THE CREW

People make the difference.

A coordinated production team, brought together around your yacht, your story and the scale of your project.

Yacht at anchor in Croatia

SINCE 1999

On the water.
In our element.

Jocelyn Passeron’s experience combines yacht photography with work as a watersports instructor and deckhand aboard Trident, a 65 m Feadship, and the 95 m Lauren L. This first-hand experience of life on board informs every shoot, from crew preparation and deck operations to changing light and conditions at sea.

Jocelyn Passeron

Photography · creative direction · productionJocelyn Passeron

Founder of The Yacht Photographer, Jocelyn has photographed more than 300 yachts since 1999. Based in Antibes and working worldwide, he combines a photographer’s eye with first-hand experience of life and work on board. He shapes the visual direction around each yacht, from its architecture and details to its movement at sea, and brings together the film, aerial and underwater specialists needed for the brief. He oversees the production from preparation to the final images.

Hadrien d’Hastugue

Film & droneHadrien d’Hastugue

Hadrien began working with Jocelyn in 2008 as his photography assistant, before developing his own filmmaking practice and founding Film4Yachts. Today he is The Yacht Photographer’s principal film collaborator. A qualified drone and FPV pilot, he brings together camera work on board and aerial sequences within a consistent visual story. His long-standing working relationship with Jocelyn helps photography and film move together, with a shared understanding of the yacht, the light and the client’s priorities.

Film4Yachts ↗

Lucien Durris · DroneCast

Cinema drone · second cameraLucien Durris · DroneCast

A Nice-based director of photography, Lucien spent years working as a helicopter camera operator before moving into drone cinematography. With the DroneCast crew, he brings the experience of professional film sets to our aerial productions, with separate specialists for flight and camera framing. He also contributes as a second camera operator. This background supports more ambitious sequences, precise camera movement and continuity with the images filmed on board.

Selected DroneCast productionsL’Amour ouf · The Son · The Walking Dead: Daryl Dixon · Formula 1: Drive to Survive

DroneCast filmography ↗

Éric Bornes

Camera · second-unit cinematography · underwaterÉric Bornes

Éric brings more than 30 years of experience as a camera operator and second-unit director of photography on international productions. His career includes work with Tom McCarthy, Jacques Perrin, John Woo and Oliver Stone. A member of the Cousteau team since 1998, he combines experience at sea with specialist knowledge of underwater camera systems and remote heads. For yacht productions, he brings this cinema background to demanding camera work above and below the surface.

Selected film creditsOcéans · L’Odyssée · Stillwater · The Killer · Heads of State

Éric’s filmography ↗

Myriam Arif

Production coordinationMyriam Arif

With an engineering background in quality management, safety and risk analysis, Myriam brings structure to productions involving several disciplines. She coordinates travel, logistics and schedules around the yacht and the people on set. Her role is to connect the practical details of the brief so the photographers, filmmakers and specialist crews can concentrate on the images.

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