In an exclusive interview, he tells Options about his experience at summer camp when he was nine: “I didn’t want to climb mountains. I didn’t like the horses. I wasn’t keen on baseball and I had asthma. So, I was sent down to the waterfront.” As such, the counsellors at summer camp gave him the not-so-glamorous job at the waterfront, where he cleared the fallen branches and giant water spiders that lurked under the docks.
Rolex’s Perpetual Planet campaign draws businesses, scientists, governments and communities together to bring about positive change. Underwater photographer and Rolex Testimonee David Doubilet is doing that one picture at a time.
(Sept 23): If David Doubilet had enjoyed his summer hiking and trekking in the Adirondack Mountains in northeastern New York, we would be writing a very different story today. Doubilet, a pioneer underwater photographer and a Rolex Testimonee since 1994, admits to disliking the great outdoors.
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