BIOGRAPHY
In the
black-and-white photographs of Gilbert Garcin, a solitary figure navigates
spare-yet-fantastical landscapes populated with towering sea-urchin shells,
puppet strings, and oversized flowers. To create his images, Garcin crafts a
tiny model world in his studio, which he artificially illuminates “to make more
real” and then photographs. Working quickly, he spends two or three days
realizing his vision through cut-and-paste photomontages and readymade props,
casting himself in the role of the everyman as the trench coat-wearing “Mr. G.”
The Marseilles-based artist got his start in photography at age 65 following a
workshop at the “Rencontres Internationales” expo in Arles, under the direction
of Pascal Dolemieux.
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