Winners 2024
ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR
The Doug Perrine Award of Excellence
WINNER: Byron Conroy
Solmar V Liveaboard Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Erika Miura
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Ewan Donnachie
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Glenn Ostle
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Massimo Gioretta
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HUMANS & OCEAN
The Stephen Frink Award of Excellence
WINNER: Yuta Shigeno
Ocean Hunter Lievaboard Package
RUNNER UP: Cheng Sung Hua
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Karlo Macas
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Remuna Beca
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Vanessa Torres Macho
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Ewan Donnachie
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
CREATIVE VISION
The Pascal Lecocq Award of Excellence
WINNER: Mok Wai Hoe
Murex Stay & Dive package
RUNNER UP: Conor Culver
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
RUNNER UP: Martin Stevens
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Doris Vierkoetter
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Carol May
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jill Smith
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Nur Tucker
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
FISH BEHAVIOUR
The Dr Gerry Allen Award of Excellence
WINNER: Reiko Takahashi
Bilikiki
RUNNER UP: Gyudong Kim
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Andrey Shpatak
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Brooke Pyke
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Katherine Lu
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Ferenc Lorincz
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Emry Oxford
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
BLACK & BLUE WATER
The Dr William Hamner Award of Excellence
WINNER: Sho Otani
Yos Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Gao Jin Ye
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Keigo Kawamura
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Kazushige Horiguchi
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Denis Corpuz
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Keigo Kawamura
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Katherine Lu
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
BLACK & WHITE PRINT
The Ernie Brooks II Award of Excellence
WINNER: Lucie Pollet
Murex Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Catherine Holmes
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jennifer Lu
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Ludovic Galko
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Serge Melesan
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER
The Dr ALEX MUSTARD Award of Excellence
WINNER: Ilaria Mari Rizzuto
Aiyanar Stay & Dive package
RUNNER UP: Kim Briers
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Joschka Wolf
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Daniel Sly
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Rowan Dear
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
COLOUR PRINT
The Valerie Taylor Award of Excellence
WINNER: Jenny Stock
Aiyanar Stay & Dive package
RUNNER UP: Wayne Lai
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Lorincz Ferenc
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Mehmet Gungen
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Scott Portelli
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Remuna Beca
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
CORAL REEFS OF THE WORLD
The Dr CARDEN WALLACE Award of Excellence
WINNER: Tom Shlesinger
Bunaken Oasis Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Mehmet Gungen
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: JillAnne McCarty
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Suliman Alatiqi
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Theresa Guise
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Cedric Peneau
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
OPEN WATER
The Brian Skerry Award of Excellence
WINNER: Massimo Giorgettta
MV Oceania Liveaboard package
RUNNER UP: Jennifer Lu
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Lorincz Ferenc
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Miguel Ramirez
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Nicholas Remy
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Evan Possley
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
PORTRAITS
The Emory Kristof Award of Excellence
WINNER: Benita Vincent
Ikelite strobe 1
RUNNER UP: Mok Wai Hoe
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Katherine Lu
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Yuta Shigeno
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Sho Otani
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Mark Chang
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SMALL EXOTIC ANIMAL
The Neville Coleman Award of Excellence
WINNER: Joschka Wolf
Yos Stay & Dive Package
RUNNER UP: Kyungshin Kim
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Byron Conroy
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Claudio Ceresi
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Claudio Zori
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jin Gao
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Olivier Martinez
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
ONE CONSERVATION
The Sylvia Earle Award of Excellence
WINNER: Michael Vogelsang
SEACAM $2000 USD voucher
RUNNER UP 1: Guido Villani
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
RUNNER UP 2: Tom Vierus
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Jake Wilton
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Jennifer Idol
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
VISION OF THE SEA
The HOWARD HALL Award or Excellence
WINNER: Dean Spraakman
Mike Ball Liveaboard package
RUNNER UP: Serge Melesan
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Gui Garcia
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Alfred Schaschl
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Ewan Donnachie
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
MUSIC & PICTURES
The Michael AW Award of Excellence
WINNER: Norm Vexler
GAIA LOVE Liveaboard Package
RUNNER UP: Gaetano Anzalone
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Pietro Cremone
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Kao Kuo
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
PHOTO JOURNALIST
THE OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC Award of Excellence
WINNER: Mark Hatter
Duke of York Liveaboard package
RUNNER UP: Brooke Pyke
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Kimberly Jeffries
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Andrey Shpatak
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
PORTFOLIO
The David Doubilet Award of Excellence
WINNER: Dennis Corpuz
Duke of York Liveaboard package
Runner Up: Jorgen Rasmussen
$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Giacomo Marchione
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
HONOURABLE MENTION: Eduardo Acevedo
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Sayaka Ichinoseki
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Tom Vierus
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Merche Llobera
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Borut Furlan
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
SPECIAL MENTION: Fanny Floirat
$250 OG Expedition Voucher
Picture of the Year
WINNER: Norm Vexler
Dive Damai Liveaboard Package