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Thursday, March 2, 2017
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ILOILO – An underwater picture taken by a Filipino ocean advocate working for the protection of Tañon Strait between Negros and Cebu was “commended” in the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards.
Danny Ocampo’s “Fish Tornado” made it to the 40 “Commended” entries in the Awards’ Open Competition – Wildlife category.
The World Photography Organisation, organizer of the Awards, released on Tuesday the lists of shortlisted and commended works across various categories. Winners will be picked from the shortlists and announced in April and May in London.
Ocampo, a campaign manager for Oceana, was one of the six Filipinos cited by the largest world photography competition.
“I feel so honored,” said the underwater photographer currently based in Marikina City. “I don’t usually have time to join photography competitions, and I choose those that factor in responsible and ethical practices.”
As a “Commended” work, his image will be shown alongside other Commended and shortlisted and winning photos at the Sony World Photography Awards & Martin Parr 2017 Exhibition in London from April 21 to May 7.
The photograph also gets a global audience as it is published on the World Photography Organisation website.
“[I hope] this recognition … will give me more opportunities to share my underwater images and promote my advocacy for responsible and ethical underwater photography,” said Ocampo.
“Fish Tornado” was taken in Dimakya Island in Busuanga, Palawan, and captures the schooling behavior of the bigeye trevally (Caranx sexfasciatus) in a marine protected area.
Aside from being an ocean protection advocate and underwater photographer, Ocampo is also a dive master and windsurfer.
He spends a lot of time in Negros Oriental, especially in Dauin town and the world famous dive destination Apo Island, which he considers his second home.
He had been working for environmental nongovernment organizations since high school. In 1988, the then 19-year-old started diving and taking underwater pictures using a Nikonos III film camera.
Over 227,000 images from 183 countries were submitted to the 2017 Sony World Photography Awards, a news release stated.
In the Open competition, judges were looking for the best single images across 10 categories “representing the finest contemporary photography.”
Other Awards competitions were Professional, Youth and Student Focus. Each four are judged anonymously by internationally acclaimed industry professionals carefully selected by the World Photography Organisation. (With reports from Philippine News Agency/PN)
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