Jason Pickering’s trajectory to becoming one of Antigua & Barbuda’s preeminent photographers is nothing short of remarkable. Born in the UK, Jason’s distinguished career in the world of science – including a postdoctoral research fellowship at Oxford University – turned one hundred and eighty degrees when he became an expedition diving officer in the Philippines, before returning home to start his own diving company. Not content to stay under the waves, he later trained as a commercially endorsed yacht master, buying and refitting a 39-foot yacht, Ciao, which became his home for the next seven years. Like so many before them, when he and his wife Kirsti – whose background is as diverse as that of her husband – arrived by yacht in the twin islands, they fell in love with the country and decided to make it home.
Always a serious photographer and having established his own studio in English Harbour, Jason now combines his passions for photography, yachting and the undersea world in the paradisiacal surroundings of Antigua & Barbuda.
