Discover Marseille’s iconic locations as seen from our drones, ablaze in the latest light of day!
Marseille at the magical moment of Sunset !
September 2024 – Opus 4: for this 4th episode, Sami Sarkis wanted to highlight the magical moment of sunset in Marseille.
A sun that rhymes, in french Soleil, with the name of this city, which is so luminous and radiates so generously throughout the year that it makes you wonder if the sun doesn’t live here!
The long, peaceful drone shots that make up this part of the series are a more contemplative invitation than ever to the city of Marseille, at a time of warm light, the last rays of daylight, long, well-spread shadows, the incandescence of landscapes and monuments, the beginning of the night, between Dogs and Wolves. Photographers’ favourite time of day, known as Golden Hours!
In short, Marseille sublimated by the Sunset, these never identical, always surprising settings of the sun, filmed by our drones between April 2020 and May 2024 and supported by music allowing you to enjoy the incredible sight of Marseille set ablaze by the star of fire!
Marseille by drone in 4, 5 or 6K !
The images speak for themselves, but it’s worth noting that some of the drone footage was shot in 6K, and in ProResRaw, like the first circular shot showing the Virgin and Child, a statue overlooking Marseille from the Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde basilica.
Thanks to the high definition of the original shot (which you can see on HOsiHO), it was possible to digitally zoom into the image during the 52 seconds of the sequence, slowly bringing the viewer so close to the golden statue that you can feel her gaze. This friendly gaze over Marseille, carried by the Good Mother from the top of her hill and offering a truly exceptional 360° panorama. With the drone circling gently around the Virgin Mary, we take our time to watch the whole city unfold in the background, ending up on the city’s other most symbolic landmark, the Velodrome stadium, again at sunset. We’ll leave you to discover the rest of the film, but keep in mind that all our drone shots of Marseille in 6K are here, on HOsiHO.
And for anyone who’s curious about Marseille, or for those who just want to check out their knowledge of the city, we’ve put together a gallery below – in chronological order of appearance – with a precise description of each shot, along with a photo from the clip and its timecode! (gallery unavailable on smartphone)
Enjoy, and please give us feedback on our Facebook Sublime Marseille page, or via our social networks.
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Gallery of sites and monuments appearing chronologically in
Sublime Marseille – Opus 4 – Spécial Sunset
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All our drone videos dedicated to Marseille !
While waiting for the next Opuses, here are the first episodes of Sublime Marseille, as well as the drone video shot during the first lockdown – Silence, Marseille Under Lockdown – and a video of some of our best images of the Bonne-Mère church, the Vélodrome stadium and the Pharo Palace, welcoming Pope François in September 2023.
You can also follow our Sublime Marseille Facebook page, where we keep you up to date with all the latest news from Marseille!
Sublime Marseille (Opus 4)
Fourth Opus of Sublime Marseille – September 2024
Coming Soon !
An episode focused solely on the magical moment of dusk.
A time of golden hours, warm lights, latest rays of daylight, long, well-spread shadows, the incandescence of landscapes and monuments, the beginning of the night, between Dogs and Wolves.
In short, Marseille sublimated by the Sunset, these never identical, always surprising sun settings, filmed by our drones between April 2020 and May 2024!
Visit the page dedicated to Opus 4 to find out more, and in particular browse the gallery of sites overflown.
Sublime Marseille (Opus 3)
Third Opus of Sublime Marseille – January 2024
Seven years after the second Opus, here’s the 3rd episode of our Sublime Marseille series, launched in 2016 and dedicated to fans of Marseille, wherever they may be on Earth!
With this Opus 3, we bring you the beauty of a city we’re passionate about, and that we actually fell in love with over 30 years ago. We know we’re not alone, and this aerial visual ode to France’s most beautiful city (at least!) won’t go unnoticed!
Visit the page dedicated to this Opus 3 and see the gallery of sites overflown to put a name to each location!
Sublime Marseille (Opus 2)
Here is the second part of our aerial production in Marseille seen by our drones, shot in 4K between February 2016 and April 2017 and put online in May 2017!
This time it is a question of discovering from above, from sunrise to sunset, part of the sumptuous maritime facade of Marseille, on the Mediterranean sea side: from the port of the Goudes, to the Estaque, via the islands of Friuli, the Corniche Kennedy, the Catalans, the Palais du Pharo, the Prado and its beaches as well as the GPMM, in other words the autonomous port of the city and its offshore dike!
Ready to drop the moorings?!
-> Learn more about this production (in french)
Sublime Marseille (Opus 1)
First Opus of Sublime Marseille – February 2016.
At the release of this first episode of Sublime Marseille, the clip totaled more than 100,000 views on all our social networks! Suffice to say that it boosted us well for the rest of the year!
This first opus is a compilation of our production of 4K aerial images made since the end of 2015 on the monuments and essential sites of the Phocaean city. A project of our own initiative and which will lead to the exhaustive shooting of all neighborhoods, and in all seasons. This shooting will take place throughout 2016. These unique images of illustration of the new trendy tourist destination that Marseille has become, are produced for the HOsiHO collection, the World seen from above, a platform from which it is possible to acquire these sequences for commercial or editorial use.
Silence, Marseille Under Lockdown!
Covid hits the entire planet in 2020. Rather than undergoing lockdown, we decide to make images of our city. Thus, this moving and touching film was born. We dedicate it, again and again, to people who, every day, are on the front line, taking risks to treat us and run this city, which even in slow motion, remains no less beautiful in many aspects.
Drone-Pictures has surveyed Marseille, from the city center to the Prado beaches, since the beginning of the lockdown, striking day after day, on the ground and in the air, empty squares, fluid highways, closed shopping centers, streets and avenues usually crowded, now almost deserted.
Time is as if suspended. These images are chilling, like the way out of a bad movie. But, and this is all the paradox, they are beautiful, striking, and sublimated by an insolent spring light. As if to taunt the confined Humans that we were then.
An invisible virus has turned the World upside down. Like others, we wanted to keep a visual record of his passage over our city. For those who can’t see it this way. For the record, because these moments are undeniably historical. See all the images related to Covid19 on HOsiHO.
Welcome to Marseille Pope Francis!
See how our city is Sublime with our video postcard!
We (re)released our most beautiful drone images of the Good Mother, the Vélodrome stadium and the Pharo to welcome Pope Francis. So many sites where he visited on 22 & 23/09/2023 and that we so often flew over to film them by drone.
So, on this occasion, more than ever, Marseille rhymes with Belle, Soleil and Spirituelle!
And we’re showing it with this video!
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