Dan Burton ABIPP
Underwater Photographer/Journalist/Camerman
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dan@underwaterimages.co.uk

Dan Burton himself could not have envisaged the splendour of the unexplored locations his career would take him to: the challenging situations it would present him with, and the unique individuals it would introduce him to.
Like so many of us Dan was drawn to the magic of the ocean as a child by Jactus Cousteau. At the age of 18 he finally had the opportunity to learn to dive. Inspired by an enthusiastic diving instructor it was not long before Dan had a camera with him on every dive, and the seeds of his exciting career had been sown.
Having travelled extensively, Dan returned to Britain to Enrol as a student of photography where both his enthusiasm and natural talent flourished. During his years as a student, Dan gained a number of awards in recognition of his outstanding talent including gold and silver at the AMI Audio Awards presented in New Orleans. It was no surprise when Dan gained distinction in his higher diploma; closely followed by a second distinction for his BIPP (British Institute of Professional Photography) Post graduate course.
Immediately upon completing college, Dans' career was launched when he was invited to join a number of deep water diving projects using mixed gases. These included the recovery of silver from the El Cazador wreck which lies in 300ft (90m) of water in the bay of Mexico, and the first NOAA ( National Oceanic Atmosphere Administration) trimix dive expedition to explore the USS Monitor in Cape Hatteras. In 1997 he was to have the unique experience of photographing the once majestic HMHS Britannic, which is his deepest assignment yet at 380ft (120m) of water. She's bigger than her sister ship the TITANIC!

Dan's interest in photographing people has brought him into contact with individual from all walks of life. He spent time documenting NASA's underwater neutral buoyancy facility in Huntsville. AL. USA.
More recently he has become involved in both photographing freedivers and got involved in freediving photography.
For the past eight years Dan’s life has been full of foreign adventures, which have been published in books and magazines all over the world.
His photography has appeared in prestigious publications such as National Geographic, Scientific America, WIRED, BBC Wildlife, Arena, Titanic Society, Tauchen, AQUA, Microsoft Magazine and more. His filming has been used by The National Geographic Channel, BBC,and the History & Learning Channel.His recent assignments incude covering the Camel Trophy 2000 and Discovery.com shark week website.
For the last 4 year he has started to supply his stock photography to the BBC Natural History Unit Picture Library, WILDLIFE, Pictor International. & Interspace Vision.