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Underwater Photography is an annual competition held in the UK, celebrating stunning underwater photographs, from the sea to lakes, ponds, and even swimming pools. The competition attracts entries from around the world, showcasing the power and diversity of underwater photography.
This year, Alex Dawson won the title of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024 with his work "Whales' Bones," a striking and profound photograph. In this image, Dawson successfully created a powerful picture that shows the devastation wrought by humans on the marine environment. The photograph depicts a free diver witnessing the devastation of whaling, while diving among the massive skeletons of whale carcasses left behind in Greenland.
Alex Dawson's photograph "Whale Bones" won the title of Underwater Photographer of the Year 2024.
With 6,500 underwater photographs submitted from around the world, Alex Dawson's victory is a testament to the talent and deep environmental awareness displayed in underwater photography.
The chairman of the judging panel, Dr. Alexander Mustard MBE, described the photograph as “a photograph taken in the most extreme conditions.” Since the rise of humans, wildlife populations have declined by 85%. Today, only 4% of mammals are wild, the remaining 96% are human and our pets.
"Mouth to mouth" - Two female Zoarchia eels open their mouths wide and fight off the coast of Oda, Shimane, Japan.
A close-up view of a gray whale seen from a boat in Magdalena Bay, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
"Window of Opportunity" photographed by Lisa Stengel
Let's admire the photos from the 2024 Underwater Photography Contest:
Purple sea urchins were spotted among a cluster of brittle stars at a dive site near Oban, Scotland.
The photograph is titled "Save Goliath".
The shipwreck, named Virgo, lies in Recife, Brazil.
A jellyfish swims among the weeds in Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, England.
In Anilao Janao Bay, Philippines
The underwater bird attacked the photographer's camera while he was hunting small fish in the kelp forest.
Octopus attack photographed in Lembeh
"The Smile of the Sunset" off the coast of Grand Bahama Island
An abstract portrait of a pot-bellied seahorse taken from Bare Island in Sydney, Australia.
