Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

**Photographer specializing in portraiture and reportage**, I develop a documentary and sensitive approach, centered on presence, faces, and places.

Portfolio:mderville.myportfolio.com

My work is driven by a search for authenticity: **capturing an atmosphere, revealing a personality, translating an identity without artifice**. I pay particular attention to natural light, gestures, expressions, and interactions.

Alongside personal projects conducted abroad, I offercollaborations with companies, brands, and institutions**wishing to produce authentic images**, far from standardized visual codes, capable ofreinforcing an identity**, **enhancing know-how,**documenting key moments** in an organization's life, including on-site immersion, in varied or demanding environments.

I notably work on:

–Portraits(executives, personalities, artists, teams, editorial portraits...)

–Reportages(immersion, know-how, behind-the-scenes, company life, on-site interventions...)

–Editorial projects and visual contentfor digital and print communication

Approach:

– Simple and demanding art direction

– Work in natural light

– Search for authentic, embodied, and lasting images

– Ability to quickly build rapport with photographed individuals

Collaboration Modalities:

–One-off interventions(portrait or reportage shooting)

–Editorial or brand assignments(production of image series)

– **Tailor-made projects**, built according to objectives and uses

Portfolio:mderville.myportfolio.com

Languages

French
Native or bilingual
English
Fluent

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Bordeaux (up to 50km), Lille (up to 50km), Marseille (up to 50km), Lyon (up to 50km)

VACHON ET ASSOCIES
Corporate Portraits – Company Sale Signing
CONSULTING AND AUDITS
April 2026 - April 2026
Paris, France
Production ofcorporate portraitsas part of a company sale signing for Vachon Associés:

–Portraits of stakeholdersandgroup photos
– Production of corporate images for communication of the operation
– Selection and post-production
– High-definition image delivery
Portrait Photographer Corporate Photographer Institutional Communication Event Reportage Photo Post-production
Agence Joseph
Event Reportage – Portraits and Key Moments
February 2026 - February 2026
Paris, France
Photographic reportagecarried out during a private event:

–Portraits, capturing key moments and interactions
– Work in natural light, with a discreet and documentary approach
– Selection and post-production
– High-definition image delivery for personal use
Reportage Photographer Natural Light Photography Event Photographer Documentary Photography Portrait
Peutz
Series of Editorial Portraits in Cultural Institutions
CIVIL ENGINEERING
January 2021 - July 2022 (1 year and 6 months)
Paris, France
Series of **black and white portraits created for Peutz**, as part of a **reference work dedicated to its museographic projects**:

– Creation of portraits within major cultural institutions (Louvre Museum, Musée d’Orsay, Jérôme Seydoux-Pathé Foundation…)
– Proposal of several portrait variations for each location (staging, interactions with the space)
– Construction of a coherent editorial series enhancing the locations and people
– Final selection in collaboration with the client
– Images intended for print publication
Portrait Photographer Editorial Portrait Photo Art Direction Environmental Photography (in situ) Natural Light Photography