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Born in Aix-Les-Bains in Savoie January
21st, 1967 Jean-Francois Vibert began his career in journalism
in 1991 while pursuing courses at the Ecole Normale Superieure,
where he studied History of Art, Design, Graphics, Photography,
and CAP (obtaining his teaching degree in Applied Arts in 1992).
Fascinated by extreme sports, he published his first photos and
texts articles in Ski-Français, Planchemag, Wind, and,
Equipe-Magazine. Mr. Vibert is an adept skier, wind surfer, sailing
instructor, and was a pionner of the snowboard in France, he
began as early as 1984.
After completing his military
service in the department of Information and Public Relations
for the Army (he created a project called « Press for the
French UN Soldier »). He also taught Grahic Design in a
Parisian High School before launching himself into the adventures
of Freelance journalism, where he obtained his Press card in
1993. Overtime this «savoyard» began specializing
in action and travel photo shoots. He collaborated on many pubications
that deal with tourism and sports (VSD, Le Figaro Magazine, Max,
XL, FHM, NewLook, Voici, Télérama Junior, Femina
Hebdo, Le Monde des Ados, and National Géographique).
One can also find his images in advertisements (Wanadoo, Sony,
SIRPA) and also in many travel catalogs (UCPA, Club Aventure,
Terre d'aventure, VVF).
Always fascinated by new technologies,
he created his website in 1997 (Actionreporter.com), he is a consultant
of internet marketing, was a co-founder of a start-up company,
which was created the end of 1999 (Ridingzone.com was bought by France-Telecom
10 months later) and also trains many professionals in this area.
 In 2001 hebecame a true convert to the
world of digital photos and was fortunate to be solicited by
a school of journalism to teach digital photography. Today, he
divides his time between taking photos, editing images, and creating
and implementing training courses for independent photographers
and companies.
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