EMORY KRISTOF has worked as a staff photographer for National Geographic for 30 years and made his first trip to Bermuda in 1964 as a 21-year-old to do a report on the tall ship race. He estimates he has spent a total of two years here over the course of 30 to 40 trips to Bermuda in the past 30 years.

"I really concentrate on the deep ocean. I'm the diver who does the deepest dives without getting wet. It fascinates me, and it's the last great piece of exploration on the planet. I've spent almost all my time in Bermuda on the ocean - I love it out there. There's a patch up to the northwest of Bermuda about seven miles off, where I've done almost all my work. That was where we did all the deep sea baiting with remote cameras and robots. We were diving with the Russian Mir submersables and (shark expert) Eugenie Clark. And it was also the place we tested new lighting and gutter techniques that were used in the filming of the Titanic on IMAX. A lot of the things done all over the world in the deep ocean - the whole concept has first been tested in Bermuda.

The very frist photographs of animal life were done there. But I couldn't have done any of the work I've done without Teddy Tucker. Teddy introduced me to the world of deep sea animals. I consider the man my mentor.'' No caption RG MAGAZINE JULY 1993