Ralph Cle­venger grew up on the coast of North Africa and began div­ing in the waters of the Mediter­ranean Sea at the age of 7 with his father.  He even­tu­ally went on to study zool­ogy at San Diego State Uni­ver­sity and worked as a diver/biologist for the Scripps Insti­tu­tion of Oceanog­ra­phy in La Jolla, Cal­i­for­nia before attend­ing Brooks Insti­tute of Pho­tog­ra­phy.   He holds a BS degree in zool­ogy and a BA degree in pho­tog­ra­phy. Ralph is the author of Pho­tograph­ing Nature, pub­lished by New Riders.

Ralph has fol­lowed his pas­sion for the nat­ural world by spe­cial­iz­ing in loca­tion pho­tog­ra­phy and video projects of eco-travel, envi­ron­men­tal por­traits, nat­ural land­scapes, wildlife and under­sea sub­jects.   Please contact Ralph’s business manager, Mary Jane Headlee to inquire about assignment work.

Ralph has trav­eled through­out the world on assign­ment includ­ing Aus­tralia, New Zealand, the Caribbean, Cen­tral Amer­i­ca, Brasil, Antarc­tica, Alaska, Mex­ico, Kenya, Tan­za­nia, Zim­babwe, Zam­bia, Botswana and South Africa.

Ralph’s stock images are represented worldwide by Corbis Images.

Contact Ralph at: (805) 963‑4069 or e-mail: Ralph Clevenger