Winners Gallery
Finalist Exploration Photographer of the Year
Matt Bagley Australia
38°31'35.6"S
145°21'57.2"E
A Southern Bottle Tail Squid in the palm of a hand. “It's sometimes easy to forget the impact we can have on the environment and the creatures we share it with,” says photographer Matthew Bagley. “Using the alluring light of a dive torch during a night dive, it’s always surprising what comes out of the darkness.”
BEHIND THE LENS
Matt Bagley Australia
ABOUT THE IMAGE
- Small swell
- Taken while freediving
- Night dive
- Access via shore walk-in
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Enjoy the vibrancy, beauty and impact of each year's finalist photography, celebrated in our Ocean Photographer of the Year coffee table book collection.
