Our World Underwater 2010 Announces the Winners
Thousands of entries were submitted to the Our World Underwater 2010 competition, which consisted of seven stills categories and two video categories. The judges of the competition released a formal state, according to which the level of images submitted this year was especially high, easily justifying nearly $50,000 worth prizes, including dive trips, underwater photography equipment, diving gear and more. In addition, 15% of competition proceeds were donated to marine conservation efforts. Seems that even the sea wasn't left empty-handed!!
Thousands of entries were received from dozens of countries and the winners represented fourteen countries. The quality level of the images submitted was very high, and the bar is continually being set higher each year. A formal statement from the judges can be found Here.
The winners were presented during the film festival at a special 40th anniversary Our World Underwater show in Chicago.
Photographers and videographers competed in seven still-image categories and two video categories, to win nearly $50,000 in prizes including premium dive trips, underwater photography and video and diving equipment and more. Dive packages to some of the top photo destinations in the world included the Sea of Cortez, Wakatobi-Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, the Red Sea, Grand Cayman, the Solomon Islands, Vietnam, and Norway. Other prizes included underwater strobes, focus lights, and Cressi dive equipment.
Esteemed judges included leading professional underwater photographers, cinematographers and magazine editors. Eric Cheng, David Doubilet, Ric Frazier, Alex Mustard, and Berkley White comprised the judging panel for still categories and Steve Douglas, Eric Hanauer, and Mary Lynn Price for video categories. Winning images are published by supporting media partners worldwide, and Divefilm.com will be podcasting the winning videos as episodes of the iTunes-featured DiveFilm Podcast Video and DiveFilm High Definition Podcast Video.
As with all Wetpixel and DivePhotoGuide competitions, 15% of proceeds will be donated to marine conservation efforts.
Congratulations to all winners! I would have added "lucky", but the truth is that luck has nothing to do with what you're about to see below...
The rivalry is in held in memory with Our Reality Underwater and try of a combined program often referred to as the "Caretaker Bowl" of worldwide underwater imagery events, with world-class prizes, reputable renown judges, and significant worldwide media connection.
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Other speakers over the two day film festival included Wes Skiles, Jonathon Bird, Bill Fisher, Stan Waterman, Jim and Pat Stayer, Michel Gilbert and Danielle Alary and Howard and Michele Hall as well as many others distinguished image makers.
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