A native of Havana, Cuba, Amaury Cruz arrived in the United States in 1961 at the age of thirteen as part of the “Peter Pan” program for unaccompanied exiled children. He received a Juris Doctor from the FSU College of Law after his bachelor’s degree from SUNY-Binghamton, where he started to learn photography and darkroom work as editor of the student newspaper. His photography, including travel, underwater, architectural, aerial, photojournalism, and boudoir, has earned numerous awards and has been featured in Skin Diving, Dive Chronicles, ABOARD inflight magazines, the Miami Herald, The Miami News, Zen Bow, Nuestro magazine, Progreso Weekly, PhotoRx, and other publications. His work has been shown in several venues, including the National Gallery in Paris. Now living in Sun City, Amaury focuses primarily on nature and wildlife photography.
