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Results: UPY 2022

by adamhanlon

Overall and Wide Angle Winner: Rafael Fernandez Caballero “Dancing with the giants of the night”

The 2022 Underwater Photograph of the Year (UPY) contest’s results have been announced. The overall and wide angle winner was Rafael Fernandez Caballero with his image of a group of whale sharks feeding in the Maldives. Many congratulations to him and to all those that were placed. Below are the category winners, to see all the winning images, please visit the contest’s website.

Macro

Winner: Javier Murcia “Mimicry”

Wrecks

Winner: Alex Dawson “Abandoned ship”
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Behaviour

Category and My Backyard Award Winner: Pekka Tuuri “All You Need Is Love”

Portrait

Winner: Thomas Heckmann “Rapunzel on Fire”

Black and White

Winner: Kerrie Burrow “Sarah’s Underwater World”

Compact

Winner: Enrico Somogyi “Peace”

Up and Coming

Winner: Quico Abadal “Supernova in paradise”

British Waters Wide Angle

Winner: Henley Spears “Gannet Storm”

British Waters Macro

Winner: Dan Bolt “Best Buddies”

British Waters Living Together

Lewis Michael Jefferies “A peaceful coexistence”

British Waters Compact

Winner: Martin Stevens “Rock pool star”

Save our Seas Foundation’ Marine Conservation

Winner: Thien Nguyen Ngoc “Season of anchovy fishery”