Reinhard Dirscherl
Reinhard Dirscherl, born in 1964, is a self-employed person who lives in Munich and is dedicated to travel and underwater photography. He was born in Oberpfalz (a region in Bavaria) and he lives up his photographic ambitions in almost all the oceans equipped with diving gear and underwater camera. Due to his numerous journeys, his picture library increased to more than 30,000 photos - and is still growing. Famous publishing companies and agencies regularly use his excellent pictures. The good quality of his photos is proven at several national and international photographic competitions:
1993 Winner of the "UWF" photo competition
1995 Several places of the "tauchen" photo competition
1995 1st and 2nd winner of the "tauchen"-competition "Red Sea"
1995 Kamera Louis Boutan:
- Winner "Best slide of the year" and
- German Master in the category "Saltwater fishes"
1995 3rd winner of the photo competition in Antibes
1996 2nd winner and several places of the "tauchen"-competition
1996 3rd winner of the international Nikon competition
1997 1st winner of the "unterwasser"-competition "Red Sea"
1997 3rd winner and several places of the "tauchen"-competition
1997 Fotosub "Maldives": Three 2nd places and two 3rd places
1997 Winner "BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year"
1997 Winner "Océans" of the photo competition in Antibes
1997: Kamera Louis Boutan:
- Overall winner and
- German Master of the underwater photographers and
- Winner "Best photo of the year"
1998: Vice World Champion in underwater photography
2000: 2nd winner of the Antibes Photo Competition in the category "Slide series"
2011: World Press Photo Contest, Category "nature": 2nd prize singles
