Overview

• Media outlets highlighted the newly released finalist gallery on World Photography Day, showcasing work selected across seven categories.
• Winners are scheduled to be announced in London on 18 September with the winning images set to premiere at the Australian National Maritime Museum from 6 November.
• Category framing spans Hope and Impact through Fine Art, Wildlife, Adventure, Human Connection, and Young Photographer to shape distinct ocean narratives.
• Organizers stress urgency for ocean protection, with Director Will Harrison calling the images powerful visual testimony during a climate and biodiversity crisis.
• Featured finalists include Julia Ochs documenting Mediterranean bottom-trawl bycatch and Alex Dawson photographing the vast Yab Yum sinkhole, alongside scenes from baby octopuses to humpback whales.