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Q. When / where did you start diving?
A. I have started my ocean activities
in the early '60 in Israel, sailing, free
diving and spear fishing.
Q. What motivated you to become a diver?
A. I became intrigued by the wildlife
underwater and wished to be able to stay
longer than the three to four minutes I did at time.
Shortly after the
second or third dive on SCUBA I have replaced the spear
gun with camera and
never looked back again...
Q. Where have you been, where are you going?
A. I have just returned and I
mean it, it was Thursday when I returned from one
month photo expedition of the Big 7 concept in South
Africa, Botswana and
Namibia. The goal was to photograph 1-Great White Sharks,
2-Southern Right
Whales, 3-Lions, 4-Leopards, 5-Cheetahs, 6-Elephants,
7-Rhinos and much more
and we did it and much more - watch out for my next
web pages.
Next week I will
be leading two teams of four guests only to photograph
the Humpback Whales in the Kingdom of Tonga and Niue
Q. What diving accomplishment are you most proud of?
A. In the past
few years some editors start calling me the "Ambassador
of the
Big Animals" - that is my greatest accomplishment.
It is about 20 years ago
I started the BigAnimals Photography & Expeditions
business. My goal is to
enrich the public knowledge with my photography, stories
and expeditions -
to raise the awareness and harness this energy to protect
the Big Animals
for future generations.
Q.
What will the sport of diving be like 20 years
from now?
A. Most likely more sophisticated.
Look at the growth in the usage of
Rebreathers equipment & training. The emerging
fleet of commercial and mini
submarine. I think we will have more Aqua travelers
rather than divers per
say as we know it today
Q. Who do you admire in the diving community?
A. Dr. Sylvia Earle - she is smart,
powerful, well connected, tireless advocate
of the Ocean and its future. She is the most unassuming
power house bottled
in her small physics
Q. Do you have any pre-dive, dive, or deco rituals?
No - only using common sense,
respect to the ocean and its habitat. Adhere
to the basic rules of survival and camaraderie.
Q. Do you have any advice for a new drysuit diver?
A. Test it first in a known environment
and more than only once before you
venture into a remote destinations. If you learn to
use it well, it is fun
and it open many new and exciting dive locations around
the world.
Q. Do you know any good dive / fish jokes?
A. Sorry, I am not a good joke
teller. Matter of fact that is one of the reason
I practice working with cameras. That is my tool of
communications in
sharing my feeling and thoughts.
Q. Where can people find out more about you, your
productions, books?
A. First and foremost please review
my website - http://www.biganimals.com -
perhaps the richest in images travel website you find
on the internet.
After all, any expedition I offer to the public I have
been scouting it
first. I have been leading photo assignments and expeditions
for over 30
years and I have the widest collection of BigAnimals
images.
For selected portfolio
of current projects please review this link -
http://web.mac.com/biganimals/iWeb
Magazine stories
and images are published regularly in Sport Diver,
Island
magazine, Times, Forbes, Smithsonian and Outdoor Photographer
to mention a
few...
 
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