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Finalist Fine Art Photographer of the Year

Marko Dimitrijevic Costa Rica

9°08'54.1"N 84°30'53.1"W

A superpod of spinner dolphins swims through deep water 20 miles off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. While spinner dolphins are often seen in small groups, they can also gather in schools of hundreds of animals. Living in large groups helps protect them from predators and supports their highly social behaviour. Although they move as a coordinated pod, each dolphin has unique markings and can be identified as an individual within the group.

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Ocean Photographer of the Year 2026, MARDIM6

Marko Dimitrijevic Switzerland

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ABOUT THE IMAGE

  • Snorkelling
  • Accessed site via boat
  • Sony 7R4 & 16-35mm lens
  • ISO 1000, f/8.0, 1/400

Marko Dimitrijevic is a Swiss photographer and entrepreneur who has spent his life documenting the natural world. Self-taught in the field, he began as a teenager photographing his backyard and later turned to endangered wildlife, marine species, and ecosystems, working both below and above water. In 2022 he published BIG with his friend Amos Nachoum, a collection of their most dramatic wildlife images and the stories behind them. His photographs - shot everywhere from Antarctica and the Canadian Arctic to the Galápagos, Mozambique, and French Polynesia - reveal a marked sensitivity toward his subjects, born of countless hours spent studying animal behavior and waiting patiently for the moment of communion in which a timeless image is made. His work has been widely awarded and published, from The Sunday Times to Nature's Best Photography.

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