Press Release

Beneath the Sea 2007 is pleased to invite Photographers and Videographers to enter its annual Worldwide Underwater Photo/video competition.

Underwater photographers will compete for the coveted David Doubilet award for excellence in underwater photography and a ten day trip for one on the M.V. Telita in Papua New Guinea.

Underwater Videographers will compete for the distinguished Stan Waterman award for excellence in underwater video and a one week trip for two aboard the Caribbean Explorer II

Underwater Photographic Artists compete for the celebrated Jim Church award for excellence in creative underwater photography and a trip for one aboard the S.M.Y Ondina in Raja Ampat, Indonesia

BTS 2006 Best in Show, “Too Many Choices”
Rand McMeins, Edmonds, Washington
(Wetpixel member)

Wherever you live in this wide world, submit your underwater photographic entry to the Beneath the Sea 2007 Worldwide Photo/Video Competition. The contest deadline is December 31st, 2006.

For contest rules and entry blank visit Beneath the Sea at their Internet site: http://www.Beneaththesea.org

There you may see the images of previous winners, get a set of rules and regulations, and download an application form for this year’s competition.

The winners of the Beneath the Sea 2007 Worldwide Photo/Video Competition will be announced at the Saturday Film Festival the weekend of Beneath the Sea’s Dive Ocean Adventure Exposition and travel Show, March 23rd, 24th, and 25th, 2007, at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey. In addition to the awards that the Grand Prize winners of each category will receive, there will be prizes for all First, Second, and Third place winners.
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There is a contest hotline: (718) 409-0240. For more information about Beneath the Sea call 914.664.4310, e-mail , or visit our web site: http://www.Beneaththesea.org.