February 2021 to June 2022
TARA OCEAN EXPEDITION
ONBOARD REPORTER – MULTIMEDIA JOURNALIST
I am documenting the new scientific expedition TARA MICROBIOMES. I was aboard the schooner for the first scientific leg of the mission in Patagonia in Chile. Later, I documented the Brazilian leg, from Macapa to Salvador de Bahia. We sailed the Amazonia river, from Macapa to Belem. In January 2022 I was back on board for the Antarctica leg. I joined the schooner at King George Island and we sailed in the Antarctica peninsula, and on the Weddell Sea. Finally, my last mission, was from Cape Town, in South Africa, to Luanda in Angola.
This new expedition aims to better understand planktonic life and the impact of global warming and plastic pollution on these microscopic organisms. My mission is to document the work of scientists and seamen while they are sampling the ocean.
I produce content (Photo, Video, and Podcast) for social media and for international TV media.
TARA OCEAN | 2021 – 2022
T3 AVENTURES | PARIS – TOKYO | 2021
July – August 2021
‘PARIS – TOKYO’ ROAD TRIP
CAMERA OPERATOR
Last summer, I took part in a new motorcycle road trip from France to Japan, organized by T3 AVENTURES. I filmed part of the adventure while the bikers were in Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan, for a series (3x26min), broadcast on Youtube.
See below the 2nd episode and some portraits of the people we met on the road.
PRODUCTION: T3 AVENTURES
October 2020
ORIENTATION RACE
FILMMAKER & PHOTOGRAPHER
AVENTURA TREK offers its participants a 100% female orienteering race in the magnificent landscapes of Alta Rocca, in the Corsican mountains. Each day, the teams walk for 8 hours and find their way using a map and a compass. I captured this very nice challenge in a 26-minute video and photos for the press and social media.
PRODUCTION: AVENTURA TREK
FILMMAKER & PHOTOGRAPHER | AVENTURA TREK | 2020
November 2019 – March 2020
CLIPPER RACE
ONBOARD REPORTER
Here I am, back on one of my toughest challenges so far, documenting the Clipper Race in extreme conditions for a 7 part television series (7x52min). The videos are broadcast internationally on SKY SPORTS in the UK, FOX SPORTS in the US, Australia, and the Middle East, on NAUTICAL CHANNEL in Europe….
From Cape Town in South Africa to Subic Bay in the Philippines, I have been filming and taking photos of the teams while facing extreme conditions: from the storms of the Southern Ocean along the roaring forty’s to the unbearable heat while crossing the Equator…
PRODUCTION: 1080 MEDIA TV
ONBOARD REPORTER | CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD YACHT RACE | 2019/2020
PHOTOGRAPHER | T3 AVENTURES | CHALLENGE FRANCE – PERSE | 2019
September – October 2019
‘FRANCE – PERSE’ ROAD TRIP
PHOTOGRAPHER
I worked as a photographer on the Challenge France-Perse 2019, a motorcycle road trip from France to Iran, organized by T3 AVENTURES.
33 motorbikes and 2 sidecars left France on the 15th of September 2019 and arrived one month later in the amazing city of Persepolis in Iran.
PRODUCTION: T3 AVENTURES
September 2019
“LE VOYAGE EXTRAORDINAIRE DES FOGGS”
DIRECTOR & FILM EDITOR
During summer 2019, I worked on the editing of the 52 minutes movie: “Le Voyage extraordinaire des Foggs”.
DIRECTOR, CAMERA OPERATOR, VIDEO EDITOR: Maéva BARDY
PRODUCTION: T3 AVENTURES
DURATION: 52 minutes
SYNOPSIS: a bunch of bikers called the “Foggs” experience a 22,000km journey from Bangkok to Paris. A long way home along with one of the most beautiful transcontinental roads on the planet, the silk roads. It is a rich and strong human story about ordinary people who achieve something remarkable far from their comfort zone.
