A seasoned professional, Coutney Paltt has been photographing underwater since 1976 and above water since 1983. His work has won numerous awards. A naturalized Caymanian, Courtney has lived here since 1983. His favourite of eight assignments done for National Geograpic Magazine was a 2500 year old Greek shipwreck in Turkey published in the March, 2002 issue. His assignment and stock images have illustrated numerous publications including: National Geographic (beginning with "Down the Cayman Wall", Nov. 1988), National Geographic World. Skin Diver, Scuba Times, Ocean Realm, Sport Diver, Sea, Frontiers, Time, Forber, numerous Cayman publications and several calendars and books including some of his own. His coffee table book "Paradise Interrupted" is a visual portrayal of Hurricane Ivan's impact on Grand Cayman, September 11-12, 2004. Courtney frequently shoots weddings, commercial advertising, reality, location portraiture, aerials, nature, and underwater.