards from the Natural History Museum BBC Photographer of the Year Wildlife Competition in 2000 and in 2006 he won the Best award in the underwater category. Over 25,000 of his images have appeared in various publications and exhibitions worldwide including the Australian Museum and Queensland Tropical Museum. Michael has presented lectures and slide presentations on marine life and underwater photography to the Australian Museum Society, aquariums and private organizations in the pacific-rim countries including the world renown Monterey Bay Aquarium in California. He has produced and directed two 24-hour photographic documentaries of corals reefs in the Australian Great Barrier Reef and the Maldives in 1995 and 1999 respectively. These extended sojourns have been encapsulated in books and a broadcast video documentary for National Geographic. In 2003 he completed ?Richest Reefs ? Indonesia?, a visual extravaganza from some of the most beautiful reefs in the world ? this book is adopted by the Indonesian government as an official gift of state. A feature documentary of the same title was also produced in 2003 and a revised edition of the book was published in 2006. Beneath Bunaken (1993) was his first and Beneath SulaweSea is his 25th book of the sea. His most recent project is the launch of Ocean Geographic ? the official journal of Ocean Geographic Society. www.MichaelAW.com; www.SeacamAsiapac.com; www.OceanEnvironment.org; www.Oneocean.com: www.OceanGeographic.org Other Best Selling titles by Michael AW Essential Guide to Digital Underwater Photography ? 2005, 2006 Advanced Guide to Digital Underwater Photography - 2007 Tropical Reef Fishes ? a marine awareness guide ? 1994, 1998, 2004 Tropical Reef Life ? a marine awareness guide ? 1996, 1999, 2003 Celebrate the Sea - 2002 Richest Reefs Indonesia ? 2003, 2006 Beneath North SulaweSea 2006 Heart of the Ocean Philippines 2009 |
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