Linda Pitkin
From early childhood, Linda Pitkin's passion for the natural world inspired her to become both a biologist (specializing until recently in research on insects at the Natural History Museum in London, England), and to paint and photograph nature. For decades, she has found her most satisfying expression of this in photographing marine life. She approaches this with a biologist's fascination for living organisms, but even more with a photographer's eye for composition and lighting.
“I am passionate about underwater photography because of the amazing beauty and diversity of marine animals, and their approachability - with patience and care you can get nose to nose with a fish.”
Linda started in scuba diving in 1979 and took up underwater photography a year later, joining the British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP). Diving usually with Brian, her husband, she has travelled around the world and at home in Britain, in search of a wide range of underwater subjects from immense whale sharks to tiny shrimps, details of corals, and scenic views of reefs and wrecks. Linda is the author and photographer of four books, including one largely showcasing British marine life: Under Northern Seas. Her photography features widely in books and magazines, in the talks and lectures she gives, and in exhibitions - she has a long-standing exhibition at the London Zoo. Linda has won many awards in national and international competitions, and is in the Women Divers Hall of Fame.
