Bill Curtsinger

Bill Curtsinger
Bill Curtsinger
Curtsinger at Northwind Art's Grover Gallery, c. 2021 Port Townsend, Wash.
Born1946
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Other namesWilliam R. Curtsinger
CitizenshipAmerican
Education
Occupations
  • Photographer
  • Author
Years active1967 (1967)–Present
Employers
Known forUnderwater photography
Awards
Military career
BranchUnited States Navy
years1967 (1967)–1970 (1970)
RankPetty officer second class
UnitCombat Camera Group Atlantic Fleet
Known forFirst color cover page in Naval Aviation News
Assignments
Awards
Websitewww.billcurtsinger.com

Bill Curtsinger is an American photographer and writer who publishes on underwater photography and natural history subjects. Curtsinger has photographed thirty-five articles, including six cover stories for National Geographic as well as a cover story for Life. His photos have also appeared in Smithsonian, Natural History, various scientific journals and a number of books worldwide.

Early life and childhood

Curtsinger was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1946 and grew up in Mount Holly, New Jersey[1] near the Pine Barrens region. In later life, he provided photographic images for a book about the sprawling ecosystem at the barrens.[2]

As a teenager Curtsinger was inspired to photograph the underwater arena by reading Jacques Cousteau's book The Silent World: A Story of Undersea Discovery and Adventure.[3] Cousteau was an award-winning underwater diver who captured exotic underwater videos and photos.[4] Curtsinger also read his grandfather's National Geographic magazines for additional inspiration.[2]

Further inspiration as a teenager would come in the form of a poem by Robinson Jeffers.[2]

...Integrity is wholeness, the greatest beauty is organic wholeness, the wholeness of life and things, the divine beauty of the universe. Love that...

— Robinson Jeffers, The Answer[5]

At the age of 16, Curtsinger bought his first camera, a Kodak Retinette 1A 35mm rangefinder. The first image he took was a Northern red-bellied turtle at Pine Barrens.[2]

U.S. Navy career

Curtsinger captured the first color photo on the cover of Naval Aviation News (1968).

During the Vietnam War, in 1967 after graduating high school at 18, Curtsinger attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff. After a year he transferred to Arizona State University in Tempe to join their photography program. During the transfer of schools he lost course credits and was deemed a second-year freshman. Because of this, the draft board reclassified him, making him eligible to be drafted into the Vietnam War effort. Curtsinger preemptively joined the United States Navy to circumvent being drafted into the United States Army.[6][7]

Due to his interest in photography, the Navy excepted Curtsinger into the elite Navy Photo Unit, Atlantic Fleet Combat Camera Group based at Naval Station Norfolk.[8] The camera unit was disestablished in 2018.[9][7]

After graduating from U.S. Navy Dive School in Key West, Florida, curtsinger earned his Jump Wings in Lakehurst, New Jersey, and attended various U.S. Navy Flight Crew training units around Norfolk, Virginia. He traveled the world on special assignments for the United States Fleet Forces Command of the Atlantic Fleet, including the Navy's research and development department photographing new launches of submarines,[6][7] such as the USS Narwhal (SSN-671).[10]

Curtsinger spent most of his Navy career covering the United States Navy carrier air operations. He qualified to fly in the F-4 Phantom and A-6 Intruder to carry out his photo missions. He was made an honorary member of the Red Rippers, U.S. Navy Fighter Squadron VF-11, and is credited as having the first color front and back covers in Naval Aviation News (1968).[6][11]

As a Petty officer third class in 1968 Curtsinger was sent to Antarctica to photograph the National Science Foundation's Office of Polar Programs at McMurdo Station as part of Operation Deep Freeze,[12] and in 1969 to Palmer Station, for which he was awarded the Antarctica Service Medal.[1]

