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freediving photography :
To take his pictures, Fred uses a simple formula: the water, available light, a camera, and one breath of air. A free diver is able to capture unique moments thanks to his simple equipment and ease of movement. Frederic has been taking pictures down to 55m on a single breath on remote locations where scuba divers can’t access. Loyalty Islands, North Pole, and offshore pinnacles are some examples. To do so, compact and strong equipment is a must. His choice since the beginning was Aquatica housings for his digital cameras.

the charter :
Because digital imaging allows so many manipulations, Frederic wanted to follow strict rules for his work. To mark his radical choices, he established a charter that he applies to his pictures

1-	All the images are taken during freediving action. The technique used can be constant weight diving, free immersion or even sled diving for the deepest images. No breathing aids are ever used.
2-	All the images are taken in avaible light in order to give the closest possible testimony of the scene
3-	All the images are taken with digital cameras.
4-	The images might be post processed in image’s enhancement softwares but nothing is added or removed from the images by any process. The only allowance, is reframing to make it closer to Frederic’s vision of the scene.
5-	Frederic is a passive observer who wants to bring to a wide audience the beauties of the underwater world in it’s purest aspects. For that reason, he comits himself to disturb it as little as possible and to use environmental friendly ways and techniques to produce his images whenever possible.