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History

of some Vintage Days

The Vintage Diving Days began on the Costa Brava on the initiative of Mr. Enrique Dauner and Mr. Ramón Roqueta, following the example of pioneering countries in the defence of the Historical Heritage of Diving.

The “1st Vintage Diving Day” was held in March 2009 in Tossa de Mar. The Tossa de Mar City Council, Cressi and the Navy Diving Centre (CBA) based in Cartagena collaborated, and it was a complete success.

The “II Vintage Diving Day” took place in May 2011 again in Tossa de Mar.

The “III Jornadas de Buceo Vintage” took place on 12-13 May 2012 in Tossa de Mar, also organised by Enrique Dauner and Ramón Roqueta. At the same time, the “I International Underwater Cameras Meeting: UW Rollei” took place, organised by Andrés Clarós. Both meetings were a great success with attendees from Spain, France, Germany, Denmark, England, Venezuela and the United States. The result was captured in a report in the TV series “Thalassa”. It was the first time that conferences on diving equipment and underwater cameras were added to the vintage diving format. The Historical Diving Societies of Spain, France, Germany and the United States participated with their attendance.

The “IV Historical Diving Conference” was held in May 2013 also in Tossa de Mar, directed by Ramón Roqueta and Enrique Dauner.

The “II International Underwater Cameras Meeting: UW Rollei” took place at the Barcelona Maritime Museum (MMB) in October 2014 during the Exhibition organized by Barcelona Underwater CAmera Museum (BUCAM) and the MMB from 24 October 2014 to 12 April 2015.

The 5th Vintage Diving Day was held in October 2021 also in Tossa de Mar, this time organized by the HDSES, recovering the event on the initiative and with the collaboration of Raúl Álvarez, manager of the Krakendive diving center and also Juan Torras, Antique Dive Helmets, with a Shallow Waters Miller Dunn helmet, Enrique Dauner and Andrés Clarós, all of them HDSES members.

This year, post-pandemic, we are bringing back the project of the “III International Underwater Cameras Meeting: UW Rollei” organized by BUCAM and the “VI Jornada de Buceo Vintage” organized by HDS-ES. This new edition will take place in Lloret de Mar (Girona) on 16-17-18 September 2022. The change of location to Lloret de Mar is due to the excellent reception by the Mayor of Lloret as well as the fact that it was precisely in its waters, in Montgoda, where Dr. Ernest Adler built his watertight photography and film boxes that allowed him to shoot the first amateur film images on the Costa Brava (ca 1945) and which deserved the award of the IX Barcelona Amateur Film Festival in March 1947. That is why this year we created the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Underwater Photography Award.

BUCAM is the Barcelona Underwater Camera Museum, an entity created by Andrés Clarós andresclaros@hotmail.com in 2007, to house the world's largest collection of underwater cameras and to disseminate their history and knowledge of underwater imaging systems. The opening of a physical museum is the ultimate goal of BUCAM.

The Spanish Association of Diving History - HDSES (Historical Diving Society Spain), given its international character, was created in 2006 by a group of diving enthusiasts from the first generations, as well as from the following generations. It is worth highlighting the perseverance of Juan Torras, founding member, who has been the alma mater of this association from the beginning. Subsequently, we have been joined by divers from all over Spain. They are great collectors of underwater equipment or simply lovers of diving and its history. HDSES has always been present at almost all Vintage events focused on diving and its techniques, has published diving books that are already out of print, has participated in exhibitions and Diving Shows and is now organizing, for the second time, this new Edition of the 2022 Vintage Diving Days.

Program

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Friday afternoon

Reception of attendees at the Central Park Hotel of the Guitart Hotels chain.

18:00 Preparation of the exhibitions in the planned spaces of the Palas Atenea hall.

20:00 Welcome of participants in the Palas Atenea Room.

20:30 Dinner at the Hotel Guitart Central Park.

22:00 Official Opening of the Underwater Photography Exhibition with Vintage Cameras.

Story of Ernest Adler "the pioneer of Underwater Photography on the Costa Brava", by Andrés Clarós. Presentation of the Film "Wolves of the Costa Brava" by Dr. Adler.

