NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE AND PARK CITY INSTITUTE ANNOUNCE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHERS DAVID DOUBILET AND JENNIFER HAYES at THE ECCLES CENTER IN PARK CITY

Tickets for “Coral Kingdoms and Empires of Ice” with David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes are now on sale.

PARK CITY, UT (DECEMBER 2, 2019)—

National Geographic Live, National Geographic’s touring speaker series, and Park City Institute are proud to announce “Coral Kingdoms and Empires of Ice” with David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes, a team of National Geographic underwater photographers. The event will take place at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, December 14th, 2019, at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center in Park City.

“We are excited to present National Geographic Live Coral Kingdoms and Emipires of Ice, with David Doubilet and Jennifer Hayes,” said PCI Executive Director, Teri Orr. “We are looking forward to them sharing their in-depth knowledge of the ocean, and their commitment to conservation, with our audience.”

Doubilet has a long and intimate vision into the sea. He began snorkeling at age eight at summer camp in the Adirondack and by age 12 he was making pictures underwater using a Brownie Hawkeye camera stuffed into a rubber bag. The bag filled with air, and it was like trying to submerge the Hindenburg. The pictures were barely recognizable. He has long since mastered the techniques of working with water and light to become one of the world’s most celebrated underwater photographers and a contributing photographer for National Geographic magazine, where he has published nearly 70 stories since his first assignment in 1971.

Doubilet has spent five decades under the surface in the far corners of the world from interior Africa, remote tropical coral reefs, rich temperate seas and recent projects in the northern and southern ice. His personal challenge is to create a visual voice for the world’s oceans and to connect people to the incredible beauty and silent devastation happening within the invisible world below.

Hayes is an aquatic biologist and photojournalist specializing in natural history and marine environments. She has authored and edited numerous articles on marine environments, and her images have appeared in books, advertising campaigns, and publications such as National Geographic, Sports Illustrated, Sport Diver, DIVE Magazine, Diver, People, Alert Diver, and Ocean Geographic. She is co-author / photographer for Face to Face with Sharks by National Geographic Books and an honorary editor for Ocean Geographic magazine.

Hayes and Doubilet collaborate as a photographic team above and below water on project development, story production, feature articles, and books. National Geographic assignments have taken them around the globe from Africa’s Okavango Delta, through tropical and temperate seas, and to the poles. Recent projects have found them in the remote corners of the Great Barrier Reef, under oil and gas rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, swimming among congregations of 500-pound goliath grouper, and submerged in the ice with harp seal mothers and pups.

National Geographic Live is the live events division of National Geographic. With a broad roster of talent including renowned photographers, scientists, authors, filmmakers and adventurers, National Geographic Live’s critically acclaimed programs have connected with audiences worldwide for over a century. Currently, National Geographic Live events are held in a variety of cities around the world, including, Seattle, Tampa, Los Angeles, and Calgary. In each of these cities, speakers share behind-the-scenes stories from the front lines of exploration onstage alongside stunning imagery and gripping footage. For more information, visit natgeolive.com.

For tickets and information, please call 435-655-3114 or visit parkcityinstitute.org.

Media Contacts:

Bari Nan Rothchild, barinan@parkcityinstitute.org/ (435) 513-0741

National Geographic Pressroom, pressroom@natgeo.com / (202) 912-6799

About Park City Institute

Park City Institute is a non-profit organization, dedicated to bringing world-class performances and new ideas to the community. Since 1998, PCI has presented internationally renowned and cutting edge musicians, actors, authors, comedians, dancers, speakers, and film, at the George S. and Dolores Doré Eccles Center for the Performing Arts (a joint-use facility with the Park City School District). For 16 years, the organization has presented headliner summer concerts in Park City. PCI is dedicated to introducing young people to the arts through free student outreach workshops, shows and demonstrations. Entertaining, Educating, and Illuminating since 1998.

About National Geographic Partners LLC

National Geographic Partners LLC (NGP), a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and the National Geographic Society, is committed to bringing the world premium science, adventure and exploration content across an unrivaled portfolio of media assets. NGP combines the global National Geographic television channels (National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo MUNDO, Nat Geo PEOPLE) with National Geographic’s media and consumer-oriented assets, including National Geographic magazines; National Geographic studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children’s media; and ancillary activities that include travel, global experiences and events, archival sales, licensing and e-commerce businesses. Furthering knowledge and understanding of our world has been the core purpose of National Geographic for 131 years, and now we are committed to going deeper, pushing boundaries, going further for our consumers … and reaching millions of people around the world in 172 countries and 43 languages every month as we do it. NGP returns 27 percent of our proceeds to the nonprofit National Geographic Society to fund work in the areas of science, exploration, conservation and education. For more information visit natgeotv.com or nationalgeographic.com, or find us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Pinterest.

2019-2020 Main Stage Season at the Eccles Center

December 22nd

Piff the Magic Dragon

January 4th

An Evening with Stephanie Land, author of MAID

February 15th

Perla Batalla Sings the Songs of Leonard Cohen

February 22nd

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

February 29th

National Geographic Live – Bob Poole: Nature Roars Back

March 7th

An Evening with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Eli Saslow

March 21st

An Evening with T Bone Burnett

April 4th

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

April 18th

National Geographic Live! Nizar Ibrahim: Lost Giant of the Cretaceous

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