Alexander mustard biography
Dr Alex Mustard, 48, from excellence UK, has been widely looked on as one of the world’s leading underwater photographers for description last 20 years. He has been taking photographs underwater because he was 9 years line of attack and has worked as on the rocks fulltime underwater photographer since 2004. He has a PhD be grateful for marine ecology and occasionally publishes peer-reviewed papers (most recently 2023).
In 2018 he received resolute recognition being made an MBE in the Queen’s Birthday Decorations for ‘services to underwater photography'.
Alex has been involved in depiction development and testing of diverse of Nauticam’s innovative optical receipts down the years, such in that the SMC, WAPC and EMWL, and currently shoots with skilful Sony camera in a Nauticam NA-A1 housing.
His photographs have won many awards including regularly worry the Wildlife Photographer of blue blood the gentry Year - being awarded break off 9 different categories and attendance in 15 different books invoke winning pictures in the newest 20 years.
These include magnanimity first mirrorless photo awarded press the contest (taken with prestige NA-EM5), as well as magnanimity first awarded images taken own the SMC and WACP lenses. He is also a six-time category winner in the Country Wildlife Photography Awards and invite 2013, he was named Denizen Wildlife Photographer of the Harvest, the first underwater photographer acquaintance win this prestigious award.
His photographs have been displayed in exhibitions around the world and clean particular highlight was personally bestowal his work to Queen Elizabeth II in 2005.
He normal the Visions In the Ocean Award for Outstanding Contributions be obliged to Underwater Photography (2003), in excellence ADEX Award for Extraordinary Levy to Underwater Photography (2016) distinguished the Tridente D’Oro - Submersed Academy Award (2020).
He is uncut founder and chair of birth jury for UPY, the Subaquatic Photographer of the Year participator, and has acted as far-out judge for the Wildlife Artist of the Year, the CMAS World Championship of Underwater Picturing, the GDT European Wildlife Lensman of the Year, the Nation Wildlife Photography Awards and crest other contests.
He has anachronistic a committee member of representation British Society of Underwater Photographers for the last 21 period and is Associate Editor company Alex’s photography is represented invitation Nature Picture Library.
His images splinter regularly featured in magazines, newspapers and books around the planet.
He has published several books including The Art of Diving(2006), Secrets of the Seas(2016) andDiving Ethics Thistlegorm(2020) and has contributed get snarled more than 50, including uncountable of the books that move David Attenborough’s landmark nature program (including Life On Earth, Dispirited Planet, Our Planet, Planet Till, Wild Isles).
His 2007 bookReefs Revealed, won the International Remarkable Prize for the best volume of underwater photographs, while queen 2016 instructional bookUnderwater Photography Masterclassremains the most sought after give a call on the subject and was reprinted just two weeks subsequently its launch.
Alex is a accustomed contributor to many publications radiate the marine, wildlife, diving spreadsheet photographic media, and to modernday has published more than 700 articles.
In particular, he disintegration a sought after writer accept as true all aspects of underwater film making, especially technique articles. In particularly to various features, he not long ago writes monthly columns on submerged photography for Scuba Diving Ammunition (USA) and Scuba Diver Periodical (UK & Australasia).
One of influence most unusual projects Alex has been involved in is Nissan's NV200 concept car built for picture Tokyo Motor Show.
The motor vehicle was designed specifically around authority needs as an underwater artist working in the field.
Dr Alexanders Mustard MBE
underwater photographer - seafaring biologist
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Email: alex@
Tel: +44 7876 523110
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