:: Cathy Church - Arts - 1985

Cathy Church has been photographing the beautiful underwater world since 1967. She has a Masters degree in Marine Biology, and is recognized as one of the world's foremost teachers and authors on underwater photography. She received the NOGI award for the arts in 1987, the DEMA "Reaching Out Award" in 2000. She is on the founding Board of Governors of the International Scuba Diving Hall of Fame established in 1999 and which is housed in the Cayman Islands. She was inducted into the Woman Diver Hall of Fame in March 2000 and was voted a Fellow of the Explorer;s Club in 2001. A versatile photographer, Cathy is well known for many styles of photography from documentary and editorial to gallery. She shot the award winning Cayman Islands underwater poster "Wonderland," and has done extensive work for such clients as Kodak, Nikon, Dolphin Cruise Lines, U.S. Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands. She was a photo editor for Skin Diver Magazine for 15 years and her work has appeared in dozens of books and magazines, including five of her own popular books (co-authored with the late Jim Church) on photo technique and an instructional video. She has expanded into serious black and white photography, spending long days in the darkroom to make her limited edition fine art black and white prints. In 2005, Cathy published a major book