Underwater Photography

DIVE Featured Photographer Tobias Zimmer from Cologne, Germany presents a portfolio of stunning pictures from across the Asia-Pacific region

An astounding photo of five whale sharks triumphed over 4200 entries by underwater photographers from 71 countries in the UPY 2022 contest

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'.

An underwater photographer, freelance writer, and underwater photography coach based in Gordon’s Bay, just outside Cape Town, South Africa.

Rich Neely, who learnt to dive in a Norfolk quarry but now lives with his wife in California, photographing the surrounding waters

The Underwater Photography Guide has announced the winners of its 2021 Ocean Art Underwater Photo Competition

Jeremy Brown photographs the stunning bioluminescent courting display of a tiny Caribbean crustacean during a Halloween night dive

Our readers choice of their favourite Feature Photographer images published last year

Underwater Photographer Tom St George shares his guidelines for making the diving of Mexico's cenotes safe, exhilarating and sustainable

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.

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.

Underwater photographer Steven Alexandre, from Jakarta but now living in Lombok, is fascinated by his home waters of Indonesia

Catherine Hoelzer is an underwater photographer from Southern California. Snorkelling became a passion when she lived in Hawaii

A stunning set of photographs from Australia-based filmmaker and producer, Jenny Stock.

Free diver and marine biologist Lawrence from Australia is fascinated by cephalopods and other unusual marine wildlife

A portfolio from DIVE's Featured Photographer Andreas Modigner from Victoria, Australia

At The heart of the Coral Triangle author Alan Powderham talks about underwater photography and biodiversity conservation using a rebreather

An exceptional portfolio by Italian underwater photographer and filmmaker, Valentina Cucchiara.

French underwater photographer Laurent Ballesta wins the Natural History Museum's Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2021

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.

Software to identify fish using artificial intelligence – Fishial.ai – is in development and asking scuba divers to submit their photographs

Michal Štros is a Czech biologist, scientist and underwater photographer who has been diving for more than 20 years.

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

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

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.

Underwater photographer Akira Nanjo, from Okinawa, Japan. Fascinated by his home waters of Japan, Akira hopes to show the colourful variety of marine life

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

Underwater photographer and emergency doctor Hanan Atia, from Tel Aviv, Israel but now lives in the US, has been scuba diving since childhood

With smartphones able to compete with the best compact digital cameras, perhaps it is time to invest in an underwater smartphone housing

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