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Jean-Marie Liot wins Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image Award 2016

Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image Award 2016

149 photographers spanning 25 countries participated in tis year edition of the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image 2016. Jean-Marie Liot, from France, won the main award, whilst the delegates from the Yacht Racing Forum and World Sailingโ€™s annual conference chose Nico Martinezโ€™s photograph for the Yacht Racing Forum award. Christophe Huchet won the public award, based on the votes on Facebook. The top 80 pictures can be viewed on the website.

French photographer Jean-Marie Liot won the main award thanks to an extraordinary picture of Morgan Lagraviรจre training ahead of the Vendรฉe Globe onboard his IMOCA  Safran, entirely submerged by a wave at high speed.

When I took this picture, I immediately knew I would send it to the Mirabaud Yacht Racing Image award“, says Jean-Marie. “The conditions were perfect and Morgan was pushing hard. I am very happy to win this contest, because it reassembles the best yacht racing photographers and the jury is made of professionals from within the yacht racing industry. Itโ€™s a real achievement“.

Based in La Trinitรฉ-sur-Mer, in Brittany, Jean-Marie Liot has been working as a professional yacht racing photographer since 1994. His assignments allow him to travel around the world, working for many skippers, sponsors and races and collaborating with the greatest yacht racing magazines.

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