Industrial Photographer

After over 10 years’ experience in the industrial world, I support companies in creating attractive, impactful visuals for their image. Through a photo reportage at the heart of your factories, I showcase your expertise, your roles, your infrastructure and equipment. Whatever the constraints of your environment, my experience and technical mastery enable me to meet your most ambitious projects.

A strategic partner to many major international groups and SME in the industrial sector (Butagaz, Vinci, Mecalux, SNCF, Lactalis, Calix, Tetra Pak, Ceva Santé Animale, Bizerba), I lead multi-site projects across France and abroad, with the ability to communicate in English.

I work across a wide range of sectors: aerospace, automotive, food processing, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, nuclear, metallurgy, etc. On this site, I invite you to explore my creative vision and my tailor-made working methodology for images that set you apart from the competition.

Finally, thanks to a collaborative approach, I offer you photos of your industry that help you meet your image challenges, employer-brand needs, product photography, advertising campaigns and any other communication requirement.

Maël Gonnet

contact@maelgonnet.com

06 08 96 68 14

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Logo Ceva Santé Animale, industrie pharmaceutique vétérinaire
Logo de l'entreprise industrielle Boccard située à Rennes
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Tetra pak logo industry
Logo de l'industriel Calix
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Logo Ceva Santé Animale, industrie pharmaceutique vétérinaire
Logo de l'entreprise industrielle Boccard située à Rennes
Logo Mecalux logistique
Tetra pak logo industry
Logo de l'industriel Calix
Logo-Bizerba-Industrie-Packaging
Logo Ceva Santé Animale, industrie pharmaceutique vétérinaire
Logo de l'entreprise industrielle Boccard située à Rennes
Logo Mecalux logistique
Tetra pak logo industry
Logo de l'industriel Calix
Logo-Bizerba-Industrie-Packaging
Logo Ceva Santé Animale, industrie pharmaceutique vétérinaire
Logo de l'entreprise industrielle Boccard située à Rennes

Support methodology
for your industrial photo reportage

To best meet your expectations, I suggest starting each collaboration with a briefing dedicated to your industrial photography project.
The aim of this discussion is to understand your objectives and the context of your request: a website redesign, a recruitment campaign, employer-brand communication, or an advertising campaign.

Together, we define the messages to convey, the environments to showcase, and the teams to highlight. This preparation work makes it possible to design a structured reportage, aligned with your priorities and the visual tone you want to give your communication.

Drawing on my experience in the industrial world, I anticipate the technical, logistical, or safety constraints linked to your environment to ensure a smooth and efficient session on the day of the shoot.

A collaborative approach with digital tools is, in my view, a guarantee of success for your factory photography project.

That is why I encourage communication and sharing throughout the shoot.

To achieve this, I rely on a connected shoot that will foster the involvement of participants, critical feedback, and encourage proactive suggestions.

After a few days, you will receive a pre-selection of raw, unretouched photos via an online gallery. I then invite you to choose your favourite images. This will allow me to carry out detailed, in-depth retouching on the most relevant and impactful photographs for your project.

This methodology aims to produce photographs that meet your needs with an optimal result.

Testimonials from industrial companies

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Your questions for an industrial photographer

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What is an industrial photographer?

An industrial photographer is a professional who specialises in creating visuals of production activities, technical installations, and manufacturing environments. Their expertise goes far beyond simply mastering photographic technique.

This profession requires a deep understanding of industrial challenges. An industrial photographer knows how to work safely in demanding environments, follow the strict protocols of production sites, and identify angles that genuinely showcase your activity without compromising the confidentiality of your processes.

An industrial photographer’s areas of work:

  • Production reportages: documenting your production lines, assembly processes, quality checks
  • Facility photography: showcasing your industrial equipment, specialised machines, technical infrastructure
  • Role portraits: highlighting your teams in real working situations
  • Industrial product photography: creating commercial visuals for your equipment and solutions

Beyond photographic technique, an industrial photographer understands the visual codes of your sector. They know which elements highlight your expertise, which scenes demonstrate your professionalism, and which details reassure potential clients. This sector intelligence makes all the difference between decent photos and visuals that truly serve your commercial strategy.

Safety is also a major issue. An industrial photographer knows the risks associated with production environments and equips themselves accordingly. They follow your safety protocols, wear the required personal protective equipment, and adapt their working methods to the constraints of your site.

Industrial photo reportage is the way to reveal what goes on behind the scenes in your factories. High-quality visuals will help you communicate your expertise more effectively and, in turn, make you more attractive to your clients, suppliers, and other partners. Whether physical or digital, your communication materials will have even greater impact.

Give your clients a high-quality image that strengthens your added value in their eyes!

With over 10 years’ experience in the industrial world, I know its requirements and visual communication challenges inside out. In particular, I have taken part in key projects requiring targeted internal and external communication, highlighting my clients’ strengths and competitive advantages.

Through my experience, I have developed a deep understanding of light in factories. I also pay attention to the smallest graphic detail that can enhance your manufacturing processes or your equipment.

Hiring a single photographer to cover all your industrial sites offers many advantages—strategic, practical, and economic.

  • Visual consistency across all your sites
    Working with a single provider ensures a consistent result across your different factories, logistics platforms, or workshops. Your brand image is respected and enhanced, whatever the site presented.
  • One point of contact, one briefing
    You gain simplicity in management: one contact person, one briefing, one logistics coordination. This saves you time and avoids unforeseen issues linked to multiple providers.
  • Better cost control
    Centralising the service often helps reduce production costs (travel, equipment, post-processing) while ensuring quality follow-up across all sites.
  • A deep understanding of your industrial challenges
    With experience of technical environments and on-the-ground constraints (safety, PPE, confidentiality, ongoing production), I quickly grasp your codes, your messages, and your needs. The result: impactful visuals aligned with your company culture.
  • A turnkey image library
    At the end of the assignment, you have a unified gallery that can be used across all your channels: website, annual reports, HR campaigns, sales brochures, etc.

I carry out multi-site shoots in your factories, workshops, or logistics platforms, ensuring a consistent visual result across all locations. This consistency is essential to strengthen your brand image, harmonise your communication materials, and reflect your company’s standards, whatever the site.

The price of an industrial photo reportage depends on several factors, directly linked to on-site requirements and communication objectives:

  • The scope of the project: duration of the assignment, number of sites to cover, access to production areas, safety constraints, or specific equipment requirements.
  • The photographer’s expertise: a professional experienced in industrial environments will know how to capture the reality on the ground while showcasing your roles and installations.
  • The expected level of finish: number of visuals delivered, degree of retouching, aesthetic consistency for your different media (web, print, annual reports…).
  • Selected options: aerial drone shots, additional photographs, licensing of usage rights for advertising communication, etc.

Each industrial photographer works according to their own methods, but on average, a one-day reportage ranges between €1,000 and €3,000, depending on the complexity of the project.

As an industrial photographer, I work with a structured, tailor-made approach. Each assignment begins with an in-depth discussion to understand your roles, your working environment, and your objectives. My role is to create visuals that are true to your industrial reality, while aligning them with your brand image and communication materials.

Request a free quote tailored to your project now.

Our sectors of operation

Angers – Brest – Nantes – RennesParisLille