World Shootout 2021 Winners to be named online

Published 4 years agoon January 21, 2022

Photographers from 54 countries, thousands of submissions and five finalists from each category who reached the final. Who is going to win in one of the 12 categories and who will win the picture of the year?

The award ceremony will take place on Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/UnderwaterPhotoCompetitions

Saturday, January 29 2022

Screening time: London – 6.30 pm

Gallery of Best Picture Nominees

This year, like last year due to coronavirus and closures, the organisers have deviated from the strict procedures that must be submitted for photographs from the past year and allowed photographers to submit photographs from the archive.

WORLD SHOOTOUT is a global competition, in which amateur and professional photographers submit photos in 12 categories. The international judging panel selects 10 photos from all the submissions and Mr. Petros Michelidakis the director of the world’s largest water sports exhibition, boot Dusseldorf, will choose the picture of the year and announce it on January 29, at the award ceremony.

It all started 16 years ago in Eilat. The Eilat competition grew and became the leading event in the world of underwater photography, with candidates coming from all over the world. According to producer David Pilosof, so far over $1 million in prizes, including $ 267,000 in cash prizes, the competition is now branded as number one and has been dubbed the ‘Underwater Photography Olympics’.

For more visit www.worldshootout.org

Header Image: Tobias Friedrich

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