International underwater photography competition, the World ShootOut 2018 annually rewards the best underwater photographers – professional or amateur – for their achievements in several categories: diving, wide-angle, micro and macro, amateurs, wrecks, or even sharks. The world’s best underwater photos are then presented at a ceremony at the Boot, the diving show in Düsseldorf.
For the first time,French photographers who register and submit images to one of the categories of the World ShootOut 2018 will automatically participate in the 2018 French Photographer of the Year contest*, organized in partnership with Plongez!: whether you are a professional or amateur, your chances of winning great prizes are doubled, and this without any additional registration fee! You have until November 1, 2018 to compete in this high-level competition!
Participation rules:1. Any amateur or professional photographer registered and having submitted images in one of the categories of the « World ShootOut 2018 » competition is automatically entered into the national « French Photographer of the Year » competition. The only condition is that the photographer resides on French territory.
2. No additional registration fee is required. It is a single entry with a double chance to win.
3. The rules and regulations of the « World ShootOut » competition also apply to the « French Photographer of the Year » competition.
4. The registration and image submission deadline on the World ShootOut website
– www.worldshootout.org – is set to November 1, 2018.
Detail of the competition:1. The names and images of French photographers participating in one of the categories of the « World ShootOut 2018 » competition will be forwarded to the jury of the magazine Plongez!
2. The jury will establish the criteria on which the judging process will be based, and each image will be reviewed and graded according to these criteria.
3. At the end of this first phase, 5 photographers will be selected to participate in the final.
4. Awarded to the best proposed image, thetitle of French Photographer of the Year will be announced during the diving show in Paris, from January 11 to 14, 2019. The awarded photographer will receive a sum of €1000, the Andromeda statue as well as a one-year Premium subscription to the magazine Plongez !
Here are some shots that were nominated or won prizes during previous editions of the World Shootout (top of page photo: Arthur Telle Thlemann, Spain, winner of the 2012 edition):
