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PHOTOGRAPHER
CINEMATOGRAPHER
ON-BOARD REPORTER
SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITIONS & ADVENTURE DOCUMENTARIES
Photographer, cinematographer and on-board reporter, specialized in scientific expeditions and adventure documentaries. For ten years, I have documented life at the edges of the world, from Arctic ice to the Amazon, the Pacific Ocean to the Silk Road. My footage has been broadcast internationally on Canal+, NHK, SKY Sports and FOX Sports, awarded the Audience Award at Waterproof Film Festival (Geneva, 2018), and my photographs have been exhibited at Visa pour l’Image (Perpignan) and at Maison de la Radio (Paris).
A Master’s in molecular biology from École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, followed by journalism and filmmaking, a scientific background that anchors my work on the field.
Recent work includes the documentaries Tara Polar Station (Novo 19, premiering June 2026) and Les Explorations de Monaco (Monaco Info, 2026).
Behind the camera and behind the scenes : selected works below.
“Maéva managed to capture some of the best footage of oceanic storm-driven waves in the North Pacific I have ever seen.”
SIR ROBIN KNOX-JOHNSTON
Clipper Race Chairman
TARA POLAR STATION
ARCTIC EXPEDITION
I spent five months aboard the world’s first drifting polar research station, to direct a 52-minute documentary for Novo 19.
This test mission was designed to prepare the vessel for the next 20 years of scientific drifts in the Arctic. A unique experience with 12 crew members, between endless arctic summer and continuous polar night, facing polar bears, a technical failure and complete isolation.
ONBOARD REPORTER | CINEMATOGRAPHER | 2026
ONBOARD REPORTER | TARA OCEAN | since 2015
TARA OCEAN FOUNDATION
SCIENTIFIC
EXPEDITIONS
My first experience as an On-Board Reporter was on the schooner Tara in 2015. Since then, I have embarked multiple times, from the canals of Patagonia to Antarctica and the Amazon River, and most recently on the new expedition Tara Coral.
My role is to document each expedition through various forms of media (video, photography, podcast, writing), and to engage the general public around the importance of understanding and protecting the ocean.
The Tara Ocean Foundation has been a defining chapter of my journey as a journalist.
CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD RACE
OCEAN RACING
On-board reporter on the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race for two editions (2017–2018 and 2019–2020), working for London-based production company 1080 Media TV.
My footage fed the 7-part international TV series The Race of Their Lives, broadcast worldwide (SKY Sports, FOX Sports). Embedded on a 70-foot racing yacht, I documented life at sea through hurricane conditions in the North Pacific.
Among the most demanding shoots of my career.
ONBOARD REPORTER | CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD YACHT RACE | 2017/2018 & 2019/2020
SHORT FILM DIRECTOR “LA COURSE DE LEUR VIE”
AWARD-WINNING SHORT FILM
CLIPPER asked me to put together some of my footage to share my insight and behind-the-scenes experience from the Clipper round-the-world yacht race 2017/18.
My short film “La Course de Leur Vie” won the Prix du Public at the Waterproof Film Festival (Geneva, 2018), and was selected at the Sail-In Festival (Bilbao, 2019) and the Into the Blue Festival (Brussels, 2020).
PHOTOGRAPHER AND FILMMAKER | SILK ROAD | 2019
T3 AVENTURES
TRANSCONTINENTAL
MOTORCYCLE
EXPEDITIONS
Beyond the ocean, I have documented several motorcycle expeditions. In 2019, a three-month road trip along the Silk Road, from Bangkok to Paris through 22 countries including Laos, China, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Iran and Turkey. The expedition gave rise to the 52-minute documentary Le Voyage Extraordinaire des Foggs.
In 2022, I took part of the France–Japan motorcycle journey, for a 78-minute documentary.
Earlier collaborations include the Australian Outback tour (2018, Brisbane to Tasmania) and the France–Iran expedition (2019), both documented through photo and video.