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     1. und 2. 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       3. winner of the photo competition in Antibes

  1996       2. winner and several places of the “tauchen” - competition

  1996       3. winner of the international Nikon competition

  1997       1. winner of the  “unterwasser” - competition “Red Sea”

  1997       3. winner and several places of the “tauchen” - competition

  1997       Fotosub “Maledives”: Three 2. places and two 3. 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:      2. winner and several places of the “tauchen” - competition

  1998       Vice-World Champion of Sea Underwater Photography

  2000       2. winner of the Antibes Photo Competition