Catherine Holmes

Catherine works as a Dental Surgeon, as well travelling widely across the globe, venturing underwater to capture images wherever she goes.

Her collection features images from Indonesia, Red Sea, Galapagos, Maldives and the Caribbean. In her work with watercolours she would describe herself as a colourist, which shines through in her photographic work.

She strives to portray images that capture the vibrant colours and light underwater in overall painterly compositions. As a member of the British Society of Underwater Photographers, Catherine has won awards in many international competitions. The most recent of these being in UPY2025-Coral reef category winner, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year for Underwater Category 2023. Other awards include; Fpa2 Environmental awards 2024, International Kelp Awards 2024, UPY 2022 Runner Up Wrecks category, Ocean Art conservation category winner, Ocean Geographic Colour print winner and the World Shootout top 10 photographs of the year.

Her first place in the Conservation Category in the International Ocean Art competition – with an image showing the efforts to rebuild reefs in Barbados – Catherine was invited to be an Honorary Member in CORALL, the Barbados Coral Restoration project.

Catherine’s imagery and articles have been widely published in Underwater magazines.

“I am always at my happiest underwater, a place of beauty, calm and silence – perhaps I was always meant to be a mermaid.”