Co-fondateur de Claris Image Builder - Photographe
"It takes a lot of marine knowledge to reveal a yacht's best sides
It takes a lot of technical background to master numerical recent art
It takes a lot of humility to serve its subjects instead of using them
It takes a lot of energy to load up new challenges every year
It takes a lot of academicism to know how to break the rules
It takes a lot of respect to stay away from easiness
It takes a lot of love to create generous pictures
It needs a lot of open mindedness to be a great Artist
It did not take many years for Nicolas Claris to become one of the greatest Photographer, although since 2000, thanks to all the above "lots of", he made his own path and keeps astonishing us, through his unique vision on parts of the surrounding world that he frames for our pleasure. Sometimes impeccably disruptive, some other times happily classic, always tenderly devoted.
Eclecticism is not an art in itself, but it gives Nicolas a freedom of tone, a creative force that allows him today to approach all subjects with this mixture of competence and respect that make us look at his work with a joyful pleasure, far from any seriousness, ready for all surprises. This is the talent of Nicolas Claris, who has gone from being a photographer by necessity to a significant contemporary artist."
Bruno Belmont - Groupe Bénéteau
In 2008, Sinar entrusted him with an HY6 for a year of intensive tests in conditions that were out of the ordinary for such equipment. Becoming addicted to medium format (large sensors), Nicolas Claris becomes one of the very few Pentax Ambassadors from 2012 to 2021. In 2021 he acquires a new equipment which gives him access to the latest technological advances (still in medium format but with a sensor of 102 million pixels, with amazing colors and image quality).
Photographic researches
Biography
Claris Image Builder - Video Director
«If a wide angle shot is what we can all do - more or less, we who have taken too many pictures at every turn and confused wide angle with an overall view - detail is what is lacking for our image-drowned eye with which we look at the world. Since 2000, Romain Claris has been directing short films, selected and awarded by a hundred international film festivals.
Then, only then the fold of fabric in a sewing machine, the stroke of a brush on a white page, the drops of rain on a train window, a pier by the sea, the hand of a sculptor, a pebble becoming a jewel, the flexible foot of a dancer, the look of a Bangladeshi fisherman, jute fibre becoming a boat, all these things, women, men filmed by Romain Claris, move us because they allow us to see, starting with the detail, a wider, richer world, more complex than we thought, so that, freeing our eye with his, we may be able to see better yet...»
Jacques Dubuisson - Screenplay writer, Director.
He graduated from the Conservatoire Libre du Cinéma Français in 2005.
He then became head of the video department of the advertising agency Claris Image Builder and produced more than 500 films since 2006.
In 2020, he co-founded and directed the Bordeaux Shorts Biennale that has received 874 submissions from 65 countries. The second edition will take place this October 21 2022 Cinema Utopia Bordeaux.
His last three short films made in 2022 are currently in the festival circuit:
"La danse" won the Best Art Film Award at the Athens International Monthly Art Film Festival.
"White Bear in Hippo Land" was awarded Best Animation Film at the Roma Short Film Festival.
"Black hole"is a short art film made for made "On the rocks" the upcoming Nicolas Claris & Romain Claris photography and video exhibition.
He give classes several times as a professor in the context of educational film projects, in 2013 at the Lycée de Pauillac. In 2019 and again in 2022 at the Lycée Victor Louis in Talence, he tutored ECLA students who wrote and directed three very short films on the issue of prejudices about ancient languages.
In development: "Les comptes de la lune", the 15-minute creative documentary offers another history of the invention of numbers and calculation.
He also signs with photographer Nicolas Claris several photography and video exhibitions including Bangladesh in 2013. Their latest exhibition NOIRS (2nd re-edition) took place the summer of 2019 in the gallery "La Vitrine" of Valerie Coraini.
