Emma Critchley is an experienced and extremely talented professional underwater photographer. In 2004 she won the coveted AOP Student Photographer of the Year Award. In the same year Emma was also shortlisted for the prestigious Schweppes Photographic Portrait Prize. Emma's photographic work has appeared in a range of media articles, including the front cover of 'Image' magazine and also recently exhibited in The National Portrait Gallery.

Emma studied Art & Design (Distinction) at De Montford Univeristy and Photography (First) at the University of Brighton. Having learnt to dive in Fiji and whilst studying she worked in Marine Conservation for Operation Wallacea in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Recently she completed her PADI Dive Master Course in the British Virgin Islands.

In 2004 Emma joined Urchin rock and has photographed babies and young children for the UK's leading Swim Schools, along with some of the largest Swim Schools in the USA. Urchin rock also run their own private underwater shoots and private individual commissions. Please contact mail@urchinrock.com if you would like information about a shoot in your area or would like to recommend a baby swim group for us to work with.