On World Photography Day, Let’s Dive Deep & Gaze At These Stunning Underwater Shots

In a list of the toughest photography genres, underwater photography could emerge as one of the top contenders. This World Photography Day, we take a look at some of these stunning works of art. By Bayar Jain

1. Frozen Mobile Home by Greg Lecoeur

 

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Dubbed as this year’s ‘Underwater Photographer of the Year,’ French photographer Lecoeur took this shot in Antarctica during an expedition with filmmaker Florian Fisher and free-diver Guillaume Nery.

2. Commotion in the Ocean by Nur Tucker

 

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This double-exposure shot of a thorny sea horse in the waters of Dumaguete in the Philippines won Tucker the title of this year’s ‘Most Promising British Underwater Photographer’.

3. Bling by Lilian Koh 

 

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Blackwaters are often classified as one of the most challenging variations of underwater photography, owing to the inherent darkness, but Koh’s shot of this juvenile Wunderpus octopus seems to bust this hurdle!

4. Turtle & Friends by Henley Spiers

 

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A dive at Cabo Pulmo National Park in Mexico enabled United Kingdom-based photographer Spiers to capture this large olive ridley turtle surrounded by a group of reef fish—a sight considered rare in the underwater world.

5. Untitled by Sumer Verma

 

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Christened with the tag of being India’s first underwater photographer, Verma took this shot during a dive at the Raja Ampat Islands of Indonesia.

6. Paradise by Taeyup Kim

 

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Winner of the ‘Up & Coming Underwater Photographer of the Year’ category in 2019, this South Korea-based photographer captured split-shot in South Fakarava, French Polynesia.

7. Curious Crabeater by Jessica Farrer 

 

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Another split-shot that won accolades as the runner up in the ‘wide-angle category of underwater photography’ in 2019, American photographer Farrer captured this dramatic shot on an expedition to Antarctica.

8. The Woman in Red by Virginia Salzedo

 

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Italian photographer, Virginia Salzedo shot this at Torre Suda, Racale, where her friend and free-diving champion, Sanda Delija, is meant to depict weightlessness and being at ease in the sea.

9. Playtime? by Martin Edser

 

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This playful image by British photographer Martin Edser was shot on his maiden trip to The Farne Islands of England, with the ambient lighting of the seas adding to the fun vibe.

10. Silent Killer by Noam Kortler

 

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Doubling as a blaring warning sign of the harms of plastic, Israel-based photographer Kortler captured this horrific photograph at the Red Sea Eilat in his home country.

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