Sans le soutien actif de nos partenaires cette exposition n'aurait pas été possible…
Un grand merci !
m2 Organisationis the organizer of the International Multihull Boat Show, which will celebrate its 13th anniversary this year. The port of La Grande Motte receives each year, in April, the biggest exhibition of multihulls. An exhibiting village adjacent to the port welcomes the entire industry and its equipment manufacturers, chandlers, hirers, sailmakers, carriers, insurance and banks, etc.
• More than 14,000 motivated visitors
Since 1993, AGL S.A. has been serving marine professionals. Participating in the construction, the renovation, the painting, the maintenance of all types of boats, AGL is today a specialist in boat paints, with Awlgrip as the main reference.
“The Claris family has always been very close to ours, they know at each time to invent and create in arts, admittedly already existing, but thanks to them we discover that they can be improved.
This quality of work is only the prerogative of great persons.”
"How to make color merchants love black? "
Pauline Lachkar, Gerard Lachkar, Richard Gibeaud
AGL
4 avenue du Centre
06150 Cannes la Bocca
Email:
agl-marine.com
Harken, Inc. is a leading manufacturer and distributor of innovative sailboat hardware and accessories. Headquartered in Pewaukee, Wisconsin, Harken manufactures in the USA and Italy.
Its network includes distribution in 48 countries, with group offices located in Australia, France, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States (Rhode Island, California, and Florida). Looking toward the future, Harken has built new, efficient facilities and has taken ownership and responsibility of manufacturing by bringing it in-house.
Sophisticated machinery, highly trained technicians, the innovative ideas of engineers, and enhanced work-flow models open unlimited possibilities for growth.
Pierre Massé
Harken France
ZA Port des Minimes BP 3064
17032 La Rochelle, France
Tel: (33) 05 46 44 51 20
info@harken.fr
harken.fr
The experience and world wide network developed by Olivier Lafourcade over the last 40 years as a yacht owner/captain and then as a yacht builder is a huge advantage, instilling a sense of confidence that he will find a buyer or the boat of your dreams as quickly as possible.
In 2019, after 31 years as head of CNB, with about 60 “custom” yachts and 100 “semi-custom” yachts built, he decided to hand over the reins to the younger generation and begin this new and exciting adventure. By offering his experience and knowledge of yachting to owners or future owners of sailing yachts and motor yachts from 18 to 40 meters, thus was born LAFOURCADE YACHT BROKER.
"I have worked with Claris Image Builder for more than 20 years. I really appreciate the way they work and their great knowledge of the « boat ».
Helping to expose the research work of Nicolas Claris and Romain Claris to the public in order to expand the field of visual communication in the world of sailing is an important motivation for me. Supporting art because it is open-minded, seems indispensable to me."
Olivier Lafourcade
LAFOURCADE YACHT BROKER
5 rue Garat
33000 bordeaux
Tél : 33 6 80 59 38 73
o.lafourcade@yachtbroker.fr
yachtbroker.fr
Nanni is an international leader on the market of marine diesel engines with a product range between 10 and 1900 hp, and for power generator sets from 6 kW up to 500 kW. Moreover, Nanni is one of the top three brands for marine inboard diesel engines in the world. With its new complete and exclusive range of marine engines, Nanni is the only company able to supply such varied propulsion solutions thanks to its unique marinization system NANNI COMPACT COOLING®.
Nanni is powered by an avant-garde spirit relying upon a centennial expertise in marine propulsion, power generation and power management.
At our production site located in La Teste de Buch (France), Nanni works close to its customers to develop custom engines and to allow them a serene, comfortable and privileged navigation.
"Encourager le travail d’artistes vivants permet de participer à l’émergence de nouveaux projets artistiques que l’état ne prend pas en charge. Associer son image à un événement, novateur et audacieux, partager des valeurs communes : prise de risque, innovation, progrès, partage, en faisant vivre une expérience inédite à ses collaborateurs et clients.
Des valeurs que Nanni Diesel cultive en devenant mécène de cette exposition de Romain et Nicolas Claris."
