UPY's Crunchy Bits

Laura Storm & Mark Harris · Issue 116, Sep/Oct 2020 · pp. 53–59

There it is in a sleuth’s nutshell. The very best way to solve a mystery is to analyse the facts. Take what you know to be true, rearrange the details, and extract the good stuff. Clay, in this instance, is the miniature encyclopaedia that is the Underwater Photographer of the Year’s 2020 Yearbook. Its foundations are built on stunning awarded photographs from the four corners of our watery planet. But there’s more - much more - concealed in the beautifully presented annual. The bricks are not what you think they are. Behind the talent and winning images lies a cookie-crumb trail of evidence. Clues that reveal fascinating facts. Hidden within the captions are other stories, unusual connections, and quirky trends not immediately obvious to a casual observer - let alone the judges and entrants. So what are these mysteries and how did we get here? Planet Virus With the walls closing in and …