Featured Photographers
DIVE Magazine's Featured Photographer section features portfolios from some of the best underwater photographers in the world, both professional experts in underwater photography and experienced amateurs.
Featured Photographer – Rowan Dear
Check out some of the stunning shots from award-winning photographer, Rowan Dear, originally from Wales, UK, now living in Australia
Featured Photographer – Ollie Clarke
British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2023, Ollie Clarke, showcases some of his spectacular megafauna shots of sharks, rays and whales
Featured Photographer: Charly Clérisse
Charly Clérisse is an underwater photographer originally from France, currently a full-time liveaboard dive manager based in the Maldives
Featured Photographer – Jan Leya
A great portfolio from the Red Sea and Indonesia by Nat Geo Germany's award-winning newcomer and Greenpeace photographer, Jan Leya
Featured Photographer – Daniel Browne
Daniel Thomas Browne, winner of DIVE's BigShot Megafauna underwater photo competition, showcases some of the best of Western Australia's reefs
Featured Photographer – Tony Reed
Proving you don't need an expensive DSLR to take great photography, Tony Reed showcases the best of British diving with a TG model compact
Featured Photographer – Kaush Subramaniam
Some stunning whale and whale shark portraits - and more - by British wildlife conservation biologist, photographer and filmmaker, Kaush Subramaniam
Featured Photographer – Francis Glassup
Francis is an award-winning underwater and terrestrial photographer whose passion for photography was truly ignited while living in Mozambique
Featured Photographer – Raymond Wennekes
Stunning work emphasising the creative use of light to make the ordinary look extraordinary, by champion Dutch photographer, Raymond Wennekes
Featured Photographer – Catherine ‘CatSharks’ Cushenan
Catherine Cushenan (@catsharks) is a shark ecologist, freediver and underwater photographer with a particular love of charismatic megafauna
Featured Photographer: Sean Chinn
Sean is an underwater and topside photographer based in Birmingham, UK, with a passion for travelling the world and capturing the beauty of its wildlife
Featured Photographer: Elise Gibbins
Elise Gibbins is a British filmmaker and photographer specialising in content-driven campaigns for wildlife and commercial projects
Featured Photographer: Mia Stawinski
Mia Stawinski is a Dutch and Polish award-winning underwater and topside wildlife conservation photographer and filmmaker
Featured Photographer: Todd Thimios
Todd Thimios is an expedition guide who specialises in technical diving and underwater filming. Enjoy his stunning portfolio
Featured Photographer: Marcia Riederer
Marcia Riederer's day job is saving threatened species - to relax she takes stunning images of Australian marine life
Featured Photographer: QJ Kang
Malaysian native QJ Kang showcases his country's incredible waters in this portfolio plus shots from his favourite dive spots across SE Asia
Featured Photographer: Helmut Theiss
The glorious macro-world of Helmut Theiss featuring the strange marine creatures he encounters diving is Southeast Asia
Featured Photographer: Isabelle Drouet
See this stunning macro portfolio from this french underwater photographer with more than 30 years experience
Featured Photographer: Frank Doll
Widely travelled German underwater photographer Frank Doll started diving in Berlin but has since taken images from around the world
Featured Photographer: Byunggil You
Byunggil loves taking photographs of divers underwater - particularly in the cavee and reefs of his base in Okinawa
Featured Photographer: Alvaro Herrero López
Álvaro Herrero is originally from Spain and has always had a fascination with nature in all of its forms. At…
Featured Photographer: Todd Aki
A fantastic portfolio from Hawaii native, Todd Aki, who learnt to scuba dive in 1990 and for whom sharks are favourite photography subjects
Featured Photographer: Douglas Klug
A stunning portfolio by Douglas "Diver Doug" Klug, taken in his home state of California's Channel Islands and featuring some very curious seals.
Featured Photographer: Nurul Yazid
A fantastic portfolio by Nurul Yazid, an underwater photographer from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, who gave up the corporate life to be a dive instructor and travel the world.
Featured Photographer: Tobias Zimmer
DIVE Featured Photographer Tobias Zimmer from Cologne, Germany presents a portfolio of stunning pictures from across the Asia-Pacific region
Featured Photographer: Andrew Podzorski
A fantastic portfolio from Andrew Podzorski, who learnt to swim in the North Sea, he became a scuba diver in 1978 and was taught by Nora Goreau, the mother of 'coral reef science'.
