SUMMARY
Spanish photographer Miguel Serrano Ruiz has won the Portfolio category at the 2026 Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards. His winning series documents the vital conservation work at a turtle nesting site in Baja California, Mexico. Ruiz spent a month living with conservationists, capturing their efforts to protect olive ridley sea turtles and their eggs from threats like rising tides and elevated sand temperatures. The award includes a £1,000 prize and a feature in the competition's winners book.
TAKEAWAYS
Miguel Serrano Ruiz won the Ocean Photographer of the Year Awards' Portfolio category.
His work focuses on turtle conservation efforts in Baja California, Mexico.
The series documents conservationists protecting nesting sea turtles and their eggs.
Ruiz used a Sony A7III with a Sigma 24-70mm DG DN Art lens for the shots.