Winners 2026

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR

The Doug Perrine Award of Excellence

WINNER: Ysabela Coll

Bunaken Oasis 5-night dive package

RUNNER UP: Domenico Roscigno

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Allan Cronin

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Steven Kovacs

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Romain Barats

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Borut Furlan

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Josh Blank

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HUMANS & OCEAN

The Stephen Frink Award of Excellence

WINNER: Jessica Cohen-Kiraly

Aiyanar 5 night Dive Package

RUNNER UP: Jose Luis Gonzalez Guerra

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Adam Martin

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Janina Cooper

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Eduardo Carrasco

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jenny Stock

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Nur Tucker

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

CREATIVE VISION

The Pascal Lecocq Award of Excellence

WINNER: Eser Pasa

MV Spoilsport – 5 night Coral Sea & Cod Hole Expedition

RUNNER UP: Andre Moyo

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Maryline Renault

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Martin Colognoli

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: JillAnne McCarty

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition cash voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Conor Culver

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Scott Portelli

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

FISH BEHAVIOUR

The Dr Gerry Allen Award of Excellence

WINNER: Yuta Shigeno

MV Ocean Hunter – 7 day dive trip

RUNNER UP: Andrey Shpatak

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Susan Bryan

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Kazushige Horiguchi

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Masatoshi Noyama

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Luc Rooman

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: George Kao

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

BLACK & BLUE WATER

The Dr William Hamner Award of Excellence

WINNER: Katherine Lu

YOS Lembeh 5nights 6 Day accommodation & dive package

RUNNER UP: Hidde Juijn

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Yumi Kurobe

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: PJ Aristorenas

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Ilaria Mariagiulia Rizzuto

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Kazushige Horiguchi

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Giacomo Marchione

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

BLACK & WHITE PRINT

The Ernie Brooks II Award of Excellence

WINNER: Marco Domenicucci

DIVEVOLK $1800 voucher

RUNNER UP: Peter Hutchins

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Beth Katz

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Wai Hoe Mok

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Théo Guillaume

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Maryline Renault

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Grace Pempek

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC EMERGING PHOTOGRAPHER

The Dr ALEX MUSTARD Award of Excellence

WINNER: Callum Rogers

Ikelite RC232 Strobe

RUNNER UP: Caitlin Grace

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Verona Chadwick

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Wan Yong Chong

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Charuka Abhayawickrama

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Aiden Conners

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

COLOUR PRINT

The Valerie Taylor Award of Excellence

WINNER: Renee Capozzola

Osekan Nature Inn – 5 night / 6 day dive Accommodation Package

RUNNER UP: Vanessa Mignon

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Yumi Kurobe

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Tianhong Wang

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Nicolas Remy

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Luc Rooman

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

CORAL REEFS OF THE WORLD

The Dr CARDEN WALLACE Award of Excellence

WINNER: Jean-Baptiste Cazajous

Coralia Dive Liveaboard Package

RUNNER UP: Caroline Power

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Luc Rooman

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: László Földi

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Daniela Schlag

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Caitlin Winskill

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Yumi Kurobe

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

OPEN WATER

The Brian Skerry Award of Excellence

WINNER: Sylvie Ayer

Murex – 5 night/ 6 day dive accommodation package

RUNNER UP: Lars Von Ritter Zahony

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Brittany Ilardi

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Merche Llobera

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Byron Conroy

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Sung Hua Cheng

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

PORTRAITS

The Emory Kristof Award of Excellence

WINNER: Josh Blank

Bunaken Oasis – 5 night/6 day dive accommodation package

RUNNER UP: Scott Portelli

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Reiko Takahashi

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: PJ Aristorenas

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Ming Hui Chen

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Christian Horras

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SMALL EXOTIC ANIMAL

The Neville Coleman Award of Excellence

WINNER: Andrey Shpatak

Aiyanar 5 night/6 day Dive Accommodation Package

RUNNER UP: Adam Martin

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION : Wojtek Męczyński

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Maryline Renault

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jo Cudmore

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Jean-Baptiste Cazajous

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Dennis Corpuz

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

Our Ocean

WINNER: Marco Gargiulo

DIVEVOLK 2

RUNNER UP 1: Annika Dahlberg

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Zlati Zlatev

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Ysabela Coll

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Wojtek Męczyński

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Mark Chang

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Kaush Subramaniam

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Yumi Kurobe

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Yumi Kurobe

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Paul Eijkemans

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Xavier Mas Ferra

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Oliver Spiesshofer

$250 OG Expedition Voucher

VISION OF THE SEA

The HOWARD HALL Award or Excellence

WINNER: Caitlin Bailey

MV Oceania liveaboard dive cruise package

RUNNER UP: Kaush Subramaniam

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Alfred Schaschl

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Walter Marti

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Simone Piccoli

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

MUSIC & PICTURES

The Michael AW Award of Excellence

WINNER: Maryline Renault

SUBNOX – SUB10KEF light

RUNNER UP: Gaetano Anzalone

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Maurilio Caricato

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Norm Vexler

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Domenico Drago

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

PHOTO JOURNALIST

THE OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC Award of Excellence

WINNER: Ilaria Mariagiulia Rizzuto

Osekan Nature Inn – 5 night/6 day dive accommodation package

RUNNER UP: Kenji Ichimura

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Annika Dahlberg

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Teresa Farley

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Miesa Grobbelaar

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SMART PHONE

THE OCEAN GEOGRAPHIC Award of Excellence

WINNER: Zhengjie Wu

Maldives Legend Dive Liveaboard Package

RUNNER UP: Tianhong Wang

Subnox SUB5KW + Snoot plus $500 OG Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Kaidong He

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: PJ Aristorenas

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Selanie Waddilove

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Martin Stevens

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition cash voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Kaidong He

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

PORTFOLIO

The David Doubilet Award of Excellence

WINNER: Scott Portelli

SEACAM – EURO 2000 voucher

Runner Up: Ludovic Galko Rundgren

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Domenico Roscigno

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Dennis Corpuz

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Catherine Holmes

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Borut Furlan

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

SPECIAL MENTION: Tom Shlesinger

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

Endangered Marine Animals

THE Sylvia Earle Award of Excellence

WINNER: Joeva Dachelet

Damai 7 day dive cruise package

RUNNER UP: ‪Tom Shlesinger‬‏

$500 OG Expedition Voucher plus $1000 Aurora Expedition Voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Théo Guillaume

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Talia Greis

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Caitlin Grace

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

HONOURABLE MENTION: Brooke Pyke

Ocean Geographic $250 Expedition voucher

Picture of the Year

WINNER: Yumi Kurobe

GAIA LOVE Liveaboard Package