Underwater photographer and cameraman for many years, diver Yves Lefèvre is exhibiting his images for 10 days (from June 21 to 30, 2019) at the Valverde Art Gallery, Place des Vosges in Paris.
A first aid instructor at the Civil Protection until 1985, Yves has also been a diving instructor since 1982 and a class 2 diver. He left for French Polynesia in 1985 and founded the first diving center of the Tuamotu Islands in Rangiroa, the Raie Manta Club. He then opened the second Raie Manta Club on the atoll of Tikehau in 1992, and has been organizing encounters with humpback whales in Rurutu, in the Austral archipelago, every year since 1996.
In 1987, he guided the Calypso in the Tuamotu for Commander Jacques-Yves Cousteau and worked on a number of film productions such as Atlantis with Luc Besson, Ushuaia with Nicolas Hulot, and Coral Reef Adventures with Michelle and Howard Hall. He co-wrote several underwater documentaries: the Lagoon of the Manta Rays in 1997, the Dance of the Whales in 1998, Sandra and the Unknown Shark in 2002, Sharks under Close Surveillance in 2006. He also published, alone or with other authors, three illustrated books: Rangiroa under the Sign of the Fish, Little Whale and the Guide to the Fishes of Tahiti and its Islands.
Photographer at Bios agency and underwater cameraman for several years, he collaborates with Christian Pétron on Cinémarine productions and is a member of Jean-Michel Cousteau’s team, Ocean Futures Society. Yves Lefèvre is also developing an ecotourism program in Colombia in the tropical wildlife and flora sanctuary of Malpelo Island as well as in the Colombian Orinoco and Amazon.His 6 key dates
- 1962: born in Suresnes
- 1975: begins pool diving in Paris.
- 1983, he embarks on a backpacking world tour that takes him from Tahiti to New Caledonia and then to Indonesia…
- 1985: he settles in French Polynesia and founds the Raie Manta Club.
- 1987: he guides Commander Cousteau’s Calypso in the Tuamotu.
- 2004: he publishes “Rangiroa, Under the Sign of the Fish,” a book gathering fifteen years of photographs taken in the beautiful passes of Tiputa and Avatoru.
Public exhibition from June 21 to 30, 2019
Valverde Art Gallery – 16 Place des Vosges – 75004 PARIS