9th Annual Laguna Bluebelt Photo Contest Winners!
Congratulations to our 2020 Photo Contest Winners!
A special thanks to our friends, new and old, who submitted photos celebrating Laguna's Marine Protected Areas.
Each and every entry showed such a great love of our ocean!
Leave it to the Laguna Bluebelt Coalition and their 9th Annual Photo Contest to lift our spirits during these unprecedented times. The winning photographs, selected from among 65 entries, were announced today. Many of the images delight us with a kaleidoscope of magical, colorful new visions of our marine life and their underwater habitat being restored within the Laguna Beach Marine Protected Areas (MPAs). And some images will serve as a reminder of the early months of 2020 and the challenges we faced.
The Contest was judged by Tom Lamb, Mitch Ridder, Patsee Ober and Cliff Wassmann who represent some of Laguna’s best professional photographers. They selected the 1st, 2nd and 3rd Place Winners in two categories: Amateur and Professional as well as 5 Honorable Mentions. Congratulations to ALL!
“Celebrating the ocean is one more important way to bring us all together”, notes Jinger Wallace, Co-founder of the Laguna Bluebelt Coalition and Coordinator of the popular annual Photo Contest. Since the Photo Contest began ten years ago, we have received over 500 wonderful images of the joy and inspiration we experience along Laguna’s iconic beaches and dramatic underwater locations.” Charlotte Masarik, Coalition Board Member, reminds us “The ocean and these beautiful images are always with us as a source of comfort and hope. When it is safe to do so, the Laguna Bluebelt will once again be a perfect place to restore and re-create our lives.”
Many thanks to our Sponsors:
PROFESSIONAL AND AMATEUR WINNERS
Cory Sparkuhl - Downtown Lockdown, Professional 1st Place
Christine K Le - Soft Cascade, Professional 2nd Place
Jeff Ott - Tie Dye Sunrise, Professional 3rd Place
Alexey Bever - Path to Chaos, Professional Honorable Mention
Mary Hurlbut - Splash!, Professional Honorable Mention
Julianne Steers - Flashy El Nino Tourist, Amateur 1st Place
Sandra Dildine - Nudibranchs in Space, Amateur 2nd Place
Heidi Walker - Walk on Water, Amateur 3rd Place
Regina Borsilli-Brown - Rushing Water, Amateur Honorable Mention
Stephen Sponagle - First Steps, Amateur Honorable Mention
Brian Sciacca - Misty Morning Hop, Amateur Honorable Mention
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Friend’s Corner
We are honored that Sylvia Earle would enthusiastically wear a "Reserve Laguna" button to indicate her support for our efforts.
She has been called "Her Deepness" by the New Yorker and the New York Times, "Living Legend" by the Library of Congress, and the first "Hero for the Planet," is an oceanographer, explorer, author...Learn More
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