All entries will be returned and awards presented by mid-January.

Winning Images:

The winning images and the list of video winners are available for viewing on the following pages:

Kathy deWet-Oleson
Kathy has been an active diver/photographer for over two decades. As a diving professional she has taught all levels of diving, including university level courses focusing on the California marine environment. While a faculty member at Cal Poly Pomona, Kathy was awarded a grant for creative use of photography in the classroom.
Both Kathy's photographs and journalism have appeared in numerous magazines and books, including the cover of the new Lonely Planet Guide to Southern California & the Channel Islands. The cover depicts a giant sea bass, Stereolepis gigas, a species that Kathy has been studying and filming at Anacapa Island for five years now.
As a current resident of Ventura California, Kathy enjoys diving the Channel Islands and serves as an education member on the Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary Advisory Council. Over the past few years she has been working closely with environmental agencies to educate the public about the current proposal to create marine protected areas around portions of the Channel Islands.

Andrew Sallmon
Andy is a freelance underwater and nature photographer who specializes in images of marine life and the marine environment. A SCUBA diving Instructor since 1980, he first picked up a Nikonos underwater camera that same year. Since that time his travels have taken him all over the world in pursuit of marine life images and on photographic assignments. His images have been published in many magazines and books and displayed in natural history museums, aquariums, art galleries, hotels and private collections as well as used for advertising in brochures, catalogs and web sites. He teaches underwater photography to groups and individuals and leads underwater photographic tours throughout the world.
Contact Andy directly for underwater photography classes, seminars or presentations through his website www.seait.com or by telephone. He is also available for assignment work as an underwater photographer and consultant to film production companies, advertising agencies, professional photographers, aquariums, marine biologists, natural history museums and publications featuring Scuba diving, travel and natural history.

Michael Hanrahan
Michael has been closely tied to the sea his whole life. Graduating from the University of Miami with degrees in marine science and filmmaking, Michaelhas been professionally involved with productions of ocean documentaries for such broadcast entities as National Geographic, BBC, PBS, and the Discovery Channel. Michael worked as a Principle Diver for Jean-Michel Cousteau and David Owen Browns company, Passage International, from 1995 through 1998 where audiences joined him around the globe through live underwater video feeds and naturalist interpretation.
Today, Michael remains a strong advocate for marine conservation, often addressing public forums on marine issues, focusing on school children and their future stewardship of the Blue Planet. Michael is the president and founder of The Ocean Channel, Inc. and Ocean.com(www.ocean.com).