Images: Henley Spiers | Jenny Stock | Matty Smith

☝️ You’re looking at some of the finalists from the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year awards. 

This year’s top prize went to Julien Anton for her black-and-white photo of an adult seahorse surrounded by newborn babies among the seaweed of French Polynesia.

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