awards:
2014
• FRANCE - FESTIVAL MONDIAL DE L'IMAGE SOUS-MARINE
Plongeur d'Or image fixe - photo couleur
• UK - SURVIVAL INTERNATIONAL
winner
• USA - IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
honorable mention [ pro ] nature: landscape
• USA – PDN THE GREAT OUTDOORS
winner [ pro ] beach, islands & underwater
• USA - iPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
honorable mention - panorama
• FRANCE - PX3
silver - category: nature underwater [ pro ]
silver - category: portraiture other p [ pro]
bronze - category: nature earth [ pro ]
bronze - category: fine art nudes [ pro ]
• SINGAPORE - VOICE OF THE OCEAN
1st. place
• ITALY - OASIS PHOTO CONTEST
honorable mention - gente e popoli
• USA - BENEATH the SEA
1st. place - green/cold water
• JAPAN Tokyo – THE 74th. INTER. PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN
honorable mention
2013
• USA – OCEAN ART
honorable mention – wideangle
• ISRAEL – EILAT RED SEA World of Underwater Images
2nd. place “fish & fashion” category
nomination – main category 5 best images
nomination – mayor’s prize (cover)
nomination – juri’s prize
• USA - IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
honorable mention [ pro ] advertising: conceptual
honorable mention [ pro ] editorial: deeper perspective
honorable mention [ pro ] editorial: general news
honorable mention [ pro ] editorial: photo essay and feature story
honorable mention [ pro ] people: children
honorable mention [ pro ] people: culture
• FRANCE - PX3 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARDS
2nd. place press-sport
3rd. place press-sport [ pro ]
• TURKEY ISTANBUL – MARMARA FESTIVAL
3rd. place portfolio
• ITALY - DIVERS FOR AFRICA
1st. and 3rd. place "l'uomo e l'acqua"
• ITALY - ASFERICO
1st. place category-the underwater world
• KUALA LUMPUR / MALAYSIA – KLPA
finalist
• USA - PHOTOGRAPHY MASTER CUP
2nd. place - merit of excellence in nude | chimera [ pro ]
nominee in people | narcissism [pro]
nominee in children of the world | twins [ pro ]
• ITALY - OASIS PHOTO CONTEST
6th. place category: people
11th. place category: people
• JAPAN Tokyo – THE 73rd. INTER. PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN
honorable mention
2012
• USA - IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
1st. place [ pro ] advertising: beauty
honorable mention [ pro ] deep perspective
honorable mention [ pro ] editorial: other_ed
honorable mention [ pro ] editorial: general news
honorable mention [ pro ] people: culture
honorable mention [ pro ] people: culture
honorable mention [ pro ] people: lifestyle
• FRANCE - PX3 PRIX DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE PARIS
bronze [pro] “people’s choice awards – culture
honorable mention [ pro ] - nude
honorable mention [ pro ] – portrait
• MALAYSIAN - THROUGH THE LENS / SDAA MIDE
1st. place - Seascape Category
honourable Mention - Portfolio
• ITALY - ORTONA MARE
2nd. place macro
• KUALA LUMPUR / MALAYSIA – KLPA
portrait top 40
general top 30
• USA California - 7th. BLACK and WHITE SPIDER AWARDS
nominee in people [ pro ]
nominee in nude [ pro ]
• ITALY - OASIS PHOTO CONTEST
nomination
• AUSTRIA – TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT & SPECIAL THEMES CIRCUIT
Salon 3: gold medal – colour slides nature
• USA - The 4th Annual Global Travel / PLANET-MAG
grand prize
• RUSSIA Moscow – GOLDEN DOLPHIN
1st. place man and underwater world
1st. place macro
• JAPAN - Tokyo THE 72th. INTER. PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN
winner’s medal
2011
• FRANCE MARSIGLIA – WORLD FESTIVAL OF UNDERWATER PICTURES
4rd colour prints
• INDONESIA – CELEBRATE THE SEA
Special commendation: colour prints
Merit of Excellence: the Alfred Goldsborough Mayer award for Jellyfish
• USA - IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
3rd. place [ pro ] culture
honorable mention [ pro ] children
honorable mention [ pro ] children
honorable mention [ pro ] panoramic
honorable mention [ pro ] travel / tourism
• SINGAPORE / MALAYSIA - THROUGH THE LEANS SDAA / MIDE 11
honorable mentioned – portfolio
• AUSTRIA – TRIERENBERG SUPER CIRCUIT
gold medal - special themes "water"
• SINGAPORE – ASIAN DIVER / ASIAN GEOGRAPHIC - VOICE OF OCEAN
1st. adex photographer of the year
• USA - NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER / PDN - WORLD IN FOCUS
winner [ pro ]
• USA - PDN THE SHOT
winner [ pro ]
• JAPAN Tokyo – THE 71th. INTER. PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN
honrable Mention
2010
• UNITED KINGDOM – BSoUP – THE BRITISH SOCIETY of UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHERS
1st. Place – Open Portfolio Competition
• USA – OCEAN ART
honorable mention – fashion
• USA – NORTHERN CALIFORNIA UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
honorable mention – advanced macro
• FRANCE ANTIBES - 37° FESTIVAL MONDIAL DE L’ IMAGE SOUS MARINE
5th. Place – portfolio
• GERMANY - GDT EUROPEAN WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR
highly commended
• UK London – BBC VEOLIA ENVIRONNEMENT WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR –
is owned by the Natural History Museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine
The Underwater Word – Finalist
• USA – NATURE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY-WINDLAND SMITH RICE INT.AW.
