About underwater photographer ANDREY NEKRASOV

Skip to main content [#main-content] ANDREY NEKRASOV Underwater Photographer Search form Search Main menu My photos My videos About me Editions Contacts About me I was born September 9th, 1971, in the town of Bezhetsk, Tver area, Russia. When I was 13 years old, my family moved to the city of Odessa, at the coast of Black sea (Ukraine). My interest in photography had started in 1984, and in 1985 I've started to specialize in underwater photography. In 1986, I received my professional diving training at DOSAAF (Volunteer Society for Cooperation with the Army, Aviation, and Fleet) in Odessa, Ukraine. I have completed this training in 1989 and became instructor of Underwater sports. For many years I used Canon EOS-100 camera with housing designed and made on my own. In 2008 I started shooting with the help of a digital camera Nikon D300 with SEA&SEA camera housing. Lens: Nikon 10.5mm fisheye, Nikon 12-24mm, Nikon 60mm MACRO, Tokina 10-17mm fisheye. Strobe: SEA&SEA YS D-1 and Inon-Z240 are used for underwater photography. Besides the mentioned tools, Nikon 24-85mm and Nikon 70-300mm are used to pursue land photography. In 2014, I began to shoot underwater video Nowadays I’m an independent photographer and a journalist. I write about diving and my travels cooperating with different world journals: http://www.anekrasov.com/editions For further cooperation contact me: ANekrasov@ukr.net or uw.photo.nekrasov@gmail.com My awards Festival "SUWWF -2013 " (Belgrade, Serbia) WINNER - in a nomination "black & white" Festival "Marmara -2013 " (Turkey) 2-nd, in a nomination "Wide angle" 3-rd, in a nomination "Wide angle" Special prize of jury, in a nomination "Macro" Festival "Golden camera- 2013 " (Ukraine) WINNER - in a nomination "Flora and fauna" Festival "International MIMA - 2012" (Spain) finalist, in a "Environment Category" Festival ScubaCam - 2012 (Slovakia) 3-rd in a nomination "ecofoto" 3-rd in a nomination "Marine - Wide Angle" Festival "Silver shark- 2012 " (Ukraine - Kiev) WINNER - in a nomination "human & sea" Grand prix of festival Festival "L`imageSous-Marine - 2011 " (France) Silver medal,in a nomination "Color photo" Festival "International MIMA - 2011" (Spain) WINNER, in a "Fauna Category" Festival "DAN - 2011" (Europe) WINNER - in a "1 rd DAN PHOTOCONTEST SESSION - 2011" Best photo of the Year 2011-2012 "DAN EUROPE PHOTOCONTEST" Photocompetition "PHOTO NATURE 2010" (Ukraine) WINNER - in a nomination “underwater world” Festival "International MIMA - 2010" (Spain) WINNER, in a "Fauna Category" 2-nd, in a "Environment Category" Festival "Silver shark- 2010 " (Ukraine - Kiev) WINNER - in a nomination "fresh waters" WINNER - in a nomination "human & sea" WINNER - in a nomination "black & white photo" Festival "DAN - 2010" (Europe) WINNER - in a "1 rd DAN PHOTOCONTEST SESSION - 2010" 3-rd, in a "2 nd DAN PHOTOCONTEST SESSION - 2010" Photocompetition "Sea Inhabitants" (Russia) WINNER Festival "BSAC TRAVELCLUB PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARDS - 2009 " (Great Britain) 2-nd, in "Open category - April" 2-nd, in "Open category - May" Photographer of the Year 2009 Festival "Marmara - 2008 " (Turkey - Istanbul) Special prize of TECHNICAL COMMITTEE, in a nomination -"Wide angle" Festival "Epson Red Sea - 2008" (Israel) 2-nd, - in “Photographer for June (Russia - session)” - a portfolio 2-nd, - in “Photographer for Jule (Russia - session)” - a portfolio 2-nd, - in “Photographer for August (Russia - session)” - a portfolio Nominees, for: "Images of the World - the bestcolor print" Festival "DAN - 2008" (Europe) 3-rd, in a "2 nd DAN PHOTOCONTEST SESSION - 2008" WINNER - in a "3 rd DAN PHOTOCONTEST SESSION - 2008" 2-nd, in a "3 rd DAN PHOTOCONTEST SESSION - 2008" WINNER - in a "4 th DAN PHOTOCONTEST SESSION - 2008" 3-rd, in a "4 th DAN PHOTOCONTEST SESSION - 2008" Best photo of the Year 2008-2009 "DAN EUROPE PHOTOCONTEST" Festival "International MIMA - 2008" (Spain) WINNER, in a "Environment Category" 2-nd, in a "Environment Category" 2-nd, in a "Fauna Category" Festival "BSAC TRAVELCLUB PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARDS - 2008 " (Great