News, Travel & Events

Staff · Issue 129, Nov/Dec 2022 · pp. 5–11

Products mentioned: Marelux cameras

News, Travel & Events The Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year Award, sponsored by The Save Our Seas Foundation (SOSF) and organised by the Underwater Photographer of the Year competition opens for entries on 1st November and closes on 7th January 2023. It is free to enter and offers cash prizes for the first, second and third placed photographs. The Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year is open to both above water and underwater photographs and they must highlight a marine conservation story or theme, with both positive and negative stories encouraged. Freshwater themed conservation images are also accepted. Chair of the judges, underwater photographer and marine ecologist Dr Alex Mustard MBE said “Powerful photographs are able to change hearts, minds and attitudes. Conservation imagery is especially important from the oceans, which faces many threats from our activities.…