Photographer and diver Jean Cassou transforms the immensity of the sea into a sensitive work of art.
Jean Cassou, born in 1955 in France, is a passionate underwater photographer whose career has been marked by a love of the sea and of photography. It was in a swimming pool in Maisons-Alfort, in 1975, that he discovered the first safety techniques involved in scuba diving. Two years later, accompanied by his wife Catherine who passed on her love of photography, he tried his hand at underwater photography during a trip to the Maldives. Although the results were modest, his fascination with the underwater world was immediate and lasting.
His professional activities regularly took him to the French overseas departments and territories, where he immersed himself in the brilliant colours of the Caribbean Sea, the Pacific and the Polynesian lagoons. In Tahiti, decisive encounters with photographer Philippe Bachet and diving instructor Éric Lecoedic reinforced his vocation. In 1990, he became a diving instructor, and in 1992 he began to produce his first marine images.
Since then, he has carried out numerous reports and expeditions, from the Caribbean to South-East Asia, including New Caledonia, Thailand, the Philippines and Raja Ampat. His photographs, which are both aesthetically pleasing and committed, are regularly published in the specialist press, in particular in Plongeurs International, and distributed by the Biosphoto agency. His work bears witness to a deep respect for the world of silence and a constant commitment to its preservation.
