About

François Portmann
Born: Switzerland
Home base: New York City.
Focus: outdoor lifestyle and action sports, cultures, travel, nature & wildlife photography.
Background: portrait photography and photojournalism in the traditional medium.
Digital capture: over a decade.
Assets: hi-tech and old school photography techniques and approaches.
fotoportmann.com: showcase for assignments, portfolios and personal work.
fotoportmann.com/birds: the Nature & Wildlife pages.

(Hot air ballon pix by Pieter Steenkamp)
Clients include:
Red Bull Bicycling Magazine Mountain Bike Magazine Philip Morris
Skiing Magazine Swiss Intl. Airlines Outside Magazine Rodale Inc.
Motorex Concrete Wave Magazine Grand Raid Cristalp
Big Bike Magazine (France) Agence Rapsodia The Banff Mountain Center
SeventhSky Magazine (Switzerland) Freeride Magazine (Spain)
L’Illustre Magazine (Switzerland)