Holy Cow! These old Skin Diver Mag covers bring back a lot of memories. Hard to believe that the person who shot so many of these is still a freelance professional underwater photographer and diving journalist today! Based in Nevada, Geri Murphy (pictured) has an incredible history in underwater journalism, with more than a thousand published articles, books and photos – including an astonishing 170 covers for Skin Diver Magazine. Geri began her career as a sport diver in the late ‘60s, diving off the New Jersey coast, exploring and recording images of shipwrecks and sea life. She turned her interest to the Caribbean, where she was the first to photograph and document ‘Stingray City’, the name she coined for what is now a world-famous dive site in the Cayman Islands. Later she spent time in Micronesia, where she authored a number of articles and dive guides.
Skin Diver July 1987
