Sports Photographer
Paris Area, France
Sports Photographer
Paris Area, France
- Founder of Sports Press Agency 42 Sports Images
- Freelance Sports Photographer since march 2005
- Contractor photographer, Icon Sports Media, Inc, since november 2006
- Contractor photographer, DPPI, since october 2007
- Senior Photography Editor, Sipa Press, since may 2007
- Freelance journalist since january 2006
- IT journalist (5 years at Groupe Tests as a senior writer, 2 years at Benchmark Group as a consultant)
- Team photographer for the french pro Paris Basket Racing during the 2005-2006 and the 2006-2007 seasons
- Editor in Chief at LesNouvelles.net february 2008 - january 2009
- Co-owner of Les Nouvelles.net - www.lesnouvelles.net january 2006 - january 2009, sold to US based company Quays in january 2009
- Co-founder of the IT Newsletter Group june 2007 - january 2009
Photographer: sports
Journalism: information security (techs, market, vendors, news, specialized in Identity & Access Management)
(Privately Held; Photography industry)
2009 — Present (less than a year)
The 42 Sports Images agency was founded in 2006 by the professional photographer, Christophe Elise. Specialized in US sports, in particular Baseball, the agency covers many events throughout the world: MLB, NBA games, European and Worldwide baseball championships (including the 2009 World Baseball Classic), French professional leagues of Basket, Soccer, French Internationals of Roland Garros, National and International meeting of Athletics, etc.
(Photography industry)
October 2007 — Present (1 year 10 months)
As a freelance, I am employed by DPPI and assigned to covering various sports events throughout the world.
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Photography industry)
October 2006 — Present (2 years 10 months)
As a freelance, I am employed by Icon Sports Media, Inc, and assigned to covering various sports event throughout the Europe.
Icon Sports Media, Inc. (Icon SMI) is an independent world-wide service providing digital images of U.S. and international sports to newspapers and magazines worldwide.
http://www.iconsportsmedia.com
(Privately Held; Photography industry)
March 2005 — Present (4 years 5 months)
Christophe Elise is a published Freelance Sports Photographer, specialized in US Sports (NBA, MLB NFL, NHL), with coverage of major events around the world.
Christophe has been noted for his keen eye for action, his instinct an his love for sport. While he admits a soft spot for US sports such as baseball, basketball and football, Christophe has shot the whole gamut of sports. His shots are known to be both action-packed and composed, pleasing the sports enthusiast as well as the esthete.
http://www.chris-elise.com
(Online Media industry)
February 2008 — January 2009 (1 year)
(Media Production industry)
June 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 8 months)
(Newspapers industry)
January 2006 — January 2009 (3 years 1 month)
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Photography industry)
May 2007 — May 2007 (1 month)
As a weekend news senior photography editor, I managed the news desk on fridays, saturdays, and sundays, coordinating news, developing and overseeing the editorial content. I was responsible for delegating assignments to staff photographers, and coordinating with editors to plan weekeend assignments.
Sipa Press covers world news thanks to a staff of 27 photographers, a network of more than 600 correspondents and exclusive distribution agreements with partner agencies such as Associated Press (AP) and the European Press Agency (EPA).
From political conflicts to high society stories, from entertainment to economics, Sipa Press has all the bases covered, 365 days a year. Nearly 2,000 images, captioned and complemented by text, are distributed daily in 40 countries.
Sipa Incorporated, based in New-York, ensures production and licensing for the American market.
http://www.sipa.com/
(Newspapers industry)
2002 — December 2005 (3 years)
(Newspapers industry)
2000 — 2002 (2 years)
(Newspapers industry)
April 2000 — October 2000 (7 months)
(Newspapers industry)
1998 — March 2000 (2 years)