Aurore
“After studying agronomy in order to stay close to nature,
I trained as a perfumer and worked in the fragrance
industry for four years. From the olfactory world to
the audiovisual sector, it’s an easy transition: today I’m
making documentaries and pursuing an ideal – to raise
people’s awareness of ecological problems.
In parallel with my professional life, I have always retained
an instinct for exploration, an urge to see new places.
Climbing mountains in the Alps, sailing, exploring Japan
and New Zealand, and especially the sea… I’m always
trying to go farther and deeper.
I started free-diving in Greece at the age of eight, searching
the seabed for treasures like amphora fragments, abalone
shells and sea urchins. Since then I’ve seen the birth
and development of this sport, which has now reached
professional levels.”
•• Free-diving
More than an extreme sport, free-diving is an extraordinary
immersion in the marine environment to rediscover
original sensations and experience a feeling of being
at one with the oceans. The sport depends entirely on
the divers’ strength and stamina, pitting them oneon-
one against the water. The sea accepts this human
presence, offering in return a harmonious exploration of
the seabeds, in perfect respect for the beauty and riches
of the deep.
Today free-diving has become a professional discipline,
with athletes participating in a circuit of international
competitions.
It includes events at sea and in the pool. The two pool
events are static apnoea, which involves remaining
underwater as long as possible, and dynamic apnoea –
swimming as far as possible underwater. The goal in all
of the marine events is to reach the greatest depth.
