The Underwater winners from the 2024 European Wildlife Photographer awards offer a breathtaking glimpse into the hidden world beneath the water’s surface. With 71% of our planet covered by oceans, rivers, and lakes, these award-winning photographs capture the extraordinary beauty and diversity of life in both fresh and saltwater ecosystems.…
Explore the captivating imagery from the Underwater Photographer Of The Year 2024 competition! This year witnessed an unprecedented influx of entries and an abundance of stunning photographs – a heartfelt thank you to all the talented photographers who participated. The collection serves as a poignant testament to the remarkable breadth…
“Meet Anuar Patjane Floriuk, a Social Anthropologist and Photographer hailing from Mexico. Anuar is a firm believer in the pure and boundless creative force. His commitment lies in steering clear of stereotypical photographs, striving instead to create works that are inherently unique, unrepeated, and infinite. In his own words, ‘As…
Renowned wildlife photographer Dmitry Kokh has traversed the globe in a quest for extraordinary images of the natural world. With a focus on large marine animals and underwater photography, few destinations rival the allure of Moneron Island in the Russian Far East. The journey began with a serendipitous underwater shot…
Underwater Photographer and Diver Kristian Laine spot a majestic Pink Manta Ray that is so rare, first he thinks his camera is broken. Kristian Laine is an Australian freediver and underwater photographer and one day, he decided to go for shooting at Lady Elliot Island on the Great Barrier Reef.…
British artist and photographer Lexi Laine captured magical underwater fine art photos that will blow your mind. Her pictures of women swimming in crystal clear waters look like delicate baroque paintings and led us to a magical and ethereal atmosphere. In her words about this series “There is no place…
Here are the stunning winning photos Of Underwater Photographer of the Year Contest 2022. The winning photos are better than ever and Spain’s Rafael Fernandez Caballero was named Underwater Photographer of the Year while Australia’s Matty Smith took the title of British Underwater Photographer of the Year. Both photographers were…
Here are the winners of the Ocean Photography Awards 2021. The Ocean Photographer of the Year won by Aimee Jan. The Ocean Photography Awards are a celebration of our beautiful blue planet, as well as a platform to highlight the many plights it is facing. A total of eight awards,…
Here are stunning winning images of Scuba Diving Magazine’s 2020 Underwater Photo Contest. There are 2,636 photos submitted from all over the world. The Grand Prize Winner for 2020 is Evans Baudin from Baja California, Mexico for his image of a whale shark mouth filled with fifty remoras to a…
Our seas and oceans are vast expanses of sparkling blue wonderlands, intricate in their appearances as well as characters. At a casual glance these endless watery realms appear lifeless, empty, the uniform expanse of shifting blues seems to be devoid of any activities except for the relentless crashing of their…
Australian photographer Matthew Smith captured photos life above and below sea level. He named this project over/under. Photographing these types of images present some unique technical challenges. There’s a difference in lighting and focus between the two areas, so Smith uses a strobe light for the underwater part of the…
Remarkable achievement in the field of underwater photography. Read how a single photo can change the life of a photographer, the project he chose to interpret through his photographs is no wonder called the underwater project. The sense of helplessness, the very command of yourself to hold the breath and…
Underwater imaging is considered an especially challenging area of photography, since it requires very specialized equipment and techniques to be successful. Despite these challenges, it offers the possibility of many exciting and rare photographic opportunities. Animals such as fish and marine mammals are the most common subjects, but photographers also…