2023 DPG Masters Competition Winners

Ian Bongso-Seldrup · Issue 136, Jan/Feb 2024 · pp. 24–26

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2023 DPG Masters Competition Winners by Ian Bongso Seldrup DivePhotoGuide (DPG) is proud to announce the winning images and short films in the 2023 edition of the DPG Masters Underwater Imaging Competition. Once again, thousands of photographers and filmmakers from dozens of countries competed in what has become known as the “World Championship” of international underwater imaging events. The competition invited submissions to seven image categories and one video category, with entries evaluated by a panel of award-winning photographers: Stephen Frink, Renee Capozzola, Scott “Gutsy” Tuason, Allison Vitsky Sallmon, Matty Smith and Amanda Cotton. This year’s “Best of Show” prize went to Italian photographer Marco Gargiulo for his extraordinary split shot of a juvenile imperial blackfish riding a jellyfish under the gaze of the famous Mount Vesuvius volcano in Italy. The photo, entitled “Th…