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. . . about Marshall Oseas
'''Marshall Oseas has been an avid photographer for over 58 years. Starting out with a little Kodak "Brownie" camera and a basement darkroom in Chicago, at age 10. He maintained, and honed his interest in photography during his US Army years.

'''Marshall accumulated several hundreds of photos while in Korea as a NATO Peacekeeper near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) immediately after the conflict. He was awarded the Korean National Defense Medal.

'''Upon returning from his tour of duty in 1961, he worked for Charles Bessler Company (Darkroom Enlargers), Canon Corporation, and Minolta Corporation. In his capacity of Sales Representative and District Sales Manager for the West Coast, he was a guest speaker and conducted several seminars in darkroom techniques at the Brooks Institute of Photography in Santa Barbara, CA.

'''Marshall was a SCUBA diver for over 22 years, being PADI certified as an "open water diver", "advanced open water diver", "deep diver", and "underwater photographer". . . he traveled the world shooting underwater videos. Diving with schools of Hammerhead sharks in La Paz, Mexico; Dolphins in Freeport, Grand Bahamas;  Giant Manta Rays on Australia's Great Barrier Reef;  Black-Tip Reef Sharks in Bora-Bora;  and exploring underwater caverns and shipwrecks world-wide, he has filmed the undersea world time and time again.

'''He has been twice published in Digital Photographer Magazine in 1999 and 2000, has been trained as a photographic judge, and has judged many photo competitions, including two consecutive years as a judge for the Photo Salon, at the California State Fair held in Riverside County.

The photography that Marshall now enjoys most, is close up pictures of flowers, and other nature images, combining photography and art together as a blending of media.