International Color Awards

Winners Gallery

Wildlife nominees

Circle of Life
Title:Circle of Life
Striped marlin and sea lion work cooperatively to corral and hunt a bait ball of sardine in an annual event known as the Mexican Sardine Run.


Samantha Schwann
USA



Biography: Samantha Schwann is an international award-winning photographic artist whose work concentrates on ecologically unique areas of the ocean, in a thoughtful approach to an increasingly important global conversation. She began scuba diving as a teenager in the emerald green waters surrounding Vancouver Island in Canada, igniting a curiosity and passion for the ocean. By 1997, she had earned advanced instructional ratings and became one of the first few women worldwide achieving depths beyond 330 feet on open circuit scuba. Schwann’s artistic background was in sculpture (stone, metal)...