Editorial: RIP Martin Edge / Competitions

Staff · Issue 139, Jul/Aug 2024 · pp. 4

Editorial Peter Rowlands peter@uwpmag.com RIP Martin Edge I am sure you have already heard the sad news of Martin’s passing and have read the many tributes paid to him from a wide spectrum of the international underwater photography community. It made my heart swell to hear that I had been an influence on his early image making and he developed into an accomplished underwater photographer and, much more so, a mentor, yet he never left his grounding. His passing marks the beginning of the end of one of the most exciting periods in underwater photography when truly original pioneers inspired the next generation in the film era who took the baton into the digital dawn and embraced all of its capabilities and potential. That same baton is now with a new generation who are already taking images to new and even more inspirational heights. Through his books, workshops, one-to-one teachings and …