Editorial

Staff · Issue 83, Mar/Apr 2015 · pp. 4

Editorial I was delighted when Alex Mustard invited me to be a judge of this years UPY Competition (see page 39 onwards) because I still enjoy underwater photography in British waters and I saw it as an opportunity to highlight the talent we have and also the variety of subjects on our doorstep. I was, as I hope you will see from the final images, not disappointed. In addition, as a previous winner of the prestigious Brighton Award, I was in tune with Alex’s aims to not only link UPY to the groundbreaking era of the Brighton Festivals but also to be involved in what I saw as a refreshingly new way to organise an underwater photography competition. There have been several ways in which Alex and UPY have redifined how such a competition should be organised. Firstly the prizes are ‘complete’ in that they include flights to dive trips. Secondly they have worked with just a few quality sponso…