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Sports photographer and Outex underwater housing ambassador Kirill Umrikhin surf photography bio.

Olivier Morin has been a staff photographer for Agence France-Presse for the past 27 years.  Born in France in 1965, Olivier has been based in Bordeaux, Lille, where he shot mainly international sports, Eastern France Photo chief based in Strasbourg, before becoming Chief Photographer for the Nordic Countries in Stockholm and spending Six years in AFP Milan, Italy. For the past year, he is Editor in Chief Photo France in Paris. Olivier is covering a variety of daily affairs including economy, fashion and sports, his specialty, with outdoor-water features. He has been shooting 10 Olympic Games, both Summer and Winter, and soccer covers, Rugby, Athletics Worlds Championships, Alpine skiing World cups and World Championships on a regular basis. The winner of the first prize in the 2000 Fuji photo contest for an archery picture from the Sydney Olympics, 2nd prize and 3rd prize in Sportfolio in 2013 and 2015, and won Italy's sports picture of the year in 2013 for a shot of Usain Bolt under lightning bolt during the 100m final at the World Championships in Moscow, and Sports Illustrated photo of the year with this photograph, among others awards.

In this short interview clip Matt sits down with the Outex team to talk about Outex; what it is, why he likes it, and how he uses it. Matt is one of the original Outex early adopters and has been using it for years. Matt is originally from New Jersey, USA. His father was an avid traveler, fisherman and amateur photographer and one of the main factors that led Matt into photography and the ocean. Growing up at the beach Matt taught himself how to surf. A good friend of his ended up on a world surfing circuit and they teamed up to create an international surf/bodyboard video around the turn of the millennium. This project and its travels brought Matt to California, Mexico and to Hawaii in search of waves and kickstarted his journey in ocean visuals. From 2000-2004 Matt attended Wake Forest University and Lehigh University in pursuit of a BS in business. He graduated with honors and took employment as financial consultant in 2005 for a year before transitioning to remote role for the next 6 years into 2012. His flexible work situation allowed him to live anywhere in the world with access to the Internet and helped fund Matt’s passion for ocean and surf photography. Matt acted as an artist and part-time freelance photographer and chased surf in countries all over the globe during this period from shooting WQS and WCT events in Australia to working on non-profit projects in Peru.

Alexandre Gennari is a photography veteran, having started professionals in 1997 in sports, fashion, portraiture, urban, and several commercial disciplines (advertising, products, etc.), having been published in each of those areas.  He's a long time Outex underwater housing user and ambassador.His unique professional style has landed his work on the covers and pages of magazines such as Bicycling, Gooutside, Fluir, Hardcore, Alma Surf, Sexy, Trip, Transworld, Site Waves, and a number of other publications such as newspapers, journals, and books.  His work has also been featured on TV, and landed a permanent position with Rocky Mountain Editorial where he manages and produces monthly publications for the company in water sports, surf, fashion, running, and cycling.You may find his commercial work for brands like Oakley, Nike, Osklen, Adidas, Rayon, Levis, and others.

Outdoor and underwater photographer Alex Voyer is also an ambassador for Outex underwater housing system.  See Alex's work and learn about his adventures in his Outex page bio page.

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With his Outex underwater housing system Outex ambassador Gabe DeWitt won the 2018 Paddling Film Festival’s Best Short Film Award. His work has also been published in National Geographic magazine, Nature magazine, Kayak Session magazine, Paddling magazine, and Rock & Ice magazine to name a few. 

Jessica is a Vancouver Canada native and has spent a majority of her Photography Career photographing around many parts of the world. Jessica loves to capture life unfolding in front of her lens. With a diploma in Professional Photo Imaging and a Degree in Business Administration, specializing in Marketing/ Advertising; Jessica has worked with such companies as the Vancouver Canucks, Getty Images and has been published in multiple Sport Fishing Magazines and other publications. Jessica aims to capture moments that people rarely see, the essence of these frames, frozen on her camera, is awe inspiring to her, and she is forever looking for that next shot. This video shows her Outex installation, tips, and tricks of the trade.

Award winning professional photographer and Outex ambassador Ben Haggar shows what's in his camera bag and talks about his passions, adventures, and fascination with all things related to photography and story telling. Whether hunting for undiscovered surf along the coast of British Columbia, exploring the polar caps, or biking thru the wilderness, Ben is always pushing the boundaries of creativity and exploring new angles. In this video he talks a bit about what's important to him and when he needs the protection of the Outex waterproof case and its underwater housing system. You can learn more about Ben and his photography at www.Outex.com under the PROS page.

Ale Socci is one of the original Outex underwater housing customers and we've been innovating together in part because of his feedback and input over the years. Ale is a professional adventure photographer, and represents Canon. Ale is always pushing the photography envelope, both above and underwater. We're fortunate that his talents, skills and opportunities have intersected into an impressive body of work that spans virtually all continents in an array of fields of photography, landscape, travel, sports, and adventure. We're proud of the partnership and collaboration over the years. Learn more about Ale Socci at www.Outex.com under our PROS page.

Sports photographer Jonne Roriz has been a professional photographer for over 20 years, having covered water sports, underwater productions, travel, and industrial subjects with 30 national and international wards to his credit.  Jonne has covered the Olympic Games since 2004.  As a former swimmer, Jonne brings an unique athlete's perspective to his work and style.