LS Electric Holds 12th "Underwater Photography Contest Awards Ceremony"

31 Works Awarded, Grand Prize Goes to Kyucheol Cho's "Growth Process"
Exhibition Open to the Public at LS Anyang and Yongsan Towers

LS Electric announced on December 2 that it held the awards ceremony for the 12th LS Electric National Underwater Photography Contest on December 1 at the LS Yongsan Tower in collaboration with the Seoul Underwater and Finswimming Association.

LS Electric announced that it held the awards ceremony for the 12th LS Electric National Underwater Photography Contest on the 1st at the LS Yongsan Tower in collaboration with the Seoul Underwater and Finswimming Association. The photo is "Growth Process" by photographer Kyucheol Cho, who won the grand prize. LS Electric

The LS Electric National Underwater Photography Contest, now in its 12th year, was launched in 2013 to share the wonders of the underwater world with the public and to promote the preservation of the ocean for future generations. Koo Ja-kyun, Chairman of LS Electric and President of the Seoul Underwater and Finswimming Association, personally proposed and planned the contest to encourage people to appreciate the beauty of the sea and to protect it together.

This year’s contest accepted a total of 211 entries in two categories-underwater photography (wide-angle/macro) and marine environment-until September. After a review by a panel of experts from various fields, 31 works were selected as winners: 19 in the underwater photography category and 12 in the marine environment category.

The grand prize went to photographer Kyucheol Cho for "Growth Process." The wide-angle shot, taken in Zamami Island, Okinawa, Japan, majestically and beautifully captures a mother humpback whale and her calf swimming beneath the surface, depicting the calf’s growth as it gestures toward a wider world under the protection of its mother.

The top excellence award was given to photographer Kyungho Min for "The Closest Universe." Using the effects of a wide-angle lens in Alimatha, Maldives, the photo presents a silhouette of a school of nurse sharks swimming together, with light streaming from above the surface, creating a dynamic scene reminiscent of swimming through space with the sun as a backdrop.

In addition, three excellence awards, four encouragement awards, and ten honorable mentions were also presented. The winning works will be on display in the lobby of LS Yongsan Tower until early December and at LS Tower in Anyang until the end of the year, open to the public for viewing.

Koo Ja-kyun, Chairman of LS Electric, stated, "Thanks to the support of many people, this contest, which was launched to discover and support domestic underwater photographers, has now reached its 12th year without interruption. I hope that as many people as possible will be able to experience, even indirectly, the beauty of the underwater world that is not easily encountered in everyday life."

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