• Abdulaziz Al Saleh, from Kuwait, won the international portrait category at the UK's Underwater Photographer of the Year competition with this shot, titled Hydration, of camels drinking in the desert. Abdulaziz Al Saleh / UPY 2025
    Abdulaziz Al Saleh, from Kuwait, won the international portrait category at the UK's Underwater Photographer of the Year competition with this shot, titled Hydration, of camels drinking in the desert. Abdulaziz Al Saleh / UPY 2025
  • Alvaro Herrero won the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 award for Radiant Bond, which shows a mother humpback whale accompanying her calf to the surface for its first breath early in the morning. Alvaro Herrero Mekan / UPY 2025
    Alvaro Herrero won the Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 award for Radiant Bond, which shows a mother humpback whale accompanying her calf to the surface for its first breath early in the morning. Alvaro Herrero Mekan / UPY 2025
  • Shunsuke Nakano's Face Off won the Behaviour category, which shows two male Asian sheepshead wrasse fighting. Shunsuke Nakano / UPY 2025
    Shunsuke Nakano's Face Off won the Behaviour category, which shows two male Asian sheepshead wrasse fighting. Shunsuke Nakano / UPY 2025
  • Paolo Bondaschi's Magic Backlit won the Macro category, which shows a hairy shrimp. Paolo Bondaschi / UPY 2025
    Paolo Bondaschi's Magic Backlit won the Macro category, which shows a hairy shrimp. Paolo Bondaschi / UPY 2025
  • Alex Dawson's Deep Wreck won the Wrecks category. Alex Dawson / UPY 2025
    Alex Dawson's Deep Wreck won the Wrecks category. Alex Dawson / UPY 2025
  • Enric Gener's Chasing Dolphins, which shows bottlenose dolphins in the Red Sea during a freediving expedition, won for Black & White category. Enric Gener / UPY 2025
    Enric Gener's Chasing Dolphins, which shows bottlenose dolphins in the Red Sea during a freediving expedition, won for Black & White category. Enric Gener / UPY 2025
  • Catherine Holmes's Kaleidoscope of Colour, taken in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, is the winner in Coral Reefs category. Catherine Holmes / UPY 2025
    Catherine Holmes's Kaleidoscope of Colour, taken in Raja Ampat, Indonesia, is the winner in Coral Reefs category. Catherine Holmes / UPY 2025
  • Bryant Turffs's The Beauty of the Swamp, which shows a Florida Gar, won the compact category. Bryant Turffs / UPY 2025
    Bryant Turffs's The Beauty of the Swamp, which shows a Florida Gar, won the compact category. Bryant Turffs / UPY 2025
  • Dan Bolt's Rusty Haven won the British Waters Living Together category. Dan Bolt / UPY 2025
    Dan Bolt's Rusty Haven won the British Waters Living Together category. Dan Bolt / UPY 2025
  • Dan Bolt's The Hitch Hiker won the British Waters Macro category, which shows a larval crustacean within the bell of a medusa Neoturris pileata. Dan Bolt / UPY 2025
    Dan Bolt's The Hitch Hiker won the British Waters Macro category, which shows a larval crustacean within the bell of a medusa Neoturris pileata. Dan Bolt / UPY 2025
  • David Alpert won the British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 for The Curious Seal, which shows a grey seal off Lundy Island. David Alpert / UPY 2025
    David Alpert won the British Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 for The Curious Seal, which shows a grey seal off Lundy Island. David Alpert / UPY 2025
  • Ruruka won Up & Coming Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 for Aurora Underwater taken in Cancun, Mexico. Ruruka/UPY 2025
    Ruruka won Up & Coming Underwater Photographer of the Year 2025 for Aurora Underwater taken in Cancun, Mexico. Ruruka/UPY 2025
  • Robert Marc Lehmann won the Save Our Seas Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year 2025 for this photo of a tiger shark. Robert Marc Lehmann / UPY 2025
    Robert Marc Lehmann won the Save Our Seas Marine Conservation Photographer of the Year 2025 for this photo of a tiger shark. Robert Marc Lehmann / UPY 2025

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Kuwaiti photographer’s thirsty camels snap among winners of Underwater Photographer of the Year awards

A humpback whale and her newborn calf, a grey seal and camels take the spotlight this year

The National

February 21, 2025

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Updated: February 22, 2025, 4:08 AM
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