Up & Coming Category
This category is sponsored by PADI and is for wide angle or close-up/macro images shot anywhere in the world (including the UK).
Open only to underwater photographers who have not previously won a major international photography competition, or do not have work regularly printed in paying publications or are not brand ambassadors for underwater equipment (including camera) manufacturers.
The aim of this category is to showcase the work of new talent.
SEE LAST YEARS WINERS
Previous category winners
Past category winners: 2025 Ruruka (Korea) | 2024 Lisa Stengel (USA) | 2023 Kat Zhou (USA) | 2022 Quico Abadal (Spain) | 2021 SJ Alice Bennett (Mexico) | 2020 Anita Kainrath (Austria) | 2019 Taeyup Kim (Korea) | 2018 Man BD (Malaysia) | 2017 Horacio Martinez (Argentina) | 2016 Pier Mane (South Africa) | 2015 Fabrice Guerin (France)
