I love Greece, Hellas my country! Maybe not so much as a citizen living in crisis at this time, but surely as a diver and mostly as an underwater photographer.
There are contests with awards and prestigious ceremonies, there are contests with publicity and expensive prizes and there are contests with very high sentimental value organized for an important cause.
I am very happy to announce that my photo joining the Category "Parasite" won the 2nd place on the 8th International Underwater Photo Contest Abyss City of Venice.
It's always a pleasure to see my work printed in a magazine not exclusively related to scuba diving but considering the underwater world as part of art photography in various magazines.
The organizing committee calls it the Olympics of Nature Photography to express the importance of the festival, the numerous categories and the hundreds entries from all around the world.
My Pandea conica underwater photographs, except of being a favorite theme for macro shooting, have become by results my trademark in international competitions and publications.