Gilles Martin

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Gilles Martin, born May 14, 1956, [1] is a French photojournalist and artivist.

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Biography

Gilles Martin spent his early years in Touraine where his father painted watercolors. Thus he learned to appreciate nature and then, to take pictures of it. At age 7, his grandfather offered him his first camera. Young teenager, he observed wildlife in the forest of Villandry. Later on, he had to reconcile his passion for naturalistic image and his profession as dental technician. He then made his reputation thanks to his book about dragonflies, La Vie secrète des filles de l'air (published by La Martinière), he decided to dedicate himself entirely to nature photography. Since then, he published a dozen of books, amongst them : Photographier la nature, La Macrophotographie, Les Oiseaux du monde, Les Papillons du monde (published by La Martinière).

Distributed in agencies, his pictures are regularly published by magazines such as GEO [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] , Le Figaro Magazine [10] , Terre sauvage, Life, National Geographic ... He has been working for several years on the creation of a "global photographic arch", which consists of taking pictures of all rare or threatened species on the IUCN Red List. [11]

His pictures were shown in numerous exhibitions notably at the Senate in Paris in 2008 and in great festivals of natural and environmental photography.

Happening

Allan Kaprow, abstract painter, invented the term happening in 1957. It is described as an event or performance art which involves an active participation of the audience.

Books

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Image et Nature" (in French). Vol. 2. July 2006.
  2. "Papillons : Les couleurs de la survie". GEO (in French). Vol. 214. December 1996. pp. 130–138.
  3. "Dans l'intimité des nids". GEO (in French). Vol. 269. July 2001. pp. 52–58.
  4. "A l'affût des libellules". GEO (in French). Vol. 194. April 1995. pp. 138–148.
  5. "Aldabra, l'île aux trésors". GEO (in French). Vol. 211. September 1996. pp. 106–114.
  6. "En la intimidad de las aves". GEO (in Spanish). Vol. 197. June 2003. pp. 40–46.
  7. "Una libélula del Parque Natural Brenne exhibe muestras de perfecta ingeniería aérea". GEO (in Spanish). Vol. special number 03/2003. March 2003. p. 123.
  8. "Птички летят налево". GEO (in Russian). March 2003. pp. 112–118.
  9. "Стрекозы". GEO (in Russian). October 1998. pp. 100–111.
  10. "Libellule : le banquet des ogres". Le Figaro Magazine (in French). Vol. 14888. 4 July 1992. pp. 50–55.
  11. Carnets de Photographes, des bêtes et des hommes (in French). Empreinte et territoires. 2005.
  12. "Le Courrier de la nature" (in French). Vol. 99. October 1985. pp. 14–20.
  13. "Interview Gilles Martin - Arche Photographique". Virus Photo (in French). 4 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 April 2018. Retrieved 10 April 2018.
  14. 1 2 Gay, Victorine (June 8, 2016). "2027, gare aux gorilles". TMV Tours (in French).
  15. "L'expo choc de Gilles Martin à Montier-en-Der". Image&Nature (in French). December 2013.
  16. "2027 - Mémoires d'un dos argenté". Image&Nature (in French). February 2014.
  17. "Ci-gît Kolinga, dernier gorille des montagnes". Le journal de la Haute-Marne (in French). 24 November 2013.
  18. "Gorilles : chroniques d'une mort annoncée". Le journal de la Haute-Marne (in French). 11 November 2013.
  19. "Artivist | L'arche photographique". L'Arche Photographique.
  20. Bellanger, Evelyne (23 November 2016). "Gare au gorille sur la croix à la galerie Gabillet !". La Nouvelle République (in French).
  21. Pays, Matthieu (28 March 2018). "Artiviste à la une". TMV Tours (in French). Vol. 288. p. 12.
  22. Cogné, Guy-Michel (April 2018). "Gilles Martin : photographe militant". Chasseur d'Images. Vol. 402. pp. 37–49.
  23. "Gilles MARTIN, un photographe engagé et militant !". Photo Montier (in French). 2018-03-20.
  24. "Happening "2027 - Memoirs of a silverback" | L'arche photographique". L'Arche Photographique.
  25. "Présentation Espace Partenaires". Déclic & Clac ! (in French).
  26. "Témoignages et citations Espace Jeunes". Déclic & Clac ! (in French).