Twenty-eight-year old JANIS PIPARS from Latvia, a participant in World Press Photo's Baltic seminar program in 2001-2002 and a nominee for the Joop Swart Masterclassin 2005, started his career as a photo-reporter for the Latvian news agency AFI. Among other publications in which his images have appeared in an eight-year career are The New York Times, Time Magazine, The Times and the US News and World Report. Represented by World Picture News.
I spent two weeks at the Winter Olympic games 2006 and was particularly proud to record the preparations of Aerodium, eleven fellow Latvians selected as some of the stars of the closing ceremony. They were skydivers who created a unique show. People around the world, and especially in Latvia,
were astonished by their performance.
© Janis Pipars 2006
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