A photography and sea enthusiast, Jacques Vapillon studied photography at Plymouth's College of Art & Design, after which he moved to la Trinité sur Mer in southern Brittany in 1983. This was where he first came into contact with the nautical world.

He soon made a name for himself on the ocean-racing circuit, devoting himself to the coverage of many nautical events for organisers and sponsors in France and overseas (ocean races, record attempts, championships, Olympic races, round-the-world races).

At the same time, he developed his own photographic agency, marketing his nautical and maritime work to an international clientele made up of publicity agencies, companies and institutions...

For more than ten years, Jacques has had a close working partnership with the multisports agency D.P.P.I., currently the market leader in the distribution of nautical images. His pictures continue to be published on a regular basis in the international press.

The advent of Internet was too good an opportunity to be missed. Jacques created his own site in 1994. The rapid development in the world of communication lead him on to the development of another website with another photographer specialising in the same type of work. The website www.pixsail.com distributes copyright-free images intended for the media.

Today's digital world means that he can now send his images through the multimedia networks even faster than before. Jacques' work brings to life numerous official sites (ORMA Multihull Championship and the Route du Rhum with Cyberouest - Around Alone with Quokka Sports - Transat Jacques Vabre...) along with online news sites such as Sail-Online (France) and Offshore Challenges (GB).