DPG and wet pixels proud to announce the winners of the contest DPG/Wetpixel Masters Underwater Photography Competition 2022. Our respected jury—Erin Quigley, Kurt Amsler, Marty Snyderman, Renee Capozzola, Tom St George and William Tan—reviewed hundreds of entries submitted by shooters from around the world. arrive.
Incredibly, for the second year in a row, it has Martin Broen who won the “Best Exhibition” award for his spectacular shot of a waterhole in Mexico. The photo won Gold in the Black and White category, again earning Martin the top cash prize of $1,000. Martin also won an Honorary Award in the Tradition category for an otherworldly shot from the Yucatán Peninsula. Congratulations Martin!
We also congratulate the 1st place winners in other categories: Renata Romeo (Traditional), Nicolas Remy (Macro), Raffaele Livorno (Wide angle), JillAnne Ward McCarty (Over-Under), and Alex del Olmo (Short film). Congratulations to all the winners and runners-up, and thank you to everyone who participated. We especially want to thank our talented judges for all their hard work and our amazing sponsors for their incredible generosity.
See below for full winning images and video or watch UnderwaterCompetition.com.
Black and white
Best Film: Black and White – Gold – “Big Cave Chamber” by Martin Broen (USA)
Black and White – Silver – “The Next Generation” by Sage Ono (Japan)
Black and white – Bronze – “Channel in the night” by Wen Chou Wu (Taiwan)
Black and white – Honorable Mention – “Circle of Light” by Gianni Pecchiar (Italy)
Black and White – Consolation Prize – “Cenote Xulu” by Herbert Meyrl (Germany)
macro
Close-up – Gold – “Dream Dragon” by Nicolas Remy (Australia)
Macro – Silver – “Little Beauty” by Enrico Somogyi (Germany)
Macro – Bronze – “New Life” by Alessandro Giannaccini (Italy)
Close-up – Honorable Mention – “Golden Goby with Small Blue Goby in Shell” by Adriano Morettin (Italy)
Macro – Honorable Mention – “The Design of Nature” by Suzan Meldonian (USA)
On lower
Top-Bottom – Yellow – “Stingray at Dawn” by JillAnne Ward McCarty (USA)
Over-Under – Silver – “Shark and Bird” by Borut Furlan (Slovenia)
Top-Bottom – Bronze – “Compass Jellyfish at Sunrise” by Martin Stevens (UK)
Over-Under – Honorable Mention – “Toads” by Claudio Zori (Italy)
Over-Under – Honorable Mention – “Sunset over the reef” by Nathalie Rodrigues (France)
Traditional
Tradition – Gold – “Lion Rays” by Renata Romeo (Italy)
Traditional – Silver – “Leafy Seadragon in the Sun” by Nicolas Remy (Australia)
Traditional – Bronze – “Salmon 1” by Yung-Sen Wu (Taiwan)
Tradition – Honor – “Mobula Dance” by Vanessa Mignon (France)
Tradition – Honor – “Tannic Glow” by Martin Broen (USA)
Wide angle
Wide Angle – Yellow – “Godiva in the Sunshine” by Raffaele Livornese (Italy)
Wide Angle – Silver – “Face to face in the dark” by Taner Atilgan (Turkey)
Wide Angle – Bronze – “Face to Face” by Mirko Zanni (Switzerland)
Wide angle – Honorable Mention – “Tannic car wash cave” by Fan Ping (China)
Wide Angle – Consolation Prize – “Frog Spawn” by Takasu Naohiro (Japan)
Short film
Video – Gold – “Out of the Black and into the Blue: Banda Sea” by Alex del Olmo (Spain)
Video – Silver – “Coldwater Diversity” by Mattias Granberg (Sweden)
Video – Bronze – “Out of the Black and into the Blue: Triton Bay” by Alex del Olmo (Spain)
Video – Honorary Award – “What did we do?” by Tobias Dahlin (Sweden)
Video – Consolation Prize – “Sharkydelity” by Alfred Schaschl (Austria)
