Gold / 2019 / Nature / Underwater

Ocean Ambassadors

  • Prize
    Gold in Nature/Underwater, 1st Place winner in Nature
  • Photographer
    Christian Vizl, Mexico
  • Website

I have devoted my life to exploring and contemplating the amazing beauty of the ocean and it has been an incredible journey that has brought me a deep feeling of connection with nature, but sadly during my lifetime I have witness the ever-increasing devastation that we humans are creating on this planet. Today the world’s oceans are in grave danger. Overfishing, pollution, plastics, radiation, climate change, acidification and other human pressures threaten the fundamental nature of the ocean and its animals are being pushed to near extinction.

Awards Published photographer in various magazines and newspapers, such as National Geographic Blue Hope Book, Ocean Geographic, Scuba Diving, Sport Diver, Asian Diver, Scuba Diving and the Undersea Journal, Alert Diver, Scuba Diver Through The Lens, Dive Photo Guide, Plongee, Tauchen, Apnea, México Desconocido, The Times (UK), Daily Mail (UK), and others.
Photographer in Residence, Ocean Geographic Magazine www.ogsociety.org
Field editor at Scuba Diver Australasia and Asian Diver www.uw3some.com

awards, recognitions and articles

2014
Winner, Wildlife Photographer of the Year, “plants and fungi category”.
Second Place, Macro in Scuba Diving magazine's 2014 photo contest, "Through Your Lens - 10th Year".
3 images auctioned at the 6th annual auction “ArteSana” organized by Patronage of the National Museum of Anthropology, México City.
- Invited as Guest speaker at ADEX, biggest Asia diving Expo.
-Sony World Photography Awards, 2014 third place, professional competition, travel category, with series “cenotes”. www.worldphoto.org selected amongst 69,114 images from 166 countries.
-Asferico Photocontest 2014, Winner, Man and Nature category. www.asferico.com
-Asferico Photocontest 2014, “highly commended”, plants and fungi category. www.asferico.com