Deepblu ADEX 2016 Voice of the Ocean Winners and Finalists
Deepblu ADEX Voice of the Ocean Competition 2016 was a great success. The “X Factor” of underwater photography contests – many incredible images, videos and artworks were showcased on the ADEX main stage and received insightful analysis and straight-up opinions from our star-studded lineup of judges. This year’s judging lineup was particularly special, being headed by underwater photography superstar Alex Mustard (United Kingdom), and consisted of top-underwater photographers and videographers: Iyad Suleyman (Ukraine), Kurt Amsler (Switzerland), Lynn Funkhouser (USA), Matthew Smith (United Kingdom), Pasquale Vassallo (Italy), Rico Besserdich (Turkey), Shawn Heinrichs (USA) and Tim Ho (Malaysia).
Online viewers were able to watch the events and scoring unfold through ADEX’s brand-new live streaming, which also allowed them to express their opinions – digitally – for the picture, video or artwork they were rooting for. With a list of incredible prizes won for these “A-game” pieces of art, we bring you the submissions of our winners and finalists:
Best of Show – Eduardo Acevedo (Spain)
Artwork of the Year (Seahorses)
Winner – Abimael Marquez (Puerto Rico)
Finalists
Dragos Dumitrescu (Romania)
Olga Suslova (Israel)
Olga Suslova (Israel)
Olga Suslova (Israel)
Underwater Fashion Photo of the Year
Winner – Andrew Lau (Hong Kong)
Finalists
Massimo Giorgetta (Italy)
Tanakit Suwanyangyaun (Thailand)
Jim Chen (Taiwan)
Fan Ping (China)
Compact Camera Photo of the Year
Winner – Lynn Wu (Taiwan)
Finalists
Chee Wai Cheow (Malaysia)
Ipah Uid (Malaysia)
Lynn Wu (Taiwan)
Lilian Koh (Singapore)
Macro Photo of the Year (Seahorses)
Winner – Louisa Lam (Canada)
The original photograph selected for Macro Photo of the Year (Seahorses) was unfortunately disqualified as our Rules and Regulations of the competition – Rule number six states that “Images/videos/art works that have won or placed in photo contests announced before 28 February 2016 may not be submitted” (screenshot below). This selected image was previously runner-up.
Honourable Mention
Roberto Strafella (Italy)
Finalists
Miguel Pereira (Portugal)
Vania Kam (Hong Kong)
Christophe Hubert (France)
Photo of the Year
Winner – Eduardo Acevedo (Spain)
Finalists
Vania Kam (Hong Kong)
Dragos Dumitrescu (Romania)
Mathieu Foulquié (France)
Plamena Mileva (Bulgaria)
Tracey Jennings (UK)
Eduardo Acevedo (Spain)
Video of the Year
Winner – Evan Sherman (USA)
Finalists
Dustin Adamson (USA)
Elisabeth Lauwerys (Germany)
Silke De Vos (Belgium)
Congratulations to the winners!