Winners 2020

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The Doug Perrine Award of Excellence

WINNER: Dmitry Kokh

RUNNER UP: Nuno Rodrigues

HONOURABLE MENTION: Don Silcock

HONOURABLE MENTION: Gaelin Rosenwaks

HONOURABLE MENTION: Songda Cai

BLACK & WHITE PRINT

The Ernie Brooks II Award of Excellence

WINNER: Romain Barats

RUNNER UP: Claudio Ceresi

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Giacomo Marchione

HIGHLY COMMENDED: François Baelen

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Laura Tesler

BLACK WATER

The Dr William Hamner Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER (SCIENCE): Plamena Mileva

WINNER (ARTISTIC): Songda Cai

RUNNER UP: Steven Kovacs

HONOURABLE MENTION: Eric Hou

HONOURABLE MENTION: Songda Cai

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jeff Milisen

HONOURABLE MENTION: Marco Steiner

HONOURABLE MENTION: Yatwai So

HONOURABLE MENTION: Eric Hou

COLOUR PRINT

The Valerie Taylor Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Vanessa Mignon

RUNNER UP: Dmitry Kokh

HONOURABLE MENTION: Emry Oxford

HONOURABLE MENTION: Vanessa Mignon

HONOURABLE MENTION: Wayne Lai

HONOURABLE MENTION: François Baelen

CREATIVE VISION

The Pascal Lecocq Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Jim Hellemn

RUNNER UP: Nur Tucker

HONOURABLE MENTION: Brett Lobwein

HONOURABLE MENTION: Gaetano Gargiulo

HONOURABLE MENTION: Gaetano Gargiulo

HONOURABLE MENTION: Mok Wai Hoe

HONOURABLE MENTION: Theresa Guise

HONOURABLE MENTION: William Goodwin

FISH BEHAVIOUR

The Dr Gerry Allen Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Ace Yung Sen Wu

RUNNER UP: Katherine Lu

HONOURABLE MENTION: Simon Lorenz

HONOURABLE MENTION: Karlo Macas

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jerome Israel

HONOURABLE MENTION: Brett Garner

HONOURABLE MENTION: Wayne Lai

HUMANS & OCEAN

The Stephen Frink Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Eduardo Acevedo

RUNNER UP: Yenyi Li

HONOURABLE MENTION: Joerg Blessing

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jorgen Rasmussen

HONOURABLE MENTION: Lars von Ritter Zahony

HONOURABLE MENTION: Vanessa Mignon

OPEN WATER

The Brian Skerry Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Matty Smith

RUNNER UP: Bryan Chu

HONOURABLE MENTION: Peter de Maagt

HONOURABLE MENTION: Fabrice Guerin

HONOURABLE MENTION: Fabrice Guerin

PORTRAITS

The Emory Kristof Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Dmitry Kokh

RUNNER UP: Nuno Rodrigues

HONOURABLE MENTION: Don Silcock

HONOURABLE MENTION: Gaelin Rosenwaks

HONOURABLE MENTION: Songda Cai

SEASCAPES

The Dr Carden Wallace Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Peter de Maagt

RUNNER UP: Hannes Klostermann

HONOURABLE MENTION: Don Silcock

HONOURABLE MENTION: Simone Caprodossi

HONOURABLE MENTION: Frankie Grant

HONOURABLE MENTION: Marco Gargiulo

SMALL EXOTIC ANIMAL

The Neville Coleman Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Eric Hou

RUNNER UP: Jose Castellano

HONOURABLE MENTION: Eduardo Arribada

HONOURABLE MENTION: Ann Sin

HONOURABLE MENTION: Fabio Strazzi

HONOURABLE MENTION: Katherine Lu

OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER

The Dr ALEX MUSTARD Award for Excellence

WINNER: Andy Schmid

Runner Up: Erica Watson

HONOURABLE MENTION: Catherine Holmes

HONOURABLE MENTION: Darren Ho

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jay Clue

HONOURABLE MENTION: Joanna Smart

HONOURABLE MENTION: Stéphanie Floirat Lohyer

PORTFOLIO

The David Doubilet Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Renee Capozzola

RUNNER UP: Filippo Borghi

HONOURABLE MENTION: Cédric Péneau

HONOURABLE MENTION: Michael Vogelsang

HONOURABLE MENTION: Paula Vianna

ONE

The Sylvia Earle Award for Outstanding Achievement

WINNER: Peter de Maagt

RUNNER UP: Yian Chou

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jeff Milisen

PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS – HUMAN & OCEAN

WINNER: Vanessa Mignon

RUNNER UP: Lars von Ritter Zahony

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Eduardo Acevedo

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Lars von Ritter Zahony

PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS – PORTRAITS

WINNER: Isoon Tepsaskul

RUNNER UP: Filippo Borghi

HIGHLY COMMENDED: Plamena Mileva

HONOURABLE MENTION: Plamena Mileva

HONOURABLE MENTION: Songda Cai

PUBLIC CHOICE AWARDS – SEASCAPES

WINNER: Hannes Klostermann

RUNNER UP: Reiko Takahashi

HONOURABLE MENTION : Hannes Klostermann

HONOURABLE MENTION : Hannes Klostermann

HONOURABLE MENTION : Paula Vianna