Amalia Festa
CEO
Nanni Industries SAS
11 avenue de l'Abbé Edme Mariotte
33260 La Teste de Buch
France
contact@nannidiesel.com"
nannidiesel.com
With 50 years of experience, more than 40,000 pieces of equipment sailing around the world, POCHON SA offers its professional and private customers unique know-how in the field of marine electronic navigation and communication.
POCHON agencies in the Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean with technical and commercial services will guide your choice among the leading brands of electronics and marine electricity, depending on the size of your boat and your navigation program. The commitment of our teams: Ensure an adapted, effective, reliable answer according to your project.
"Because art is important in our society, it feeds on creativity, research, imagination, because it is anything but fixed, we invite you to visit the exhibition "NOIRS", and to let you transport elsewhere, gently, taking advantage of the incredible and surprising riches of the NOIRS."
POCHON
Avenue Michel Crépeau
17000 La Rochelle
Tél : 05 46 41 30 53
support@pochon.com
pochon.com
Darnet Design conçoit le design intérieur et le style extérieur de superyachts et bateaux de série. Du concept préliminaire à la réalisation finale, notre équipe vous suit tout au long de la phase de conception et de réalisation de votre bateau.
L’agence, dirigée par Franck Darnet et installée à Nantes, est composée de talentueux designers et architectes d’intérieur alliant à leurs compétences artistiques et techniques, la passion de la mer.
L’Art de l’espace : nous concevons des intérieurs agréables à vivre, lumineux, donnant une sensation d’espace et de plaisir. Les volumes intérieurs sont dégagés afin d’obtenir un maximum d’espace visuel. Quelques centimètres, un jeu de courbe ou un joint creux sur un meuble peuvent changer la perception d’un volume.
Des styles d’aménagements « à la carte » : notre agence s’adapte aux désirs de ses clients, certains se rêvent dans un intérieur classique, d’autres dans une ambiance contemporaine. Cette diversité est pour nous une richesse. Dans les deux cas, l’approche conceptuelle et le souci du détail restent les mêmes.
Franck Darnet
37, quai de Versailles.br>
44000 Nantes - France
Tél. : +33 2 40 08 06 37
contact@darnet-design.com
darnet-design.com
Un subtil mélange de création et de connaissances, d'audace et de rigueur. La réussite de nos voiliers vient du rapport privilégié que nous entretenons avec nos clients.
Architecture navale : Notre mission d’architecte naval respecte les trois axes fondamentaux qui régissent la conception des bateaux :
- performance et respect des équilibres,
- harmonie générale et ergonomie,
- structure et résistance aux sollicitations mécaniques.
Design extérieur : Le designer intervient dès le début du projet afin d’associer de belles lignes au travail structurel des architectes, d’apporter harmonie et homogénéité dans le respect des contraintes techniques du bateau.
Design intérieur : « Deviner puis composer l’histoire que vous avez envie de vivre à bord de votre futur bateau… »
C’est avant tout de l’écoute, pour comprendre vos envies, vous embarquer dans vos rêves.
Ensuite, nous transformons cet imaginaire en réalité en créant une ambiance, associant matières et styles, mais aussi en maximisant chaque espace.
Isabelle Racoupeau - Olivier Racoupeau
3 bis, avenue des Amériques
17000 La Rochelle
Tel +33 (0)5 46 45 79 79
info@berret-racoupeau.com
berret-racoupeau.com
Un subtil mélange de création et de connaissances, d'audace et de rigueur. La réussite de nos voiliers vient du rapport privilégié que nous entretenons avec nos clients.
Architecture navale : Notre mission d’architecte naval respecte les trois axes fondamentaux qui régissent la conception des bateaux :
- performance et respect des équilibres,
- harmonie générale et ergonomie,
- structure et résistance aux sollicitations mécaniques.
Design extérieur : Le designer intervient dès le début du projet afin d’associer de belles lignes au travail structurel des architectes, d’apporter harmonie et homogénéité dans le respect des contraintes techniques du bateau.
