John Ernest Williamson

J. Ernest Williamson
Underwater photographer and submarine films John Ernest Williamson
Underwater photographer and submarine films John Ernest Williamson
Born(1881-12-08)December 8, 1881
Died(1966-07-15)July 15, 1966
Known forunderwater filmmaking
SpouseLilah Freeland Williamson
ChildrenSylvia, Annecke Jans
A 1915 illustration of the tube, drawn by Ernest's younger brother George[1]
Williamson descending into the tube with camera

John Ernest Williamson (8 December 1881 – 15 July 1966) invented the "photosphere" from which he filmed and photographed undersea.[2] He is credited as being the first person to take an underwater photograph from a submarine.[3]

  1. ^ "Motion Pictures Under the Sea", Cleveland Moffett, The American Magazine, January 1915. Page 16.
  2. ^ "With Williamson Beneath the Sea". UCLA. Archived from the original on 22 June 2002. Retrieved 22 August 2009. John Ernest Williamson (1881-1966) was active in motion pictures for nearly fifty years.
  3. ^ McKay, Herbert C. (1927). Motion picture photography. New York City: Falk publishing co., inc. pp. 310–316. OL 6721834M.