Burt G. Jones

Burt has been an underwater explorer for forty years and an image maker for twenty. His work has taken him around the world on assignments as diverse as photographing the planet\'s longest underwater cave in Mexico and nesting sea snakes on a tiny island near Borneo. Although his photographs and book, Secret Sea, have won numerous international awards, Burt believes that the images are secondary to the experience. Photography is the means by which he (along with his wife, Maurine Shimlock) is able to spend most of his time on tropical reefs pioneering new dive destinations. From June, 2008 Burt will be based in Bali in order to fulfill his current assignment to explore the still uncharted reefs around West Papua, Indonesia and produce a diving guide for the region.

I always make sure the facility, whether it\'s a shop or liveaboard, is in good repair and that the owner and manger have a good relationship with the local people.