Britain) WINNER- in "Open category - April" 2-nd, in "Open category - June" 3-rd, in "Open category - Jule" WINNER in "Open category - August" 2-nd, in "Open category - September" WINNER in "Open category - October" WINNER in "Open category - December" Festival "Water world- 2008 " (Ukraine - Kiev) WINNER - in a nomination"Macro" WINNER - in a nomination "Diver andunderwater world" WINNER - in a nomination "Freshwater" Festival "Britishunderwater image festival - 2008 " (Great Britain -Birmingham) WINNER - in "Suunto Open Category" Festival "Gold dolphin - 2008 " (Russia - Moscow) Second prize ofspectator sympathies Photocompetition "SeaAngel 2007" (Russia) 1st, in a nomination "Macro" 1st, in a nomination "Wide angle" 3rd, in anomination "Wide angle" 1st, in a nomination "Closeup" Festival "High Tatras- 2007 " (Slovakia - Beograd) WINNER - in anomination "Color photo" 2-nd, - in a nomination"Black-and-white photo" Festival "BSAC TRAVELCLUB PHOTOGRAPHIC AWARDS - 2007 " (Great Britain) WINNER - in "Open category - April " WINNER - in"Open category - May" 2-nd, in "Open category -May" 2-nd, in "Open category - August " 3-rd, in "Open category - August " WINNER - in "Open category - September" 2-nd, in "Open category -October" 2-nd, in "Open category - November" 3-rd. in Photographer of the Year 2007 Photographer of the Year 2007 Festival " BritishSplash-In Championship - 2007 " (England - Plymouth) Highly Commended of jury Festival "SanDisk RedSea - 2007 " (Israel) WINNER - in “Photographer for June” - a portfolio 3-rd, in Photographer of the Year 2007 -a portfolio Nominees, for: "Images of the World - the bestcolor print" Festival "Silver shark- 2007 " (Ukraine - Kiev) WINNER - in a nomination"Macro" Festival "Suunto UnderWater Photo Festival-2007 " (Finland) Highly Commendedof jury Festival "XXIXInternational festival Fotosab - 2007 " (Italy - Faenza) Gold medal, in a nomination "Macro" Festival "Water world- 2007 " (Ukraine - Kiev) WINNER - in a nomination"Macro" Festival "Britishunderwater image festival - 2007 " (Great Britain - Richmond) Highly Commended of jury., in a nomination "Macro" Photocompetition "Goldturtle - 2007 " (Russia - Moscow) Prize of spectatorsympathies Festival "L`imageSous-Marine - 2006 " (France - Antibes) Silver medal,in a nomination "Color photo " Festival "Marmara -2006 " (Turkey - Istanbul) 2-nd, in a nomination"Macro" Festival “FUJIFILMPhotography Gallery - 2006” (Lithuania - Kaunas) WINNER -in a nomination "Fauna” Festival "Silver shark- 2006 " (Ukraine - Kiev) 2-st, in a nomination "Colorphoto " Festival "PAF Tachov -2006 " (Czechia) Bronze medal, in a nomination"sea" Silver medal, in a nomination "freshwaters" Festival "Pelagos"-2005 " (Italy) WINNER - in a nomination "Macro - on line " WINNER - in a nomination "Wideangle – on line" Competition "Rivers,lakes and the seas of Russia-2005 " (Russia - Moscow) Grand prix Festival "High Tatras -2005 " (Slovakia) WINNER - in a nomination "sea" WINNER - in a nomination "fresh waters" Festival "Marmara -2005 " (Turkey - Istanbul) Special prize of jury, in anomination "Wide angle" Festival "Silver shark- 2005 " (Ukraine - Kiev) Special prize of Federation of Underwater Photographers - Russia Grand prix of festival Festival "Celebrate theSea - 2005 " (Singapore) Gold medal, in a nomination"Macrо" Silver medal, in a nomination "Wideangle" Festival "Gold dolphin- 2005 " (Russia - Moscow) Prize of spectatorsympathies. Festival "Silver shark- 2004 " (Ukraine - Kiev) Special prize of Federationof Underwater Photographers - Russia, in a nomination "Most neatphotographer". Special prize of Federationof Underwater Photographers Special prize of Federationof Underwater Photographers Festival "Silver shark- 2003 " (Ukraine - Kiev) Special prize of magazine "B-52 " in a nomination "Black-and-white photo ". Special prize of magazine " World of tourism " in anomination "Best ploto ". Special prize of FederationUnderwater Sports - Ukraine in a nomination "Color photo ". Special prize of magazine " Underwater club " in anomination "Color photo ". Special prize of the company" SEA and SEA " in a nomination "Color photo ". © 2014 anekrasov Join me in social media