Maria Munn is a multi award-winning underwater photographer and award-winning author. She is deeply passionate about conservation and hopes to bring a better understanding of the marine environment through her photography. She is a highly experienced teacher, helping thousands of photography students across the globe to improve their skills, and even win awards.
Maria has a Licenciateship with the Royal Photographic Society, won BSAC's Travel Photographer of the Year (2008) and has won a Bronze Medal with Underwater Photography's Annual Competition (2010), as well as being a Runner-Up (2011) and short-listed (2012) with two of her photos. One of her photographs, taken with a compact camera (no external lenses or strobes), was voted into the finals of 2013's Veolia Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.
Since launching PADI's Digital Underwater Photography Speciality at the London Dive Show in 2006, she has continued to be the leader in teaching underwater photography using compact cameras.
