United States

Jan Pehrson is a sailor, photographer, writer, and storyteller whose lens has captured some of the most exciting and beautiful regattas in the world. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area and spending winters in St. Petersburg, Florida when not at sea, she combines her skills as a racing and cruising sailor, Coast Guard licensed skipper, and former junior sailing instructor with a journalist’s eye for detail. This intimate familiarity with sailing and its communities infuses her work with both technical accuracy and artistic depth, allowing her photographs and articles to convey the beauty, thrill, and drama of the sport with unusual authenticity.