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World Shootout 2021 Winners to be named online
Photographers from 54 countries, thousands of submissions and five finalists from each category who reached the final. Who is going to win in one of the 12 categories and who will win the picture of the year?
The award ceremony will take place on Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/UnderwaterPhotoCompetitions
Saturday, January 29 2022
Screening time: London – 6.30 pm
Gallery of Best Picture Nominees
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- Lorenzo Mittiga, Italy
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- Tanya Houppermans, USA
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- Damir Zurub, Croatia
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- Lars Oliver Michaelis, Germany
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- Gabriella Luongo, Italy
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- Wojciech Dopierala, Poland
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- Hannah Le Leu, Australia
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- Tom Shlesinger, Israel
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- Allen Walker, South Africa
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- Martin Broen, USA
This year, like last year due to coronavirus and closures, the organisers have deviated from the strict procedures that must be submitted for photographs from the past year and allowed photographers to submit photographs from the archive.
WORLD SHOOTOUT is a global competition, in which amateur and professional photographers submit photos in 12 categories. The international judging panel selects 10 photos from all the submissions and Mr. Petros Michelidakis the director of the world’s largest water sports exhibition, boot Dusseldorf, will choose the picture of the year and announce it on January 29, at the award ceremony.
It all started 16 years ago in Eilat. The Eilat competition grew and became the leading event in the world of underwater photography, with candidates coming from all over the world. According to producer David Pilosof, so far over $1 million in prizes, including $ 267,000 in cash prizes, the competition is now branded as number one and has been dubbed the ‘Underwater Photography Olympics’.
For more visit www.worldshootout.org
Header Image: Tobias Friedrich
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