Featured Photographer: Kate Jonker
An underwater photographer, freelance writer, and underwater photography coach based in Gordon’s Bay, just outside Cape Town, South Africa.
Featured Photographer: Rich Neely
Rich Neely, who learnt to dive in a Norfolk quarry but now lives with his wife in California, photographing the surrounding waters
Featured Photographer: Ponnie Janjarasskul
Underwater photographer Ponnie Janjarasskul immediately fell in love with the ocean when she started diving in 2011 and has gone on to win numerous awards for her photography and speak at shows about scuba diving.
Featured Photographer: Yubzukamoto
Underwater photographer from Bolaang Mongondow, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Passionate about his home waters of indonesia and the coral triangle, Yubz started photography in 2010 and started scuba diving in 2013.
Featured Photographer: Steven Alexandre
Underwater photographer Steven Alexandre, from Jakarta but now living in Lombok, is fascinated by his home waters of Indonesia
Featured Photographer: Catherine Hoelzer
Catherine Hoelzer is an underwater photographer from Southern California. Snorkelling became a passion when she lived in Hawaii
Featured Photographer: Jenny Stock
A stunning set of photographs from Australia-based filmmaker and producer, Jenny Stock.
Featured Photographer: Lawrence Scheele
Free diver and marine biologist Lawrence from Australia is fascinated by cephalopods and other unusual marine wildlife
Featured Photographer: Andreas Modinger
A portfolio from DIVE's Featured Photographer Andreas Modigner from Victoria, Australia
Featured Photographer: Valentina Cucchiara
An exceptional portfolio by Italian underwater photographer and filmmaker, Valentina Cucchiara.
Featured Photographer: JillAnne McCarty
Passionate to raise awareness of our incredible undersea world, I hope with my images to inspire awe and global efforts to protect our miraculous marine ecosystem. Raised in Santa Barbara, California, USA, I remember the joy of discovering and exploring tidepools as a child.
Featured Photographer: Michal Štros
Michal Štros is a Czech biologist, scientist and underwater photographer who has been diving for more than 20 years.
Featured Photographer: Pete Atkinson
A stunning portfolio from underwater photographer Pete Atkinson. After dreaming of having Jacques Costeau's lifestyle, Pete decided to sail the seas and start underwater photography
Featured Photographer: Dicky Kasim
A stunning portfolio from Jakarta born Dicky Kasim, who now currently lives in Bali with his partner, who also scuba dives. His favourite sites so far include Amed and Tulamben
Featured Photographer: Leslie Sherlin
I was in college when I first got certified but could only afford to go diving every couple of years after that. Twenty years later I was visiting Maui for a friend’s wedding and I went diving nearly every day earning my advanced open water and a couple of specialities.
Featured Photographer: Akira Nanjo
Underwater photographer Akira Nanjo, from Okinawa, Japan. Fascinated by his home waters of Japan, Akira hopes to show the colourful variety of marine life
Featured Photographer: Jesse Miller
Underwater photographer Jesse Miller has been diving for 11 years in various parts of the world, but his home waters of Washington state and Puget Sound remain his favourite
Featured Photographer: Hanan Atia
Underwater photographer and emergency doctor Hanan Atia, from Tel Aviv, Israel but now lives in the US, has been scuba diving since childhood
Featured Photographer: Naomi Rose
Naomi is an Irish Underwater Photographer now living and working on the Ningaloo Reef in Western Australia. Naomi learned to dive in Ireland (yes, really!) with her university club, spending most of her time
Featured Photographer: Oscar Ramirez
Oscar Ramirez is an underwater photographer from California. He fell in love with the underwater world in his late twenties while snorkelling for the first time and was captivated by the massive amount of life and beauty beneath the surface.
Featured Photographer: Conor Culver
An unusual portfolio by American photographer and digital designer, Conor Culver, who was first drawn into the wonders of the sea after earning his scuba certification at the age of 12, and his love of underwater photography began soon after.
Featured Photographers: Irene & Crispin
A fantastic portfolio by Irene and Crispin Middleton, passionate marine ecologists, divers and nature photographers based in Northern New Zealand.
Featured Photographer: Christian Horras
Christian is an underwater photographer from Germany. He has always been fascinated by the beautiful, rich colors of coral reefs and admired underwater pictures from the first time he saw them.
Featured Photographer: Kellda Centeno
A portfolio by Kellda Centeno - Philippines based underwater photographer