Daniel DiTuro is the son of Italian immigrants and received a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering from Arizona State University in 1980. A self-taught photographer, he began a series of yoga photographs in 1999, shortly after taking his first Hatha yoga class, to teach people about the physical and mental benefits of yoga. Daniel’s Yoga Project culminated in the publication of his first book Hatha Yoga Illustrated in 2003. With over 40 years experience living on a Southern Italian Mediterranean diet, he began a series of photographs and articles in 2004 on his website www.diturophotography.com about the benefits of a Mediterranean style diet.