“Blue Water, White Death” by Peter Gimble, controversial film from 1971. Debate on the consequences of this documentary and its sequels on other shark movies.

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Saturday morning

“Sa Caleta” beach

9:30 Meeting at the Meeting Point. Departure with the vintage diving equipment to “Sa Caleta”, where the diving sessions will take place. Just a few minutes walk away. Access by car is possible to unload equipment and set up tables and parasols, posters, roll-ups. The hotel is 8 minutes by car and 10-15 minutes on foot.
Opening of the flea market for buying, selling and exchanging old diving equipment.
Invitation to the general public to participate, take photos and be photographed with the HDSES classic diver's helmet and reproduction.
Preparations for Vintage Diving for members willing to dive in the waters of “Sa Caleta” accompanied by current divers and guided by Dolphin Diving with the support of other local centers
Preparation and equipment of the classic diver, with Siebe Gorman helmet.
Entry from the beach and Classic Diver evolutions underwater.
Streaming of the Classic Diver's progress by Underwater Drone of the Mossos de Esquadra. Remembrance of the First Underwater Photograph (1893).
Underwater assistance and security by the Mossos d'Esquadra Underwater Unit. Security at sea by the Maritime Police Unit of the Mossos d'Esquadra.
Ambulance and emergency medical service charge of the Institute of Medical Studies.
Free food in restaurants just 50 meters from Sa Caleta beach.

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Saturday afternoon

Sala Marina of the Central Park Hotel of the Guitart Chain

Conference Program

16:30 “Evolution of the underwater image” by Manel Gil (ES). Underwater Cameraman. Underwater Camera Builder. GilMarSub Production Company.
17:00 “History of Diving Medicine” by Dr. Agustí Ruiz (ES). Medical Director of the Medical Emergency Service. Diving Medicine. Diver.
17:30 “History of Diving in Spain” by Antonio Badías (ES). Vice President of HDSES. Naval Officer (RV). Diver.
18:00 “Fenjohn A-25 Underwater Camera for the US Navy in WWII” by Sid Macken (USA). Past-President of HDS-US. Underwater Cameraman. Writer specializing in the History of Underwater Cameras.
18:20 Break
18:40 “Rolleimarin Stereo. The Story of an International Recovery Project” by John Wild (GB). President of the Rollei Club of Great Britain. Hotelier. Camera Refurbisher.
19:00 “Nimrod V2 Update” by Enrique Dauner (ES). Underwater Photographer. Diver and founding member of HDSES.
19:20 “Ondiphot. History of an International Refurbishment Project” by Franz Rothbrust (GER). Past-President of HDS-GER. Mechanical Engineer Designer. UW Camera Refurbisher.
19:40 “The Deepest Rescue in the History of Diving” by Hector Salvador (ES). Director of Triton Submarines EMEA and the first Spaniard to descend into the Mariana Trench.
20:00 Christian Petron will present to BUCAM his first underwater camera, which he built himself when he was 16 years old, and his last one, which he had at the age of 76. “Christian Petron: A life of underwater adventures and a passion for Underwater Imaging”.
20:30 Dinner at the Guitart Central Park Hotel.
22:15 Presentation of the 2022 Dr Ernest Adler Award for the Vintage Photograph with the most votes from the public.
22:30 Palas Atenea Room: Stories and Anecdotes of Vintage Underwater Cinema:
“The Deep” film directed by Peter Yates in 1977, in charge of Wulf Koehler, a member of the staff and Mechanical Engineer supervising the underwater cameras during filming.
“Grand Bleu” (Big Blue) directed by Christian Petron, Director of Photography. Film shot in 1987 by Luc Besson and iconic film of scuba diving.
Simultaneous Translation: German, English, French and Spanish.

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Sunday morning

“Sa Caleta” beach

9:30 Meeting at the Meeting Point. Departure with the vintage diving equipment to “Sa Caleta”, where the diving sessions will take place. A few minutes walk away. Access by car is possible to unload equipment and set up tables and parasols. Posters, minutes by car and 10-15 minutes walking.

Opening of the flea market for buying, selling and exchanging old diving equipment.

