- Bernie Campoli
- Underwater Photographer
Retired U.S. Navy
In 1964 as member of the U.S.Navy’s Underwater Photographic Team, Bernie photographed the U.S. Navy’s first Man in the Sea Program Special Project Sea-Lab in Panama City, Florida and at the dive site Argus Island, Bermuda. Since then he has photographed, filmed, and been part of many U.S. Navy, Commercial and Scientific Saturation and Deep Diving programs. These images have been published world-wide. He also provided photographic and video support to the US Navy’s Naval Special Warfare’s Dry Deck Shelter Development program from 1982-2000, receiving the Department of the Navy’s Superior Civilian Service Award for exceptional Value to the program. Bernie Retired in March 2000 and from 2006-2008 has provided topside and underwater digital photographs to the University of North Carolina Wilmington (NURC)/U.S. Navy’s Specialized Research diving Detachment (SRDD) dives in the Aquarius Undersea laboratory at Key Largo, Florida.