Flash-sport - Evènements Sportifs

For the last 30 years, through a remarkable partnership, we have held the exclusive photographic rights for the major mass sporting events for all competitors.

Paris-Versailles 1996

Our exceptional experience (more than 10 000 days of shooting) increased as the races evolved throughout the years and www.maindruphoto.com became famous to both competitors and organizers. Our profession is and will remain the photography.

We do check very carefully every stages of the printing process.

The shots are taken by a team of 20 professional photographers, trained by Michel Maindru. They use the well-known digital CANON PRO EOS 1 D camera.

Jean-Yves DUPRE has been the Lab Manager for 20 years. He is in charge of the image processing on our Frontier Fuji 350 Minilab, and he is also responsible for all the administrative work together with Marie-Caroline.

At the end of 2002, we inaugurated a complete digital photographic production system. It is the only one in the world as far as the handling of floods of images is concerned.

This new system allows us to maintain our prices, to offer exceptional service, to react very quickly and to improve photo quality at the same time.
The use of this leading edge technology also enhances the image of each prestigious event.

It also enables us to post 50 000 photos on line per day on www.maindruphoto.com. The internet orders are processed within 48 hours.

In 2005, more than 1/2 million internet users visited our website and more than 25 millions pages were read.

Proofs are sent out by post within 72 hours after the event.

That is what our clients keep telling us. Competitors are used to the quality of pictures they see in the media and do not accept the poorer quality of the pictures they tend to be offered elsewhere.

Each picture is the result of careful research: the angle of shot, the background... Both competitors and organizers of the most important competitions also agree that the quality of our prints is exceptional.<br /> MAINDRU PHOTO's most beautiful prints are published by VANDYSTADT agency.

Dakar 2003

- We take photos of every participant, individually, several times during the race.
- The images are posted on line within 24 hours (search for photos by name or by race number) on our website www.maindruphoto.com.
- Automatic and free of charge despatching of proof photos to all the competitors on the Tuesday following the event.

- Printing of the photos in our own laboratory.
- Order despatch within 48 hours over the internet and within 10 days by post.
- New products: photos on cd-rom, photos via e-mail, privilege pack “all your photos”, t-shirts…
- Possibility of Maindru Photo’s financial contribution in exchange for the exclusive photographic rights and the sale of the photos to the competitors.
- Possibility of the supply of a photographic coverage according to your schedule of conditions, free of charge, with transfer of all rights, for your media partners and sponsors.

- Possibility to offer to your main sponsors a personalized cd rom, copyright free, for their communication on the event.
- Link between www.maindruphoto.com website with your organization’s website. Possibility to create a direct link between your competitors’ results and their personalized photos.

- Your event will be listed in "Our reports” section.
- All our partners have already demonstrated their confidence by giving us their commitment in 3-year contracts.

To determine the best partnership we can offer you, please contact:
Charles MAINDRU, phone: +33 2 41 88 05 85


Dakar 2002