Gilbert Garcin (1929) spent most of his life managing a lamp factory in France. At 65, he retired and took up a trick photography workshop. For the past ten years he has been creating comical, surrealistic photographs which warmly highlight sometimes cold, existential questions. Garcin inhabits this strange world and ponders it together with the viewer; with Garcin you have a dedicated, but perplexed, guide.
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.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Gilbert Garcin. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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.
© 2018. All images are copyrighted © by Gilbert Garcin. The use of any image from this site is prohibited unless prior written permission is obtained.
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| 1993, L’ombre |
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| 1996, Illusion d’un amateur d’art |
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| 1996, Le désordre interdit |
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| 1998, Des coeurs de marbre |
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| 1998, Le coeur de la cible |
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| 1998, Le poids des ans |
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| 1999, Communiquer |
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| 1999, Etre maître de soi |
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| 1999, Faire de son mieux |
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| 1999, La vie (résumé) |
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| 1999, Le bon diagnostic |
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| 1999, Le moulin de l’oubli |
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| 2000, L’interdiction |
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| 2000, Le départ |
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| 2000,La dernière ligne droite |
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| 2001, Changer le monde |
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| 2001, Flash back |
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| La conquête de l’espace |
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| 2001, Le côté caché des choses |
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| 2001, Le regard des autres |
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| 2001, Les amoureux de Perros-Guirec |
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| 2001, L’attraction du vide |
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| 2001, Soutiens |
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| 2001, Une vie rangée |
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| 2002, La double méprise |
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| 2002, La certitude |
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| 2002, La tour d'ivoire |
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| 2002, Le funambule |
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| 2002, Le témoin |
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| 2002, Le visionnaire |
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| 2002, Précautions élémentaires |
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| 2003, Aller simple |
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| 2003, La soif d’absolu |
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| 2003, L’ambitieux |
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| 2004, La différence |
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| 2004, Il n’y a pas d’artiste heureux |
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| 2004, Le collectionneur |
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| 2004, Le plus court chemin |
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| 2004, L’équilibre parfait |
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| 2004, Nocturne |
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| 2004, Tourner la page |
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| 2005, L’envol d’Icare |
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| 2005, Géométrie conjugale |
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| 2005, La convoitise |
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| 2005, La persévérance |
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| 2005, L’automne |
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| 2005, Regard sur la peinture contemporaine |
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| 2006, Le choix décisif |
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| 2006, L’avenir n’est plus ce qu’il était |
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| 2007, Les témoins indifférents |
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| 2007, Lorsque le vent viendra |
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| 2007, Rien n’est parfait |
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| 2008, Maitre du monde |
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| 2009, La rupture |
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| 2009, Le danger des images |
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| 2009, Mariage |
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| 2010, Backstage |
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| 2010, Sauver la nature |
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| 2011, Percevoir le monde |
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| 2012, Vers le haut |
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