Oceans- highly honored photographer
• USA - IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
honorable mention [ pro ] architecture / cityscapes
honorable mention [ pro ] nature / underwater
• FRANCE – PX3
honorable mention [ pro ]
• ITALY – ORTONAMARE
2nd. Place – wide angle
• USA – PDN FACES
animal potrait finalist
• SINGAPORE – ASIAN DIVER/ASIAN GEOGRAPHIC – VOICE OF THE OCEAN
honorary mention
• ITALY – PREMIO ISCHIA DI FOTOGRAFIA
honorary mention
• CZECH REPUBLIC – PAF TACHOV
3rd. place – creative
• ITALY – FIOF PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
bronze – cat. Ricerca
• SWITZERLAND – FESTISUB
3rd place
2009
• USA – NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELER / PDN THE GREAT OUTDOORS
finalist winner [ pro ]
• USA – NATURE BEST PHOTOGRAPHY-WINDLAND SMITH RICE INT.AW.
highly honored photographer
• ITALY – PREMO FOTOGRAFICO
honorable mention for specific projects
honorable mention – photojournalism
• USA – NORTHEN CALIFORNIA UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHC SOCIETY
1st place – creative
• SINGAPORE – ASIAN GEO / ASIAN WITHOUT BORDERS
finalist
• USA - IPA INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS
honorable mention [ pro ] in nature underwater
honorable mention [ pro ] in people children
honorable mention [ pro ] in architecture cityscape
honorable mention [ pro ] in architecture building
• SINGAPORE / MALAYSIA - THROUGH THE LEANS SDAA / MIDE 09
3rd. place portfolio
• ITALY – PREMIO ISCHIA DI FOTOGRAFIA
honorary mention
• USA – UNDERWATER IMAGES
1st place – majestic category
• RUSSIA – THE GOLDEN DOLPHIN
2nd Place black&white
• JAPAN - Tokyo THE 69th. INTER. PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN
winner’s medal
2008
• ITALY – THE ISTORICAL DIVING SOCIETY ITALY
jury mention “water babies” – digital photo
• USA – 46th LOS ANGELES UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
5th place wide angle
• FRANCE ANTIBES – THE 35th WORLD FESTIVAL OF UNDERW. PICTURES
jury special mention “water babies”-audio-visual presentations/sound series
• USA – NATURE’S BEST PHOTOGRAPHY
highly honored – people in nature
• ITALY – SOLUNTO FESTIVAL
1st place
• SINGAPORE – THROUGH THE LENS SDAA/MIDE 08
3rd place – portfolio
• ITALY - PREMIO FOTOGRAFICO
mention of honour for exellence in specific projects
• FILIPPINES – 7th CELEBRATE THE SEA
honor of distiction – digital portfolio
• USA - BENEATH THE SEA
honorable mention
• JAPAN - Tokyo THE 68th. INTER. PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN
winner’s medal
2007
• USA - NORTHEN CALIFORNIA UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
honorable mention – open digital wide angle
• USA - LOS ANGELES UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
honorable mention – wide angle
5th place – macro digital
5th place – macro prints
• FILIPPINES – 6th CELEBRATE THE SEA
honour of distinction – portfolio of festival
• CZECH REPUBLIC – PAF
2nd place photograph swimming pool
• USA – UNDERWATER IMAGES
3rd place togetherness category
• INDONESIA – DEEP
2nd place reefspace
• JAPAN Tokyo – THE 67th. INTER. PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN
winner’s medal
2006
• TURKEY ISTANBUL – MARMARA FESTIVAL
1st place digital portfolio
• FRANCE ANTIBES – FESTIVAL DE L’IMAGE SOUS MARINE
6th place – coucurs diapositives
• CZECH REPUBLIC – PAF
1st place color photograph sea water
3rd place photograph swimming pool
• USA – EPIC
1st place creative category
• SINGAPORE – ‘5th CELEBRATE THE SEA
1st digital portfolio
• JAPAN Tokyo – THE 66th. INTER. PHOTOGRAPHIC SALON OF JAPAN
winner’s medal
2005
• SLOVENIA NOVA GORICA – VODAN
1st digital photograph