After six months in the Antarctic, Curtsinger approached Admiral George J. Dufek (Ret.), who at the time was the director of the Mariner's Museum in Newport News, Virginia, and knew of his work with Naval Aviation News and Antarctic Science.[13]: 32:26  Dufek led the first U.S. science effort in the Antarctic during Operation Highjump.[14] Curtsinger has stated that during a conversation with Dufek, he made a call to Gilbert M. Grosvenor, President of the National Geographic Society to set up a meeting to meet with Curtsinger.[13]: 33:10 

In 1970 Curtsinger was transferred to the United States Navy Reserve as a Petty officer second class, where he served until 1973, resigning to pursue freelance photography for National Geographic.[7][1]

Freelance career

Curtsinger in front of a large print of his February 1994 cover on National Geographic, showcasing a long exposure of a sea turtle underwater. c. 2023

Curtsinger is one of the first underwater photographers to capture extensive images of marine life under the polar ice in Antarctica. He had been a freelance photographer since leaving the U.S. Navy with his photographic imagery focusing on underwater, natural history, maritime archaeology, people, culture, environments and wildlife. He has photographed thirty-three articles, including six cover stories, for National Geographic. Curtsinger's photos have also appeared on the cover of Orion, Life and Natural History magazines with stories in a number of other magazines such as BBC Wildlife and Smithsonian.[6]

The subjects of Curtsinger's photographs have included species and natural systems such as whales, walruses, penguins, dolphins, seals, sea turtles and sharks. His stories have featured locations such as Antarctica, Canada, Argentina, Africa and The Caroline Islands of the tropical Pacific.[15][16]

Curtsinger's work also includes numerous textbooks, journals and aquarium displays and he has been a contributor to Gulf of Maine Research Institute publications and website.[6] He has eight titled published books including Extreme Nature: Images from the World's Edge, a four hundred page retrospective of his career, published in 2005 by White Star Publishers in nine languages.[17]

Curtsinger has stated that he pitched his first assignment with National Geographic to Bob Gilka because he knew the magazine had not published any articles about the peninsula. Having spent six months in the cold barren landscape of Antarctica he knew that the peninsula was more interesting and more biological diverse than what was previously published in the Geographic.[13]: 33:10  His very first article was a cover story in the November 1971 issue of National Geographic, "Antarctica's Nearer Side" by Samuel W. Matthews.[18]

With his crisp, clean photos of whales, seals, penguins, and dolphins, ex-Navy photographer Bill Curtsinger helped the National Geographic Society pioneer the field of underwater marine life photography with stunning pictures such as this shot of an Emperor penguin gliding through the waters of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica.

— National Geographic Society[19]

Grey reef shark

Curtsinger after an encounter with a Grey reef shark. c. 1973

In January 1995 National Geographic published an article photographed and written by Curtsinger about grey reef sharks. In a subsection of the story, he reminisces about a 1973 encounter with the same species of sharks in the Micronesian lagoon in the Caroline Islands.[20]

The shark came at me like a rocket. I had time only to lift my hand...(The shark then) raked my right shoulder. At that moment a friend rescued me in a dingy.

— Curtsinger, Bill National Geographic[20]

After this encounter he only needed minor reconstructive surgery to his hand and shoulder. He has stated that grey reef sharks are extremely territorial, suspect in many attacks on indigenous islanders throughout Oceania and was most likely driving away a perceived competitor or predator.[20]

Shipwrecks

Curtsinger has also photographed many shipwrecks throughout his career, like the Mary Rose at Portsmouth Harbour, which was active during the reign of Henry the VIII.[21] He has also photographed the 16th century Basque whaling ship off the coast of Labrador,[22] the 17th century Swedish warship Kronan that sank in the Baltic Sea off the Swedish island of Öland[23] and a 14th-century Bronze Age merchant ship, which was the oldest known shipwreck at that time (1987).[24]

In 1991 he captured the sunken fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Operation Crossroads was a classified undertaking by the U.S. military to test nuclear weapons underwater in 1946. National Geographic ran a story about the underwater wreckage in their June 1992 issue authored by John L. Elliot and photographed by Curtsinger.[25] Also, a scientific journal was published for the United States Department of the Interior, The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb, featuring select images from Curtsinger.[26]

Curtsinger in the 1960s next to a U.S. Navy recruiting poster. He is credited for the photograph used in this poster.

