Owen Lee, Author & Cousteau Diver, c1950s.

Vintage silver gelatin photograph, 20 x 15cm.

Owen Lee (American, 1928–2020) was a diver and underwater cameraman on Jacques Cousteau’s research vessel Calypso. He is seen wearing an enamel pin of the ship’s flag on his lapel. He wrote several books on diving and naturalism. Ref: Imagine Mexico.