FILM DIRECTOR | “LE VOYAGE EXTRAORDINAIRE DES FOGGS” | 2019
PHOTOGRAPHER & FILMMAKER | T3 AVENTURES | “LONG WAY HOME” ASIA | 2019
April – July 2019
‘BANGKOK-PARIS’ ROAD TRIP
PHOTOGRAPHER & FILMMAKER
I did 22.000 km from Bangkok to Paris as a Photographer and Filmmaker: a new challenging experience sitting on the back of a maxi trail. A 3-month road trip along with one of the most beautiful transcontinental of the planet: the silk road.
PRODUCTION: T3 AVENTURES
PARTNERS: MICHELIN and MOTOBLOUZ
March 2019
‘SAIL IN’ FESTIVAL
DIRECTOR & FILM EDITOR
‘La Course de Leur Vie’ was screened at the ‘SAIL IN‘ Festival of Bilbao on the 8th of March. I was invited to introduce my film and participate in the Talk on the role of women in ocean sailing for Women’s Day.
[…] « La course de leur vie », documentaire réalisé par la française Maéva Bardy, media woman lors de la dernière Clipper Race, récit palpitant magnifié par des plans absolument phénoménaux d’une tempête essuyée dans le Pacifique Nord.” VOILES ET VOILIERS
SAIL IN FESTIVAL | BILBAO – SPAIN | 2019
PHOTOGRAPHER & FILMMAKER | T3 AVENTURES | AUSTRALIA | 2018
November – December 2018
THE OUTBACK ON A MOTORBIKE
PHOTOGRAPHER & FILMMAKER
My first experience as a Photographer and Camera Operator on a motorbike… I was in charge of documenting this 7.000 km journey in South Australia and Tasmania. A 20-motorcycles adventure trip.
PRODUCTION: T3 AVENTURES
October 2018
“LA COURSE DE LEUR VIE”
DIRECTOR & FILM EDITOR
‘La Course de Leur Vie’, is a 20 min movie where I share my insight working as an Onboard Reporter. The short film has won the ‘Prix du Public’, awarded by the audience at the WATERPROOF FESTIVAL in Geneva, the 11th of October 2018.
DIRECTOR, CAMERA OPERATOR, VIDEO EDITOR: Maéva Bardy
CO-PRODUCTION: Maéva Bardy, 1080 MEDIA TV
DURATION: 20 minutes
SYNOPSIS: Filmed onboard a 70-foot ocean racing yacht miles closer to the International Space Station than to land, Maéva Bardy, onboard cinematographer for the Clipper Round the World Yacht Race, faces phenomenal sea-states, hurricane conditions as well as extremes of heat and cold in pursuit of her documentary. This insightful behind-the-scenes story captures both the exhilaration and exhaustion experienced by the Race Crew in The Race of Their Lives.
PARTICIPATING IN Q&A AFTER THE SCREENING | WATERPROOF FESTIVAL | GENEVA
ONBOARD REPORTER | CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD YACHT RACE | 2017/2018
September 2017 – July 2018
CLIPPER RACE
ONBOARD REPORTER
I started working for CLIPPER ROUND THE WORLD YACHT RACE in the 2017/18 edition. My job involved filming onboard the Clipper yachts, writing logs, and editing wrap-up videos for social media in one of the most challenging environments.
1080 MEDIA TV is producing a 7 part television series (7x52min), broadcast internationally on SKY SPORTS in the UK, FOX SPORTS in the US, Australia, and the Middle East, on NAUTICAL CHANNEL in Europe…
PRODUCTION: 1080 MEDIA TV
March – September 2017
AN AWARD-WINNING TV SERIES
CAMERA OPERATOR
Working with 1080 MEDIA, a TV production company based in London, led me to work on a range of projects such as a TV travel series called “EARTH CYCLE”.
“EARTH CYCLE” is a study of flora, fauna, and people, set around an epic cycling journey across Scandinavia for a 5 part television travel series (5x25min).
As a camera operator, I was filming the journey of Simon Parker, a journalist and travel writer (The Telegraph, BBC…), as he was cycling from North Cape to the South end of Sweden.
PRODUCTION: 1080 MEDIA TV
AWARD: TRAVEL MEDIA AWARD 2020
