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 travelling 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
invited by Jarre to shoot his following mega-concerts. More...
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. In the '90s, he bought an Ikelite housing for his Nikon 90
and managed
to produce better shots. In 2007, he went digital with a Nikon D200 in a Hugyphot housing. He has done a dozen scuba-diving trips, mainly live-aboard cruises where he shoots over 1000 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 in Brussels. In 2001, he founded GreenFacts,
an independent non-profit organization, popularizing leading scientific
reports on environment and health
issues at GreenFacts.org, and managed it for 7 years. Then in 2008, he got involved in electric vehicles, founded Going-Electric, the European Association for Electric Vehicle Advocacy, and became a partner in Green Mobil, a start-up importing and distributing electric vehicles in Belgium.
"These new responsibility leave me less time for photography," says Jacques de Selliers.
"Time allowing, I still try to scuba-dive one week a year,
preferably on a live-aboard. I like
reworking my photos and share them on-line, on
this website as well as on my personal websites deselliers.info."