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| IN MEMORIAM
Steve Drogin Divebums Photos of the Week has featured several photos in the past two months taken by Steve Drogin from his submarine at 1,000+ feet off Guadalupe Island. These photos were teasers for a HD film that Steve was to present this Saturday, April 25th, as the headliner for the 40th Anniversary San Diego Underwater Film Festival. Steve died last week in India of a heart attack. Steve's film from deep off Guadalupe Island, "Seeing the Deep," is being re-edited to be shown without his narration and will be shown at the Film Festival — as he would wish. A memorial service for Steve Drogin will be on Wednesday, April 29, at SIO in La Jolla. The time has not yet been set. |
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[From Scripps Institution of Oceanography] Scripps Institution of Oceanography and the greater diving, underwater photography, and ocean-related communities lost a great friend when Steve Drogin suffered a fatal heart attack on April 14 while traveling in India with his wife, Hiro. A longtime E.W. Scripps Associates member, Steve was supportive of several Scripps students over the years. After building his own submersible, a three-person yellow submarine, DeepSee, he provided funding to enable three Scripps students Brad Erisman, Talina Konotchick and Brian Zgliczynski to travel to and spend 10+ days around Cocos Island, Costa Rica, exploring the wonders of the sea via scuba diving and descending to even greater depths in his submarine. In 2005, Steve hosted a Scripps-only viewing of his submarine and reception in the parking lot near Hubbs Hall before DeepSee officially went into operation. In 2007-08, Steve was one of several donors to help fund Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation master's student Laura Escobosa, whose graduate research involved an area near and dear to his heart, the Sea of Cortez. In summer 2008, Steve brought his submarine to the Sea of Cortez, where he, several Scripps scientists and students, and their Mexican counterparts participated in a research expedition that revealed the Gulf of California’s Deep Sea secrets as well as human impacts. The DeepSee allowed the scientists to survey marine life with its 360-degree glass dome at depths as extensive as 475 meters (1,500 feet). Steve, who had been diving since 1958, and and his wife Hiro participated in Scripps’ first donors’ trip to Palmyra last November. While Steve traveled extensively during his lifetime, he considered the Palmyra trip a real highlight. Steve portrayed his love of the sea in his immense collection of underwater photographs from nudibranchs, the tiniest of sea creatures, to the largest sharks and whales. Some of his photos were donated to and are now displayed in the Scripps Oceanographic Collections. He made numerous presentations about his adventures to diving and underwater photography clubs and to Scripps students and scientists. He also hosted many Scripps scientists and students at his home for special presentations over the years. Steve is survived by his wife, Hiro; a son, Mike; a daughter, Laura; and several grandchildren. |
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Todd Warshaw
4/12/2009 Wreck of the Hogan Canon 1d MkIIs |
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Mike Bartick
4/11/2009 Acanthodoris hudsoni on a dime Nikon D300 |
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Terry Strait
4/9/2009 Polycera atra Nikon D40x |
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Chris Nelson
4/10/2009 Juvenile Horn Shark Sea & Sea DX-1G |
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David Hershman
4/12/2009 Swell Shark Olympus 1030sw |
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Jim Swanson
4/9/2009 Spanish Shawl Olympus Stylus 770 SW |
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Brenda Bridgett
4/7/2009 Flabellina trilineata Canon PowerShot A570 |
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Herb Gruenhagen
4/12/2009 This appears to be the remains of a Cyclosalpa sp. (?) Sand Dollars Canon PowerShot G10 |
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Shauna McGillivray
4/9/2009 Purple Globe Crab Sand Dollars Canon A570IS |
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Scott McGee
4/11/2009 "The canceled Underwater Easter Egg hunt led me to Children's Pool. Child's eye view on the breakwater." Nikon D200 |
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Mark Pidcoe
4/11/2009 Spanish Shawl Sony DSC-F828 |
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Roger Uzun
4/12/2009 Hopkin's Rose Sony XR-520V camcorder |
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Brian McHugh
4/12/2009 Octopus Olympus E-52 |