In the beginning
Gilbert Garcin sold period lamps. A master of artificial lighting. That was before. Tasselled chandaliers, high-tech standing lamps. Even before he became a photographer, Gilbert Garcin was no stranger to the spotlight. In the daytime, he competed with the southern sun in his commerce of a thousand lamps. In the evening, he cancelled out the sky and shrouded his incandescent shop in darkness. Switching on, and off. On and off. Gilbert Garcin long hesitated between night and day.
In 1989, the expert in lighting finally cut free and took down the bakelite light-switch. The former luminariste closed his business in Marseille and reduced his playing field to a small black box, that of his camera. At the age of retirement and bifocals, Gilbert Garcin doted himself with one cyclopean eye. He became both lamp and switch at the same time, simplifying himself. Become an artist, he was at one with himself. […]

Extrait du texte de Natacha Wolinski
 
This track is nearly depleted, which explains the price of 90
Released
13/11/2011
Collection
Hors Collection
Format
145 x 215
Anglais/Français
Relié couverture cartonnée
101 photos duotone
128 pages
ISBN : 978-2-35046-228-8
Press review
Limited edition printed in 30 numbered copies accompanied by a photographic print* Barium (13 x 18 cm) signed by Gilbert Garcin.
* Choice between five photographs.
  • Mister G.
    Photo #1
  • Mister G.
    Photo #2
  • Mister G.
    Photo #3
  • Mister G.
    Photo #4
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