DOUGLAS FAULKNER fell in love with the Atlantic Ocean
at age five.
He remembers arguing excitedly with his father in defense of his
belief that processions of low rolling waves were dolphins surfacing.
Neither parent ever convinced him to the contrary, and to this day
he is undecided on the matter. He explains, "When one understands
the sea and loves its children, one sees that each is becoming the
other."
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Novelist Tom
Robbins observed, "Faulkner's reef world is rich and complex
to a degree that makes the boggled mind drop down on all fours." |
Faulkner is still a student of both
worlds, for his interest in sea life is inseperable from his writing
and photography. A master of his craft, he explains, "[My photography]
is not a catalog for fabric designers, though they may see it as
such. My intent, my view, is one of color, pattern, and content,
actual content: a coral, a reef."
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