DPG Masters 2024 Competition Winners Announced

Ian Bongso-Seldrup · Issue 143, Mar/Apr 2025 · pp. 37

Products mentioned: Nikon Z6, Z CAM E2-S6, Sigma AF 8–16mm f/4.5–5.6, Nikon AF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro, Aquatica housing, Nauticam housing, Nauticam EMWL, Laowa Macro Probe, Keldan video lights

Shooting Location: Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada Equipment: Nikon Z6, Z CAM E2-S6, Sigma AF 8–16mm f/4.5–5.6, Nikon AF-S 60mm f/2.8 Macro, Aquatica and Nauticam housings, Nauticam EMWL, Laowa Macro Probe, Keldan video lights Videographer’s Comment: “This short film is a compilation of sequences from my longer film ‘Heartbeat of the River.’ My goal in producing this short film is to showcase the incredible journey the salmon of Vancouver Island’s Campbell and Quinsam Rivers take in the completion of their life cycle. It’s a triumph over adversaries and obstacles that has gone on for millennia along the coast of British Columbia and the United States.” DPG is proud to announce the winners of the DPG Masters Underwater Imaging Competition 2024. Once again, thousands of photographers and filmmakers from dozens of countries competed in what has become known as the “World Champion…