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Tout peut arriver

Monographie

Gilbert Garcin

Magali Jauffret

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  • Tout peut arriver

Tout peut arriver

Monographie

Gilbert Garcin

Magali Jauffret

The work of Gilbert Garcin is a comedy in various acts cents, in the words of La Fontaine’s fables, but without an accompanying legal. Images in which he depicts are neither self nor the chapters of a biography imaginary rewarding. On the contrary, each photograph is autonomous, is a perfectly clear in its progress and its purpose, and smiles of the misadventures of its protagonist. This means that all these images are marked with humor. This is especially effective as the climate of these images is still in an in-between, between humor and pathos, between fun and fear, between strange and absurd. This ambivalence that multiple photographs of Gilbert Garcin always intimately affect their viewers because they are still somehow echoed their concerns ….
Released
15/11/2007
Collection
Hors Collection
Format
235 x 280
Anglais/Français
Relié couverture cartonnée
208 duo tone photos
184 pages
ISBN : 978-2-35046-098-7
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Tout peut arriver

Monographie

Gilbert Garcin

Magali Jauffret


Gilbert Garcin

Photographe

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Gilbert Garcin native of Provence, began to make photographs at retirement. After an internship in Arles he discovered photomontage, where he features in different situations, in landscapes unreal. His singular style: its small theatrical feature situations have in common derision, the absurdity of the situation and a humanoid humor that sometimes recalls the theater of the absurd, by Eugène Ionesco.

Magali Jauffret

Auteur, Journaliste

Magali Jauffret is a journalist, critic, and author specializing in contemporary photography.
She was a long-time contributor to the French daily L’Humanité, where she reported on cultural affairs with a particular focus on visual arts, socially engaged practices, and the unique voices of photographers.

Her writing—both precise and thoughtful—has accompanied the work of numerous artists, offering insight into their creative processes, artistic legacies, and thematic concerns.
She has authored texts for several books published by Filigranes Editions, including Tout peut arriver (Gilbert Garcin), Corinne Mercadier, Sur la plage (Sylvie Hugues), and Éloge de combats ordinaires (Catherine Poncin).

Through her work, Magali Jauffret champions a form of criticism that is both committed and open to personal narratives as well as the quiet struggles of everyday life.