Winners 2023
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
The Doug Perrine Award of Excellence
WINNER: Jorgen Rasmussen
Duke of York Liveaboard package
RUNNER UP: Kirsty Andrews
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Andy Schmid
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Alessandro Giannaccini
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Ludovic Galko
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HUMANS & OCEAN
The Stephen Frink Award of Excellence
WINNER: Vanessa Mignon
Mike Ball Liveaboard package
RUNNER UP: Lucie Pollet
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Cheng Sung Hua
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Levente Rozsahegyi
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jake Wilton
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
CREATIVE VISION
The Pascal Lecocq Award of Excellence
WINNER: Nur Tucker
Bunaken Oasis Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Lorenzo Terraneo
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Francisco Sedano
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jovana Milanko
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Evan Friedman
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Conor Culver
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
FISH BEHAVIOUR
The Dr Gerry Allen Award of Excellence
WINNER: Keigo Kawamura
Murex Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Adriano Morettin
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Eduardo Acevedo
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Kazuhiro Katano
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jesse Alpert
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Adriano Morettin
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
BLACK & BLUE WATER
The Dr William Hamner Award of Excellence
WINNER: Katherine Lu
YOS Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Martin Broen
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Katherine Lu
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Heng Cai
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Suzan Meldonian
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Keigo Kawamura
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
BLACK & WHITE PRINT
The Ernie Brooks II Award of Excellence
WINNER: Serge Melesan
Aiyanar Stay & Dive package
RUNNER UP: Jorgen Rasmussen
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Francis Glassup
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Lucie Pollet
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Giacomo Marchione
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER
The Dr ALEX MUSTARD Award of Excellence
WINNER: Talia Greis
Nauticam 2000 voucher for housing
RUNNER UP: Theo Maynier
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Mehmet Gungen
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Lars Oliver Michaelis
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Evan Friedman
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
COLOUR PRINT
The Valerie Taylor Award of Excellence
WINNER: Catherine Holmes
Murex Stay & Dive package
RUNNER UP: Reiko Takahashi
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jorgen Rasmussen
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Nur Tucker
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Talia Greis
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
CORAL REEFS OF THE WORLD
The Dr CARDEN WALLACE Award of Excellence
WINNER: Erika Miura
Bunaken Oasis Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Shota Ishino
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
RUNNER UP: Thien Nguyen Ngoc
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Franco Tulli
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Valerie Reid
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Aleksei Permiakov
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
OPEN WATER
The Brian Skerry Award of Excellence
WINNER: Eduardo Acevedo
MV Oceania Liveaboard package
RUNNER UP: Daisuke Kurashima
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Emry Oxford
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Cheng Sung Hua
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Lucie Pollet
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
PORTRAITS
The Emory Kristof Award of Excellence
WINNER: Cheng Sung Hua
Aiyanar Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Trevor Cotterill
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Alex Zozulya
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Remuna Beca
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Yves Guenot
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Thien Nguyen Ngoc
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SMALL EXOTIC ANIMAL
The Neville Coleman Award of Excellence
WINNER: Ludovic Galko
Yos Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Wojtek Meczynski
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Borut Furlan
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Claudio Ceresi
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Fanny Floirat-Lohyer
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Martin Broen
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Anita Verde
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
ONE CONSERVATION
The Sylvia Earle Award of Excellence
WINNER: Alessandro Giannaccini
SEACAM $2000 USD voucher
RUNNER UP 1: Shane Gross
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
RUNNER UP 2: Theresa Guise
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Ludovic Galko
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Anita Verde
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Shota Ishino
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
VISION OF THE SEA
The HOWARD HALL Award or Excellence
WINNER: Franck Fougère.
Ocean Hunter Lievaboard Package
RUNNER UP: Alfred Schaschl
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Sabrina Inderbitzi
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Sabrina Inderbitzi
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jose Carlos Rando
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Shazaad Kasmani
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
MUSIC & PICTURES
The Michael AW Award of Excellence
WINNER: Gaetano Anzalone
Duke of York Liveaboard Package
RUNNER UP: Norm Vexler
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Suzan Meldonian
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Pietro Cremone
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Francisco Sedano
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
PHOTO JOURNALIST
THE OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC Award of Excellence
WINNER: Mok Wai Hoe
Ikelite DS 230 strobe
RUNNER UP: Rachelle Mackintosh
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Lorenzo Mittiga
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Tom Vierus
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Anita Verde & Peter Marshall
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Lorenzo Terraneo
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Alex Zozulya
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
PORTFOLIO
The David Doubilet Award of Excellence
WINNER: Jorgen Rasmussen
GAIA LOVE Liveaboard Package
Runner Up: Eduardo Acevedo
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Nicolas Remy
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Dennis Corpuz
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Aldo Galante
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