10:30 Sa Caleta Seabed Clean-up “7th International Seabed and Beach Clean-up. Libera Project” and “1st International Jogging Congress”. Led by volunteer divers participating in the conference.
Preparations for Diving with Vintage Equipment by HDSES members and friends.
Scuba diving with current equipment. (reserve equipment at Dolphin Diving dolphinsdivingcenter.com, tel. 667 886 648.
Preparation and dressing of the Siebe Gorman helmet diver on the beach.
Beach entrance and Classic Diver Evolutions underwater.
Streaming of the Classic Diver's progress by Underwater Drone of the Mossos de Esquadra. Cleaning of the Sa Caleta Seabed.
Underwater assistance and security by the Mossos d'Esquadra Underwater Unit.
Security at sea by the Maritime Police Unit of the Mossos d'Esquadra.
Ambulance and emergency medical service charge of the Institute of Medical Studies.
Free food in restaurants just 50 meters from Sa Caleta beach.
Collection of Material
Closing of Activities.

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Monday morning

Optional:

Visit to the Arago Laboratory in Banyuls-sur-Mer (France), where Louis Boutan took the first underwater photograph by a diver in 1893.

Prior confirmation is REQUIRED.

Departure in private cars, limited number. Lunch in Banyuls. Return to destination.

11:00-12:30H Visit to the Arago Laboratory Library and Archives.

Screening of 4 old films from 1900 about the Arago Laboratory, including "Le Scaphandrier". Duration 30 min.

Visit to the Biodiversarium from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. Special visit, as it is closed on Mondays. You can eat in Banyuls or at the Arago Laboratory facilities (Starters, main course and dessert for €11)

Premio Dr Ernest Adler

Exhibition of Underwater Photography with Vintage Cameras Dr. Ernest Adler Award

Requirements

3 photographs must be submitted for each gallery.

The photos must necessarily have been taken with analog, vintage or retro cameras, prior to 2000.

Photographs must be original from the author.

All photographic works will be of underwater motifs and/or taken under water.

They must be submitted in digital format in JPEG format and with a minimum recommended size of 4500x3000 pixels. Unless there is a possibility of high quality and uncompressed formats, tiff, raw or dng, etc.

The proportion will be the same as a 36mm negative or slide, i.e. 3x2. Reframing to this proportion is permitted.

The age of the photograph captured will be assessed.

The file must not bear any type of signature and/or identification or watermark.

Scenes that are suspected of mistreatment or manipulation of the species will not be permitted.

Regulation

Deadline for receiving files: Sunday, September 11, 2022 - 11:00 p.m.

Registration in the competition will be final after receipt of the files sent to the email hdses@hdses.com via wetransfer.com or swisstransfer.com

For organizational reasons and in order to improve communication between the organization and the participants, the latter will be automatically subscribed to the blog on our website hdses.com when they fill out the participation form. In this way, they will receive all the latest news and updates from this edition of the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Photography Award, in the email they used to participate in the contest.

The organizers, in accordance with the rules established by copyright, consider that the works submitted to the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Photography Award are free of any artistic or other property rights that a third party may have. By participating in the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Photography Award, the authors undertake to guarantee to the organizers that the submitted works are free of copyright. The responsibility for any claim that may be brought against the submitted works rests solely and exclusively with the authors. The organizers of the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Photography Award cannot in any way be held responsible in the event of a dispute or litigation.

Copies of the photographs will be exhibited during the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Photography Award and auctioned at the end of the event to benefit the Spanish Association of Diving History-HDSES.

Entrants authorize the duplication of their works in the archives of the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Photography Award and the use of these works on the HDSES website and social networks, as well as being able to use them to promote the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Photography Award, but without giving rise to a royalty payment or compensation of any kind.

The decisions of the organization (HDSES and BUCAM) are final. Participation in the Dr. Ernest Adler Vintage Photography Award implies acceptance of all the conditions established in these Regulations.

Participation Form

Vintage Photography Exhibition

Enjoy the Vintage Underwater Photography Exhibition - Dr. Ernest Adler Award and send us an email to hdses@hdses.com telling us which one you liked the most. Your vote will be counted until September 30, 2022. The photo with the most votes will be awarded the Dr. Ernest Adler Award.