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Bruce Hall has been a scuba diver and underwater photographer since 1983. As an elementary school teacher in Costa Mesa, California, Bruce often used his photography to share his knowledge of local ocean life in the classroom to engage his students. Macro, or close-up, photography enables Bruce, who is legally blind, to identify specific features of plant and animal life living along the southern California coastline as well as to study and to enjoy the undersea world after he has left it. Bruce continues to explore, using photography and technology to observe, perceive, then capture his impressions.

Hall’s work has been published in textbooks, magazines including “National Geographic,” as well as shown in juried art exhibitions around the United States. In the summer of 2006, Bruce won a "highly honored" award in the Nature's Best Photography Magazine Windland Rice Smith International Awards Competition. The winning photograph "Giant Kelp" was on display at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian, Washington D.C. from October 2006 until October 2007.

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    Oberazzi says:

    "Bruce is an amazing photographer, hands down. He is also visually impaired and is a important part of Blind Photographers group (http://www.flickr.com/groups/blind_photographers/). His wonderful images, both in and out of the water, are an inspiration. His voice also shapes our community, as he brings unique experience and ideas to our discussions."

    5th November, 2008

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    The Lone Cypress says:

    "It’s an honor to write a review for Bruce, an extremely talented and creative photographer with a unique eye to capture the beauty around us. I will also take the honor to be the first one to do that :-)

    This amazing photographer was introduced to me yesterday by Denise (http://www.flickr.com/photos/hockeymom/) and I am so thankful to her for leading me to this treasure of colors and light captured in such a masterful manner that is way beyond ordinary mortals like me. Just have a look at his set Underwater (http://www.flickr.com/photos/bphall/sets/72157600315031733/) and you will be swept off of your feet with the colors and beauty Bruce has captured.
    Living with physical disability (Bruce is legally blind) and yet being able to capture the beauty so marvelously, Bruce is Beethoven of modern photography.

    I am so honored to be your contact, Bruce!"

    24th July, 2008

Joined:
June 2007
Hometown:
Tustin, CA
Currently:
Irvine, United States
I am:
Male and Taken
Occupation:
Photographer, Autism advocate
Website:
bruce hall photography