{"id":842157,"date":"2026-09-09T20:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/842157\/"},"modified":"2026-09-09T20:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T20:54:11","slug":"ocean-photographer-of-the-year-2026-seahorse-farewell-wins-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/842157\/","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026: Seahorse farewell wins competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtsih6zc005q2dqiemu072kg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/03\/25\/travel\/lynx-wildlife-photographer-of-the-year-peoples-choice-intl-scli\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">portrait <\/a>capturing an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/02\/27\/travel\/underwater-photographer-year-2026-scli-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">extraordinary<\/a> moment between an adult seahorse and two newly born juveniles in French Polynesia has been crowned the overall winner of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2026\/08\/13\/travel\/ocean-photographer-2026-finalists-scli-intl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026<\/a> competition.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu229tk002w356rg6ha2qjz@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Although it\u2019s impossible to know if the seahorses are related, the image appears to show two freshly birthed babies looking back to their father before venturing further into the world.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu0sq0p000f356rmdbo8iir@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Organizers on Wednesday also revealed the category winners for this year\u2019s competition, which received thousands of entries.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu20am8002i356rh5twbftg@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Dolphins riding waves alongside surfers in Sydney, rescuers trying to help a stranded pilot whale in Cape Verde and an inquisitive green turtle are among the category winners.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu1ilai000p356rm3rh10r8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Overall winner Julien Anton, who captured the seahorse photograph, thanked the communities in Tahiti and Moorea \u201cwhose knowledge made this image possible.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu1npnf0013356rwovnifnc@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cWe spent countless hours searching in difficult conditions, with no guarantee of finding a single seahorse. That is what made the moment so extraordinary \u2014 when the juveniles turned back towards the adult, it felt like something far beyond what I had dared to hope for,\u201d Anton said in a statement.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu1ohqu001a356r3mi99cm9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Anton called himself a hobbyist photographer rather than a professional.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu1p4yq001i356rjoqt2z7r@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cMy hope is that this image can serve as a bridge between science, conservation and a world that deserves to know what is at stake,\u201d he said.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtsihdyw0008356rarrb9jlk@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt is an image that demands reflection, pause for thought, and it certainly got that from us,\u201d Will Harrison, founder and director of the award, said of Anton\u2019s photograph.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu290lo003u356r9jmly7q7@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIt is ocean photography at its most powerful: intimate, urgent and impossible to ignore,\u201d he added.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu1pp8d001m356r68e0sb13@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The category winners can be viewed in the gallery above.\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-elevate inline-placeholder vossi-paragraph_elevate\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/cmtu2538y003h356rvcmaxzo2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The competition is co-presented by Oceanographic and Blancpain.\n    <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A portrait capturing an extraordinary moment between an adult seahorse and two newly born juveniles in French Polynesia&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":842158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[228,226,227,229,88],"class_list":["post-842157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=842157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/842157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/842158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=842157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=842157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=842157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}