The underwater photography of Jacques de Selliers
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Jacques de Selliers discovered
photography when he was 14.
He further developed this art as a student in Lausanne, but it
became a real passion in Houston, Tx, where he became best friend
with
George O. Jackson, a brilliant Tex-Mex photographer. They spent
their spare time together, cruising downtown at sunset to capture
the reflections of the last glows of light on the skyscrapers,
and traveling in Central America to capture the Indian villagers
in their intense traditional ceremonies.
In 1986, George O. and Jacques took photos of Jean-Michel Jarre's
gigantic concert-show for the celebrations of Texas bicentenary,
and
were thereafter
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It is in Houston that Jacques de Selliers discovered scuba diving,
passed the Padi certification and bought a Nikonos V.
It was the beginning of a passion and...
a long learning experience. Indeed, he discovered that underwater photography
has nothing to do with land photography, especially with a primitive
camera such
as the Nikonos. Later, he bought an Ikelite housing for his Nikon 90
and managed
to produce better shots. He went on a dozen scuba-diving trips, especially
on live-aboard cruises, where he shoots over 500 photos in a
week.
When Jacques left Houston, he still carried his camera on travel
and did quite a few photographic
reportages, both on land and underwater. In 2000, he founded the Clockarium
Museum, then in 2001, GreenFacts,
an independent non-profit organization, popularizing leading scientific
reports on environment and health
issues at GreenFacts.org.
These new responsibility leaves him less time for photography.
Time allowing, he still tries to take one scuba-diving week a year,
preferably on a live-aboard. He like
reworking his photos on the computer and shares them on-line, on
this website as well as on his personal websites deselliers.info and ScuBahamas.com.
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Reproducing or copying Jacques de Selliers' photos is strictly prohibited
without his prior written permission, to be requested by email.
However, he welcomes such requests and provides free reproduction
rights
to non-profit
organizations,
media, individuals, and non-commercial websites,
as long
as his copyright information (Photo © Jacques de Selliers)
is clearly displayed and the other rules expressed in scuba-photos.net copyright page are met.
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Photos by Jacques de Selliers: Thailand
2007 • Thailand
2004 • Red
Sea 2003 • Copyright
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