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The winning photos of the 2022 Underwater Photography Guide's Underwater Art Contest have been announced. Entries came from 96 countries across a total of 14 different award categories.
Author Kat Zhou won the top prize with her work "Mother Octopus," an image that embodies the meaning of maternal love. In the photograph, we see a mother octopus with her tentacles wrapped around her eggs. Incubating the eggs signifies the end of this mother octopus's life, as the octopus does not eat while caring for the eggs and dies shortly after hatching.
Let's admire the winning images from the Ocean Art 2022 Contest below:
Kat Zhou's "Octopus Mother," which won first prize, was photographed in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA.
“Cassiopea in the Blue” by Alessandro Buzzichelli. Photo taken with a mobile phone in Cala Liberotto, Italy.
"Mirror Reflection" by Kuo-Wei Kao, portrait category, photographed in Pinglin, Taiwan.
The work "Veins" by Aleksei Permiakov. Nudibranch category, photographed in Tulamben, Bali, Indonesia.
"A Sad Catch" by Lawrence Alex Wu. Underwater Conservation category.
“Wunderpus” by Regie Casia, photographed in Anilao, Philippines.
“The End of the Sea Anemone Season” by Sheryl Wright. Photographed in Anilao, Philippines.
This compact behavioral entry by PT Hirschfield, titled "Male Grass Dragon with Pink Eggs on Its Tail," was photographed in Victoria, Australia.
“Climb Up” by Veronika Nagy. Photo taken in British Columbia, Canada.
"The Hunt" by Daniel Nicholson. Photographed at Ningaloo Reef, Australia.
Yannick Gouguenheim's "Jaw." Photographed in southeastern France.
“Ready to Take Off” by Josh Raia. Shot in Florida, USA.
The artwork "Rare Spotted Handfish from Tasmania" by Nicolas Remy in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.
"The Woman in the Red Dress" by Matthew Sullivan. Photographed in Florida, USA.
Nirupam Nigam, a judge, was amazed by the entries: “I was expecting an ‘Instagramable’ moment in the show. Each entry is a masterpiece of photography that poetically reflects the natural world around us. These stunning images will surely be etched in my mind for years to come.”
