Deepvisions 2021 Open for Entries

Published 5 years agoon June 11, 2021

The Scubashooters.net branded Deepvisions UWP award is up and running.

The 2021 edition is a special one as the globe is still struck by the pandemic affecting the diving industry in several ways. This is why they have called it the “renaissance” edition, because despite the great economical crisis the team were able to gather a great prize panel worth more than 60K USD.

The 2021 Deepvisions edition is characterized by a new international Jury whose members are top-notch, multi-awarded UW photographers well known inside the community and the scientific world. They are: David Salvatori from Italy (Head of Jury), Marco Colombo from Italy, Jerome Kim from Korea, Eduardo Acevedo from Spain, Filippo Borghi from Italy, Jose Luis Sandoval from Mexico and Ellen Cuylaerts from Belgium.

Among many historical brands supporting the competition over the years, this edition has seen new, important world players of the diving industry joining the sponsorship panel. They cannot all be mentioned here but they are all listed on the website: www.deepvisions.photo

There are 8 contest categories covering pretty much all the fields of underwater photography. Entries are accepted until the end of June 2021 and candidates are invited to upload their work after reading the rules available at www.deepvisions.photo

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com