Early Life
As a child he was a keen spear fisherman and at seventeen a practiced hunter who had bought his first rifle at age 16.
Steve was first introduced to photography when he was given the opportunity to join an expedition to Kangaroo Island led by pioneering Australian underwater photographer Igo Oak. Igo was a mentor to Parish and a cofounder of the South Australian Underwater Photography Society.
Due to his disinterest in school and lack of formal qualifications but with competency with firearms he started an apprenticeship as a gunsmith in Adelaide.
In 1963, when eighteen, Parish joined the Royal Australian Navy, where he learned to dive.
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