Brooks is known internationally for his spectacular black-and-white underwater photos. As a professional photographer, his personal photo skills have been featured in exhibits at the Photography Hall of Fame of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Yugoslavia Man-in-the-Sea, Our World Underwater, the Photography Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, and others. He pioneered the undersea photography program at Brooks Institute. In addition, Brooks Institute has been utilized as a major research and testing center for underwater photography. Brooks Institute is recognised as one of the most extensive underwater photography programs in the world. Ernest Brooks, II worked diligently at the Institute for many years, becoming President in 1971. founded the Brooks Institute of Photography in 1945. He graduated from the world-renowned Brooks Institute of Photography.Įrnest Brooks Sr. At the age of 19 Brooks built his first underwater camera housing. Brooks began his education in under water photography in 1956. In 1950 he made his first venture to the Channel Islands off Southern California. He used an early Perrelli drysuit and an old squeaking regulator. In 1949 he dove extensively around the marker buoy one-mile off the entrance to Santa Barbara Harbor. His first venture beneath the surface of the sea was at Sterns Wharf in Santa Barbara, CA. He was right there during the many hours of photo processing in the darkroom. At the age of 4, Ernie Brooks went with his father in photographing California’s Pismo Beach with his large 8x10 view camera. He was given a camera and a roll of film to photograph his first day in kindergarten. The influence his father gave him in photography was substantial. He was destined to spend the rest of his life doing what was meant to be, exploring and documenting the sea. It was natural for Ernie Brooks to inherit a love for the sea. Ernie Brooks was born on Januin Santa Maria, California.
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