Firsts

Inspiring others

As new generations of photographers enter the field of photography, some have been inspired by Curtsinger's work, such as Brian Skerry. In a 2021 article in The Maine Magazine, Skerry recalls Curtsinger turning down a National Geographic photo shoot of the 1717 pirate shipwreck Whydah Gally, buried in the sand off Cape Cod. Curtsinger turned down the job due to scheduling issues, but put in a good word for Skerry, who in turn, took the job.[31] Skerry had his photos published in the May 1999 issue of National Geographic.[32]

Personal life

Silhouette of a Grumman A-6 Intruder on the deck of an aircraft carrier. Photo captured by Bill Curtsinger.

In 1972, during Curtsinger's second photo assignment with National Geographic about salt marshes, he moved to Maine,[33] where in 1974 he married Kate Mahoney. They had two children together, Justin and Owen. In June 2003, Mahoney passed away from a seven-year battle with breast cancer. Curtsinger and Mahoney were married for twenty-nine years and during that time, Mahoney was responsible for the organization and sales of Curtsinger's stock photos business, which she created.[34] Mahoney was a founding member of Peregrine Press located in Portland, Maine.[35]

With the advance of the internet and declining stock photo sales, Curtsinger left Maine and moved to Port Townsend, Washington in 2006. He became the co-owner, along with his second wife Sue Ohlson, of Sunrise Coffee Company.[15]

Even though Curtsinger in no longer a freelancer in the field of photography, he continues to photograph and in 2021 collaborated with Kenneth Brower on the book Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Bill Curtsinger.[36]

Awards and recognition

Exhibitions

Bibliography

Cover stories

Magazine covers that have featured Curtsinger's photos.

Cover stories
Title Year Publication Author Location Ref
Our Crowded Skies
1970
 Proceedings Cdr. R. J. Koch, Jr., USN Sky
[46]
R/V Hero: Assignment Antarctic
1971
 Proceedings Curtsinger, Bill Antarctica
[47]
Antarctica's Nearer Side
1971
 National Geographic Mathews, Samuel W. Antarctica
[18]
Life or Death for the Harp Seal
1976
 National Geographic Lavigne, David M.  Canada
[48]
Will We Kill the Last Whale?
1979
 Life Fadiman, Anne Global
[49]
16th Century Basque Whaling in America
1985
 National Geographic
 Canada
[22]
Oldest Known Shipwreck
1987
 National Geographic Bass, George Aegean Sea
[24]
The bottom of the bottom of the world
1992
 Natural History Campbell, David G. Global
[50]
Sea Turtles: In a Race for Survival
1994
 National Geographic
 Bahamas
[51]
Gray Reef Sharks
1995
 National Geographic Curtsinger, Bill  Marshall Islands
[52]
Generation to Generation
1995
 Orion Sobel, David Et al.  Costa Rica
[53]

Books

Books
Title Year Authors Publisher ISBN
Wake of the Whale
1979
 Brower, Kenneth Friends of the Earth ISBN 978-0-52522-950-6
The Pine Barrens
1981
 McPhee, John Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0-374-23362-4
Monk Seal Hideaway
1995
 Ackerman, Diane Crown Publishing Group ISBN 978-0-51759-674-6
Sea Soup: Phytoplankton
1999
 Cerullo, Maru M. Tilbury House, Publishers ISBN 978-0-88448-208-6
Sea Soup: Zooplankton
2001
 Cerullo, Mary M. Tilbury House, Publishers ISBN 978-0-88448-219-2
Life Under Ice
2003
 Cerullo, Mary M. Tilbury House, Publishers ISBN 978-0-88448-246-8
Extreme Nature: Images from the World's Edge
2005
 Curtsinger, Bill White Star Publishers ISBN 978-8-85440-078-8
Curtsinger: Reflections on the Life and Adventures of Bill Curtsinger
2021
 Brower, Kenneth Northwind Art ISBN 978-0-98835-508-8

