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Marty Snyderman — Cinematographer, Producer, Author, and Speaker

Meet Marty for lunch or dinner in Solana Beach / San Diego, California

Marty is a still photographer, author, and photography instructor. He had a two-decade long film career during which he won an Emmy for his underwater cinematography, and had his work used by numerous entities including the National Geographic Society, PBS, BBC, CBS, NBC, ABC, and ESPN.

Marty's still photography and/or writing has appeared in National Geographic Magazine, numerous National Wildlife Federation publications, Natural History, Dive Training, Alert Diver, Diver, Sport Diver, Time, Newsweek, Time Life, the Monterey Bay Aquarium, New England Aquarium, Sea World, and Seattle Aquarium.

He is the co-owner of Featured-Creatures an about-to-launch online magazine about marine wildlife that is produced for elementary school age kids and the adults in their lives. He is very proud of this, and asks that you check it out at www.featured-creatures.com

Marty's books include: Ocean Life: Discovering the World Beneath the Sea; Guide to Marine Life: Caribbean-Bahamas-Florida; California Marine Life: An Identification and Field Guide to Common Marine Species; and Shark: Endangered Predator of the Sea.

Marty also serves on the Shark Research Institute’s advisory and his DVD, Sharks and their Kin, is one of the most popular education tools used by teachers throughout the USA.

                                                                                    www.martysnyderman.com

Item Special Note

The objective of this auction is to spotlight individuals and organizations working effectively for ocean conservation, and raise funds for field research, education and conservation projects.

Being auctioned is dinner or lunch with one the world’s foremost shark experts or celebrities. This is a unique opportunity to “talk shark” face-to-face, one-on-one, with a real authority on sharks. 

How it works:

1. Bid on a celebrity, shark scientist or conservationist that lives or works in your area, unless you are willing to drive or fly to meet them in their area.
2. The winning bidder pays for the lunch or dinner and may bring guests.
3. We will introduce the winning bidder to the celebrity, scientist or conservationist. The two of you then set a mutually agreeable date, time and place to meet within one year of the close of the auction.

All winning bids are deductible from US Federal 2017 income taxes as Charitable Donations.