Design intérieur : « Deviner puis composer l’histoire que vous avez envie de vivre à bord de votre futur bateau… »
C’est avant tout de l’écoute, pour comprendre vos envies, vous embarquer dans vos rêves.
Ensuite, nous transformons cet imaginaire en réalité en créant une ambiance, associant matières et styles, mais aussi en maximisant chaque espace.
CARPENTRY Our skilled craftsmen and on-site workshop can bring your ideas to realization, while our factory sourced millwork and veneers will provide an exact match to your vessel’s interior.
BOTTOM WORKS Our Multitech crew are exceptional at what they do, delivering exceptional bottom jobs to help maintain the integrity and value of your vessel.
RIGGING We pride ourselves in offering top quality sailboat rigging services and yacht hardware installations.
FIBERGLASS Our skilled fiberglass team has the talent and experience to tackle everything from custom creations to complex repairs.
UPHOLSTERY As an authorized dealer of NV equipment, premier outdoor boat protection specialists, we can replace your cockpit enclosure, decorative cushions, bimini top, and more.
INSTALLATIONS The Multitech team is well versed in custom installations of vessel enhancements, from solar charging systems to water makers and air conditioning to ice makers.
Laurent Buisson
info@multitechmarine.net
multitechmarine.net
In 1983, after studying at Southampton Solent University, Vincent Lauriot-Prevost and Marc Van Peteghem joined forces to establish the naval architecture firm VPLP Design.
Initially the pair specialized in multihull vessels and their designs enjoyed immediate success. Since then their boats have held most of the records and race titles, including the America’s Cup in 2010.
The firm also developed yachts such as Douce France and Hemisphere, the two largest cruising sailing catamarans ever built.
VPLP Design works regularly with Lagoon, a brand of the Beneteau Group. More than 4,000 cruising catamarans designed by the firm have been produced since 1986.
One of the VPLP’s most recent innovations involves the development of the reefable automatic wingsail Oceanwings (patented), a veritable “wind drive” for reducing the fuel consumption of freighters and cruising boats.
Today, VPLP Design’s international reputation derives from the many racing boats, cruisers and working vessels designed by its young team of naval architects based in France.
"To look, to see. The photographer becomes our own magician when he rises our eyes to the higher level of an image. Videographer leads us the same way. Nicolas & Romain Claris seek beauty in moments, lights, shapes. Whether sculptor or painters, they offer full emotion since they lead us beyond reality, through raw emotion, in which I feel so much part of.
Our friendship is no fortuity: it comes from our common empathy, our desire for a world with more balance, more freedom, more creativity. Through our own works or within our personal ideals, we continuously share a simple vision of what life could be."
Yacht Solutions offers its expertise in yacht equipment above and below deck to new CNB and Lagoon owners. Our know-how covers all the supplies needed for a comfortable life on board: safety equipment, tools, custom-made sheets, dishes, water sports. We also offer specific installations, based on our experience and those of the owners who preceded you. Our team of experts welcomes you in our showroom, located in the immediate vicinity of the shipyard. Once your selection is made, we fulfil your order and install everything on board so that your boat is ready to leave the day of delivery. We take care of export formalities and provide a worldwide guarantee, so that you get the most out of your new boat.
"The partnership between Claris Image Builder and Yacht Solutions dates back to the creation of our company. Visuals are critical in the marketing approach of the yachting industry. It seemed natural for us to choose Nicolas and Romain Claris for the production of images that convey the know-how and services offered by Yacht Solutions . They advised us, accompanied us in complex projects, with a lot of attention and kindness. They have become trusted and essential partners. Through our participation in the exhibition NOIRS, it is not only the great professionals that we acknowledge, but also the artists, who knew how to highlight all the colours of the black."
Marc Renwick
Yacht Solutions
179 quai de brazza
33100 bordeaux
France
+33 5 56 23 91 32
contact@yachtsolutions.fr
yachtsolutions.fr
