UPY 2025

UPY  Underwater Photography Book of the Year - Winner
'Wakatobi; Conservation. In depth'
Wade Hughes and Robyn Hughes

A superb photographic journey through Indonesia’s Wakatobi National Park. Diving here brings more than just short-term enjoyment for visitors. It makes a significant contribution to the well-being of local communities, and helps ensure the long-term sustainable management of the globally important coral reefs within the Park’s boundaries. “Wakatobi;
Conservation. In depth” reveals the vision of the local communities, and illustrates the success of their approach to economically sustainable conservation with more than 200 pages of extraordinary photographs.
Wade Hughes is a Member of the Explorers Club, a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society, and a multi-award winning photographer. He has dived extensively round the world from the Arctic Circle and the Southern Ocean, to the equatorial tropics.
Robyn is an accomplished diver and award-winning photographer who began her international travels as a teenager. She took
up writing and photography after a career in banking, and, with Wade, has since visited more than 50 countries.