Wetpixel.com has won one of the most prestigious awards in the underwater photograpy and videography community: the underwater web site of the year award at the Antibes Juan-Les-Pins 30th Festival Mondial de L'Image Sous-Marine (30th World Festival of Underwater Images). The awards ceremony last night here in the South of France was not unlike a small version of the Academy Awards, and the two-hour ceremony honored winners for underwater web sites, books, images, and films.

On behalf of Wetpixel.com, I'd like to share the Antibes 2003 award with all of you who make our site successful. This includes the small volunteer staff force who administer and moderate the site, the array of individual content contributors, the 1300+ active participants in the forum, and those of you who are just here to browse anonymously. Thank you!

Absolutely brilliant news - and thoroughly deserved! Wish I'd been there to see you on stage, Eric!

You should have seen me. I tried to give my trophy back because everyone before me had given theirs back for some unknown reason that was probably specified in French.

Felicitations Eric, c'est un prix bien merite pour toi et toute l'equipe de Wetpixel!!! Bravo encore!!!

(congrats eric, it is a well deserved prize for you and all the wetpixel team)

/paul
(dunno why they gave the trophies back though, i missed that part)

Hehe, we were there and celebrated!

Just a short line to let you know that we just arrived back safe & sound in Berlin.

Andi & Aline

Was there too, and enjoyed seeing you on stage with that well deserved trophy !!
I'm not sure but maybe they gave the trophy back because some people who won weren't there, and another person came to fetch the price instead (for the ceremony only, and thus would give it back). Still this is pure assumption from my part

Congratulations again
Herten

Congrats to the Wetpixel Team. Definitely a well-deserved award. Who are they going to give the trophy to if Eric gives it back??