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2025 Photo Competition

The annual Photo Competition for UN World Oceans Day is hosted by the United Nations, curated by Ellen Cuylaerts and a jury composed of world-renowned individuals.

ALICE HOARAU (2023), OCEAN IS LIFE, HONORABLE MENTION

2025 Judges

The competition is curated by Ellen Cuylaerts and a jury composed of world-renowned individuals.

Ipah Uid Lynn

UNDERWATER Photographer Malaysia

William Tan

Underwater Photographer Singapore

Vanessa Mignon

WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER France

Marcello Di Francesco

Underwater Photographer Italy

Ellen Cuylaerts

CURATOR & UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHER Belgium

WONDER: Sustaining What Sustains Us

1st Place Winner

Rachel Moore

USA

2nd place winner

Luis Arpa Toribio

Spain

3rd Place Winner

Steven Lopez

USA

Big and Small Underwater Faces

1st Place Winner

Andrey Nosik

Russia

2nd Place Winner

Giacomo Marchione

Italy

3rd Place Winner

Lars von Ritter Zahony

Germany

Underwater Seascapes

1st Place Winner

Dani Escayola

Spain

2nd Place Winner

Gerald Rambert

Mauritius

3rd Place Winner

Pedro Carrillo

Spain

Above Water Seascapes

1st Place Winner

Leander Nardin

Austria

2nd Place Winner

Nur Tucker

UK/Turkey

3rd Place Winner

Andrey Nosik

Russia

The twelfth annual Photo Competition for UN World Oceans Day is coordinated in collaboration between the United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea, DivePhotoGuide (DPG), Oceanic Global, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. Thank you to Dive Photo Guide for their ongoing support of the UN World Oceans Day Photo Competition.

UN World Oceans Day 2025 is hosted by the Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea of the Office of Legal Affairs (DOALOS) in partnership with and made possible by Oceanic Global.