Gilbert Garcin, a calm and distinct man, living in Marseille, starts to photograph once retired and unexpectedly, becomes in a few years an internationally well-known artist.
After nearly three years of attempts, during a workshop in Arles (where the important photography festival Rencontres takes place) with the surrealist photographer Arnaud Claas, Garcin has a great idea: he decides to create a character and put him in a vast series of metaphorical situations created using simple home-made miniatures, made by basic materials (sand, parts of old toys, stones, threads…).
Gilbert Garcin, a calm and distinct man, living in Marseille, starts to photograph once retired and unexpectedly, becomes in a few years an internationally well-known artist.
After nearly three years of attempts, during a workshop in Arles (where the important photography festival Rencontres takes place) with the surrealist photographer Arnaud Claas, Garcin has a great idea: he decides to create a character and put him in a vast series of metaphorical situations created using simple home-made miniatures, made by basic materials (sand, parts of old toys, stones, threads…).