The Young & The Restless
by Sherri Burns and Chris Wessling
"Today my office is the world. During the past seven years, I've
had a backstage pass to the world, which has landed me in dozens of
countries. So far, in my office, I've been attacked by a tapir and
burned by a Portuguese man-of-war. I've been bitten by venomous
ants on three continents and woken up by a scorpion's sting. But
the thing is, I love my office more than I ever dreamed I could.
I've ridden in submarines; swum in the Panama Canal; worked to save
scarlet macaw babies; drunk rum with tropical lighthouse keepers;
wrestled crocodiles; cheered on egg-laying sea turtles; snuggled
with lions and tigers, pumas and cheetahs; ridden elephants; swum
in all four oceans; and snowmobiled through the nothingness of the
Arctic into a never-setting sun."
SECOND-PRIZE WINNER
D.J. STRUNTZ
SURFING MAGAZINE
Job: Senior Staff Photographer
Home: Wilmington,
North Carolina
Age: 30
Number of Days Traveled in 2004: 150
Like Andy, D.J. is used to doing the photography. But the fact that
we were shooting in what's considered to be the ultimate
destination for all manner of travelers made his onerous job of
"model" a little easier. And once we promised to let him catch a
few waves with the locals after we were done, he was all ours. D.J.
is all about the water - whether he's on top of it or under it.
Before his current gig, he studied the effects of industrial
pollution on marine mammals. It sounds so close to the water … but
yet it's so far. Here's D.J. on his previous job:
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