Bill Curtsinger was born January 23, 1946, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He grew up in southern New Jersey and attended Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff and Arizona State University in Tempe.
During the Vietnam War, Curtsinger was a member of the elite Navy Photo Unit of the Atlantic Fleet Combat Camera Group based at the Naval Air Station in Norfolk, Virginia. He graduated from U.S. Navy Dive School in Key West, Florida, and Navy Parachute School in Lakehurst, New Jersey, and attended various U.S. Navy Flight Crew training units.
Specializing in underwater subjects, Curtsinger has photographed numerous articles for National Geographic magazine. His photos have also appeared in Smithsonian, Outside, Time, Newsweek, Life, Audubon, Natural History, Islands, Terre Sauvage, Aqua, Experiment, and many others.
Curtsinger has published a number of books, including Wake of the Whale, The Pine Barrens of New Jersey, Monk Seal Hideaway, Under Antarctic Ice, and a series of children's books on plankton for the Smithsonian Institution.
His image of a sea turtle hatchling was selected to appear on the cover of the National Geographic 100 Best Pictures collector's edition, and six of his photos were featured in National Geographic 100 Best Wildlife Pictures.
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