Rico Besserdich – Underwater Photography
R ico Besserdich is an underwater photographer who lives in the Republic of Turkey. He is the 2011/12 UWP World Champion of Underwater Photography, a uw photography instructor, author of the series “creative uw photography & composition”, contest judge, co-editor of the “Edition Fifty Fathoms”, freelance author & photographer for magazines all around the world & leader of the underwater photography department at the photography fine arts society – Izmir. At underwaterphotography.com, the worlds biggest uw photo contest, he leads the “Photo Critics” team. Please refer to the navigation menue on the left to explore this website.
- 2011/12 UWP World Champion of Underwater Photography
- Co-Editor of the “Edition Fifty Fathoms” ( uw photography artbook & magazine )
- Author of the series “Creative underwater photography & composition”, DIVEMASTER magazine
- Member of the Association of Fine Arts Photography ( IFOD )
- Underwater photo-journalist
- UWP GOLD medal winner 2010
- Leader of the department “uw photography” , IFOD
- Head of the Photo Critics, underwaterphotography.com
- Consultant for underwater photography – Faculty of Fine Arts, Izmir Dokuz Eylül University
- Judge at the “underwaterphotography.com” contest
- Author & photographer for the “Divemaster” magazine
- VIP judge at the ScubaCam festival & contest
- British Society of Underwater Photographers (BSoUP) member
- CMAS/BARAKUDA Diving Instructor Trainer
- CMAS *** Instructor ( 3 Star Instructor, M3 )
- CMAS Underwater Photography Instructor
- DAN Medic First Aid Instructor