Film and video

Film
Title Year Role Distributor Ref
Grey Reef Sharks
1995
 Self National Geographic Explorer
[54][55]
The Life of a Tiger Shark
2000
 Self National Geographic Explorer
[56][57]
The Naked Brothers Band: The Movie
2005
 Archival footage Paramount
[58]
An Inconvenient Truth
2006
 Archival footage Paramount
[59]
Cannibal Sharks
2019
 Archival footage National Geographic channel
[60]

Journals

Journals
Title Year Authors Journal Publisher Role Ref
Population Study of Seals in the Weddell Sea
1969
  • Erickson, Albert W.
  • Cline, David R.
  • Hopman, Robert J.
 Antarctic Journal of the United States National Science Foundation
  • Photographer
  • Cover photo
[61]
Freezing Resistance in Fishes of the Antarctic Peninsula
1969
 Devries, A.L.; Department of Food Science & Technology; University of California, Davis Antarctic Journal of the United States National Science Foundation Photographer
[62]
The Prey Capture by the Brown Pelican
1975
  • Schreiber, Ralf W.
  • Woolfenden, Glen E.
  • Curtsinger, William R.
 The Auk American Ornithological Society Co-author
[63]
Research ship Hero is 7 years old
1975
 Michael Mulcary Antarctic Journal of the United States National Science Foundation Photographer
[64]
Preliminary Underwater Observations of the Breeding Behavior of the Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)
1978
  • Merdsoy, Bora R.
  • Curtsinger, Bill
  • Renouf, Deane
 Journal of Mammalogy Oxford University Co-author
[65]
Observations on Structure and Evaluation of Possible Functions of the Vexillum in Larval Carapidae (Ophidiiformes)
1984
Bulletin of Marine Science Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Co-author
[66]
The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb: A Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons
1991
  • Delgado, J.P.
  • Lenihan, D.
  • Murphy, L.
 Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers United States Department of the Interior Photographer
[26]

