ABOUT
AquaPIXELS' owner is Jo-Ann Wilkins, a Canadian underwater photographer, writer and PADI dive instructor based in Montreal, Canada. Passionate about cold water diving, she has organized and led numerous diving expeditions to the Great Lakes, Alaska, British Columbia and all along the St-Lawrence River. She was part of two Sea Women Expeditions in the Canadian Arctic and the Norwegian Arctic and was one of the photographers selected to take part in the major Canada C3 Expedition. Along with her husband, she ran the dive charter operation Scubamax on the St-Lawrence River and Lake Ontario for over a decade and guided divers on the many spectacular shipwrecks found in these waters. Her work has been featured in major Canadian and American publications such as Scuba Diving Magazine, Sport Diver Magazine, Diver Magazine, Red Bull and Underwater Photography Guide and is a contributing writer for the magazine En profondeur. She has worked for commercial clients such as Garmin and has been recognized in international photography competitions. Jo-Ann is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society.