Photographers from Belgium, Spain, Turkey, the Netherlands, Japan, Portugal, Argentina, Kuwait, Slovenia, Germany, Chile, Ghana, France, Italy, Brazil, Croatia, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Cuba are taking part. Photo: Cmas Chile.
The XIX. World Championship in Underwater Photography started this Monday in Varadero. It is the first time it is celebrated on the island and it lasts until the next 14th, a national media highlight.
It includes the V World Underwater Video Championship and will take place at the Meliá Internacional Hotel in Varadero, where the 80 participants were welcomed, says a report from Prensa Latina (PL).
The competition involves teams of two photographers and two cameramen, previously selected in their respective national championships in four categories: macro, wide angle, model and spectacle, according to Francisco “Pipín” Ferrera, representative of the Visual Commission of the World in Cuba Confederation of Underwater Activities (CMAS) and organizer of the trade fair.
According to the sports portal Jit, photographers from Belgium, Spain, Turkey, the Netherlands, Japan, Portugal, Argentina, Kuwait, Slovenia, Germany, Chile, Ghana, France, Italy, Brazil, Croatia, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Cuba will be present . .
The national team consists of captain Carlos Otero from Havana, Fabián Álvarez from Camagüey and Julio Ruiz from Matanzas, as well as two models.
For Kerim Sabuncuoglu, President of CMAS, “the presence of the participants promises days of high quality, observing the natural wonders of Varadero through photos and videos.”
The General Director of Marketing of the Cuban Ministry of Tourism, Pilar Álvarez, said that the promotion of ecological tourism that shows the natural assets of the Varadero destination is an incentive for a competition that will create a very useful visual memory when it comes to the beauty of showcasing existing scenarios in the Cuban seas.
The venue for the Underwater Photography World Cup is Varadero
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A total of 20 boats will support the competition days taking place next Wednesday and Thursday. The juries and judges meet on Friday. On Saturday the winners will be announced by category, Ferrera assured.
It is one of the most important meetings in the sector, held since 1940 and supplemented by video evidence since 2010, says Jit.