Navy submarines
A life beneath the surface
An undersea medical officer tells a story from the submarine force.
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Months underwater, and nothing to show anybody afterwards.
Integrity. Stealth. Strength.

The submarine force and the particular discipline of undersea service: long patrols, no daylight, no contact, and a crew small enough that every person is load-bearing.
Almost nothing about this work can be photographed or discussed. A collection is one of the few ways to acknowledge it without asking anyone to say more than they can.
Service that is never explained. Submariners come home from months away and cannot describe where they were — and go back.
Deep black, minimal light, and one clean metallic line. Quiet by construction, which is the only honest way to treat the subject.
Before a submariner earns their dolphins they must qualify on the whole boat — not only their own watch station, but the systems, the casualty procedures and the spaces they may never work in. On a submarine, every person is expected to be able to save the ship.
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Navy submarines
An undersea medical officer tells a story from the submarine force.
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