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In 2022, I posted a blog here where I mentioned how “Oceans and Africa” was born. It was after my second trip to Tanzania in 2020 when I decided to upend the name of my company, my logo, and the art I would show and sell. Those who know me (or have talked to me about travel) know I want to experience as many different places as I can and I don’t often travel to the same place multiple times. I’ve now been to Tanzania an additional seven times since that eye-opening trip, and it has never disappointed. For the record, the majority of these are third party sponsored trips where I serve as as a trip leader (making sure everyone is satisfied with their<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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In 2013 I was working as a Photo Pro at a dive shop, teaching underwater photography classes, diving, and selling a few prints through the dive shop. I got an unexpected call from the person who oversaw artists at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show—another photographer was scheduled to do a few seminars on underwater photography during the Boat Show and had to cancel at the last minute\u2014would I be interested in filling in? And would I be interested in an artist\/exhibitor space? HECK YES I would! (Of course, I knew nothing about putting together any kind of display, but I wasn\u2019t passing up this opportunity). I had a lot to figure out in a short period of time. I knew I wanted to be<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I grew up in a very (like one stoplight) small town in northern New Jersey where we spent every Sunday driving over the Tappan Zee Bridge headed to Yonkers and my Italian grandmother\u2019s house for dinner. While we spent a lot of time at the Jersey shore, I was never a fan of the ocean. In fact, I was afraid of the water and didn\u2019t learn to swim until my 20s (more about that later)\u2014no one could have convinced me the part the ocean would play in my life. I wasn\u2019t a good student, but a sole photography teacher saw something in me and helped to place (and keep) me on a path to success. He allowed me extra time in the darkroom, set up<\/p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tRead More \u00bb\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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