{"id":146816,"date":"2025-09-19T05:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T05:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/146816\/"},"modified":"2025-09-19T05:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T05:35:10","slug":"the-winners-of-ocean-photographer-of-the-year-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/146816\/","title":{"rendered":"The Winners of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Two<\/a>Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025. Two amphipods from the Cyproideidae family, each only measuring around 3 millimetres in body length, rest on a coral. Commonly called \u2018ladybugs of the sea\u2019, these tiny creatures display striking colouration and symmetry. \u201cIt required a lot of patience and precision to compose and light the shot properly,\u201d says Ivanov. \u201cThe result reveals an intimate glimpse of underwater life that is often overlooked.\u201d | Yury Ivanov <\/p>\n

After the finalists of Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025<\/a>, now it can be revealed that Indonesian-based macro photographer Yury Ivanov has been named the winner for his vibrant image of two synchronized \u2018ladybugs of the sea.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Ivanov took the photo at his local dive site in Bali, Indonesia \u2014 beating off more than 15,000 other pictures from all over the world. <\/p>\n

\u201cWinning Ocean Photographer of the Year is an incredible feeling; I\u2019m deeply grateful for the recognition. This award is not just about one image, but about celebrating the ocean itself \u2014 its fragility, its diversity, and its extraordinary power to inspire us,\u201d Ivanov says. <\/p>\n

A total of nine category winners have also been named today. <\/p>\n

\"A<\/a>Winner of the Action category. A rough Nazar\u00e9 day. \u201cThe wind came from the north which made the surf tricky,\u201d says Thouard. \u201cNot many surfers went out and it was hard to shoot anything because of the big sets but eventually, this.\u201d | Ben Thouard \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year \"A<\/a>Winner of the Female Fifty Fathoms category. A larval pufferfish, roughly the size of a thumbnail. \u201cAlthough adult pufferfish are typically found around coral reefs, they begin life as plankton, drifting in the open ocean before eventually settling to the seafloor,\u201d says Cai. | Jialing Cai \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year
\n \"A<\/a>Winner of the Fine Art category. A dwarf minke whale curiously eyes the photographer. \u201cThese whales are known to visit the northern Great Barrier Reef during the winter, making it the only known predictable aggregation of the species in the world,\u201d says Riederer. | Marcia Riederer \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year \"A<\/a>Winner of the Wildlife category. A female yellow pygmy goby releases newly hatched larvae into the water column from her mouth. \u201cIn gobiid fishes, male parental care is common. In the yellow pygmy goby, however, the females also participate in parental hatching care, \u201d says Oyama. | Takumi Oyama \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year \"Aerial<\/a>Winner of the Human Connection category. People try to rescue a stranded humpback whale. \u201cFor 15 hours, they worked tirelessly,\u201d says Parry. \u201cSadly, she could not be saved, but the compassion shown is a powerful reminder of what can be achieved when people come together.\u201d | Craig Parry \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year \"A<\/a>Winner of the Portfolio category. A batfish lies on the seabed. \u201cPolka-dot batfish are a common sight in Florida waters, but they are notoriously difficult to photograph,\u201d says Sullivan. \u201cAfter years of trying, this individual seemed relaxed, and I was able to finally take a head-on portrait.\u201d | Matthew Sullivan \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year \"Underwater<\/a>Winner of the Portfolio category. Resting on the bottom of a cypress swamp, a large American alligator lies motionless. \u201cAlmost 12ft long, she never moved a muscle for over an hour,\u201d says Sullivan. \u201cThe setting sun darkened the water, upping the intimidation factor of those big white teeth.\u201d | Matthew Sullivan \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year \"A<\/a>Winner of the Portfolio category. Taken under permit, this photograph of a manatee in a spring-fed river showcases the animal\u2019s curiosity. \u201cThe river is home to a population of manatees. Like a puppy, this individual followed me around for hours,\u201d says Sullivan. | | Matthew Sullivan \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year \"Two<\/a>Winner of the Hope category. An aquarist holds an early-stage embryo of an Indo-Pacific leopard shark, its egg case removed for a rearing experiment at Aquaria Phuket. \u201cSince 2023, the aquarium\u2019s breeding programme has produced over 40 pups of this Endangered species,\u201d says Arunrugstichai. | Sirachai Arunrugstichai \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year
\n \"A<\/a>Winner of the Impact category. A long-finned pilot whale foetus lies lifeless under its mother\u2019s corpse in the Faroe Islands. \u201cEach year, more than 1,000 cetaceans are killed during grindadr\u00e1p, the slaughter of entire whale groups, including juveniles and pregnant females,\u201d says Bret. | Hugo Bret \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year \"A<\/a>Winner of the Young category. Under the cover of night, two tiny bobtail squid engage in an intimate display, their arms intertwined as they mate on the seabed. \u201cWaves of colour rippled across their bodies as chromatophores pulsed in a mesmerising rhythm,\u201d says Sanders. | Aaron Sanders \/ Ocean Photographer of the Year <\/p>\n

Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 has handed out over $13,500 worth of equipment to the winners. An Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 exhibition is to be showcased in the UK at The Historic Dockyard Chatham on March 28, 2026. The first international Ocean Photographer of the Year exhibition will open at the Australian National Maritime Museum, Sydney, on November 6.<\/p>\n

All of the winners can be viewed on the Oceanographic website<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025. Two amphipods from the Cyproideidae family, each only measuring around 3 millimetres…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":146817,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[6225,6485,6486,1120,96,4695,34401,67597,49503,56,54,55,4483],"class_list":{"0":"post-146816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-arts","9":"tag-arts-and-design","10":"tag-artsanddesign","11":"tag-design","12":"tag-entertainment","13":"tag-marine","14":"tag-marinelife","15":"tag-oceanphotographeroftheyear","16":"tag-photocompetition","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom","19":"tag-unitedkingdom","20":"tag-wildlifephotography"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146816"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146816\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/146817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}