Swimmer at the edge of the pool, goggles pushed up on his cap, during a swimming session at Paris Nanterre University

A year of sport at Paris Nanterre University

Role: Director / Photographer for Université Paris Nanterre
Date: September 2026

For a whole academic year, I followed sport as it is practised at Paris Nanterre University. From the swimming pool to the rugby pitch, from the gymnastics apparatus to the rhythmic gymnastics floor, I went to meet the students where they train.

This long-term project resulted in a film and a photo exhibition, made for the Trophées Sportifs, the sports awards given by the University.

Here is a selection of photographs from this year spent alongside them.

Swimmer holding on to the edge of the pool, goggles pushed up on his cap, at Paris Nanterre University

Rugby player wearing a scrum cap, focused at the side of the pitch with his teammates

Smiling gymnast in support on a bar during a gymnastics training session

Gymnast in mid-air, upside down, performing an acrobatic move in a gym

Gymnast in a turquoise leotard swirling a blue ribbon in rhythmic gymnastics

Player seen from behind in a red number 13 jersey printed Université Paris-Nanterre, in a sports hall

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A year of sport at Paris Nanterre University

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