Take you breath away

Some of the most extraordinary sailing images you'll ever see courtesy of Yvan Zedda and the BlueGreen photo agency

A turning point in Yvan’s sailing photography career happened in 1992 when he met the young, rising star in extreme sailing, Laurent Bourgnon. Yvan was fascinated by the amazing speed of Bourgnon’s trimaran RMO, and then later, Primagaz, which was achieving a 540 miles daily run singlehanded in 1984 - a hair-raising record that still stands eight years later. When Bourgnon won his first Atlantic Race (La Route du Rhum), Yvan was there to record it and his photographs sold all over the world.

With his gentle, efficient and friendly manner, Yvan began to be invited on to the flying machines of other famous skippers such Michael Birch and Alain Gautier. Today, he is considered by his peers as one of the very few masters of the important French Multihull circuit. His photographs are mostly done from helicopter - the only way to show the crew work and the complex platforms splashing through the waves and knifing along at speeds of 30 knots plus.

Supported by his staff of 3 in his Lorient-based studio, Yvan’s photographic activities extend to aerial and diving, food and cooking, portraits and landscapes, where his skills for difficult low lights produce dazzling results.

He is also represented by the BlueGreen Photographic Agency in Cowes.