The Croatian Adriatic is one of the rare areas in the world that has remained, only partially, intact and preserved. There are many visitors who have no idea what lies beneath us. Along with fish and coral, there is a very exciting world of historical stories and postcards. The need to promote ecological awareness as well as cultural tourism, through which its educational function is realized, is constantly growing. “Incomparable blue” is the name of the attractive set of photographs presented by Marino Brzac and Danijel Frka, experienced underwater photographers who have won a number of national and international championships, thus becoming one of the ten best underwater photographers in the world (“Top Ten Photographers of the World Championship”) .
DANIEL FRKA
Danijel was born in 1955 in Rijeka, a in 1975 he started his diving career. Since 1978, he has been engaged in underwater photography. Danijel is a CMAS diving instructor*** and collaborates with the Croatian Ministry of Culture as a consultant and underwater photographer on many projects and expeditions related to the preservation of historic shipwrecks. In 2000, he became a CMAS underwater photography instructor ** and participated in the CMAS Underwater Photography Championship in 2007 in Mauritius and the CMAS Championship in South Korea, where he entered the Top Ten category with three photos, and in the World Underwater Photography Championship in Bodrum in He won the bronze medal in Turkey in 2011. Danijel is also a writer and underwater researcher, and the book “Treasures of the Adriatic” by Danijel Frka and Jasen Mesić has been translated into three languages. Together with Marin Brzac, he is the author of the series of TV documentaries “Great shipwrecks of the Adriatic”, which won the first prize at the national TV competition. He is a contributor to numerous domestic and foreign magazines, such as Nacional Geographic Hrvatska, SUB, Tauchen, Scubalife, Diver and others.
MARINO BRAZAC
Marino was born in Rijeka in 1971. In 1992, he started his sports diving career, completing his first CMAS diving course. He soon became the owner of several diving certificates, the most important of which is the CMAS diving instructor diploma **. Since 1995, Marino has been a professional diver, and he is also qualified as an ROV (robot submersible) pilot. During his diving career, Marino has done many TV projects, filming several freediving championships and other underwater events. He became a regular member and videographer of many archaeological diving expeditions organized by the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Croatia. His greatest success was the TV documentary series “Great Shipwrecks of the Adriatic”, where he was one of the authors, as well as the main underwater cameraman. He won the Croatian national championship in 2009 and participated in the CMAS World Underwater Photography Championship in South Korea, with two photos in the Top Ten category, while he won a silver medal at the European Underwater Photography Championship in Spain in 2016.