References

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  2. ^ a b c d "An interview with Bill Curtsinger, a National Geographic photographer". Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. January 1, 2006. pp. 66–67.
  3. ^ Curtsinger, Bill (December 20, 2005). "Extreme Nature" (Transcript) (Video (On Air)). Interviewed by Daryn Kagan. CNN. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
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  5. ^ Robinson Jeffers. "The Answer". poetrynook.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.
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  12. ^ "On Assignment". National Geographic. Vol. 177, no. 5. Malawi. May 1990. p. D1.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  13. ^ a b c d A Night with Bill Curtsinger & Kenneth Brower (Video). Port Townsend, Washington: Northwind Art. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via YouTube.
  14. ^ Kearns, David A. (2005). "Operation Highjump: Task Force 68". Where Hell Freezes Over: A Story of Amazing Bravery and Survival. New York: Thomas Dunne Books. ISBN 0-312-34205-5.
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  18. ^ a b Matthews, Samuel W. (November 1971). "Antarctica's Nearer Side". National Geographic. Vol. 140, no. 5. Antarctica. pp. 622–655.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  19. ^ a b "Milestones in Underwater Photography". National Geographic. Archived from the original on April 10, 2021. Retrieved October 9, 2022. – Slide 6
  20. ^ a b c Curtsinger, Bill (January 1995). "Survivor's Tale of a Shark Attack". National Geographic. Vol. 187, no. 1. p. 56. Retrieved December 26, 2022.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  21. ^ a b Rule, Margaret (May 1983). "Henry VIII's Lost Warship". National Geographic. Vol. 163, no. 5. Mary Rose, Portsmouth, England. pp. 646–675.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  22. ^ a b Grenier, Robert & Tuck, James A. (July 1985). "16th Century Basque Whaling In America". National Geographic. Vol. 148, no. 1. Labrador. pp. 40–71.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  23. ^ Franzén, Anders (April 1989). "Remnants of a Mighty Warship". National Geographic. Vol. 175, no. 4. Kronan, Baltic Sea. pp. 438–465.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  24. ^ a b Bass, George F. (December 1987). "Oldest Known Shipwreck". National Geographic. Vol. 172, no. 6. Aegean Sea. pp. 692–733.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  25. ^ Eliot, John L. (June 1992). "Bikini Islands Nuclear Graveyard". National Geographic. Vol. 181, no. 6. Marshall Islands. pp. 70–83.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  26. ^ a b Delgado, J.P.; Lenihan, D.; Murphy, L. (1991). "The Archeology of the Atomic Bomb: A Submerged Cultural Resources Assessment of the Sunken Fleet of Operation Crossroads at Bikini and Kwajalein Atoll Lagoons". Southwest Cultural Resources Center Professional Papers. Marshall Islands: United States Department of the Interior: xi, 101, 111, 114, 119, 120, 129, 130 – via Google Books.
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  28. ^ Kwok, Roberta (2018). "Click". The Southern Review. 54 (4). Louisiana State University Press: 616–617. Retrieved October 10, 2022.
  29. ^ "National Geographic Magazine: 50 Years of Covers". National Geographic. April 14, 2017. Archived from the original on April 19, 2021. Retrieved October 12, 2022. Slide 13
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  47. ^ Curtsinger, Bill (February 1971). "R/V Hero: Assignment Antarctic". Proceedings. Vol. 97, no. 2. United States Naval Institute.
  48. ^ Lavigne, David M. (January 1976). "Life or Death for the Harp Seal". National Geographic. Vol. 149, no. 1. Gulf of St. Lawrence. pp. 128–142.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
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  51. ^ Rudloe, Anne & Rudloe, Jack (February 1994). "Sea Turtles: In a Race for Survival". National Geographic. Vol. 185, no. 2. pp. 94–122.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
  52. ^ Curtsinger, Bill (January 1995). "Gray Reef Sharks". National Geographic. Vol. 187, no. 1. Bikini Atoll. pp. 44–67.  – via National Geographic archive (subscription required)
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  55. ^ Curtsinger, Bill (Self) (June 25, 1995). Grey Reef Sharks. National Geographic Explorer (Documentary). Aired on TBS
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  60. ^ Curtsinger, Bill (Archival footage) (2019). Cannibal Sharks. National Geographic channel (Documentary).
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  63. ^ Schreiber, Ralf W.; Woolfenden, Glen E.; Curtsinger, William R. (October 1975). "Prey Capture by the Brown Pelican" (PDF). The Auk. 92 (4). Florida: American Ornithological Society: 649–654. doi:10.2307/4084778. JSTOR 4084778.
  64. ^ Mulcary, Michael (May 1975). "Research ship Hero is 7 years old" (PDF). Antarctic Journal of the United States. 10 (3). Antarctica: National Science Foundation.
  65. ^ Merdsoy, Bora R.; Curtsinger, Bill; Renouf, Deane (February 17, 1978). "Preliminary Underwater Observations of the Breeding Behavior of the Harp Seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus)". Journal of Mammalogy. 59 (1). Oxford University: 181–185. doi:10.2307/1379887. JSTOR 1379887.
  66. ^ Govoni, John J.; Olney, John E.; Markle, Douglas F.; Curtsinger, William (1984). "Observations on Structure and Evaluation of Possible Functions of the Vexillum in Larval Carapidae (Ophidiiformes)". Bulletin of Marine Science. 34 (1). Maine: 60–70.

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