Stories
Franck Gérard
During 2018 and 2019, Franck Gérard was invited to stay several times at the Camargo Foundation, located in the heart of the exceptional and protected site of the famous Calanques of Marseille. As usual, the photographer immersed himself in the landscape, photographing people, places, and situations he encountered during his daily walks.
As in his book En l’état, he always knows how to highlight a comical situation or reveal a view of incredible beauty to his audience.
He continued what he now often develops in the projects he undertakes: he accompanies his photography with writing, somewhere between a work journal and a literary narrative. Lively and earthy, light and serious like his photographic gaze, his writing draws the reader into his encounters, sharing his impressions and sensations.
The journal format was the obvious choice. A book in which we discover the Calanques through a narrative that weaves its way through the pages between photographs and text. A book in which image and text reinforce each other.
Calanques Frontières, 12.5 x 19 cm, 384 pages, approximately 200 four-color reproductions, paperback
In partnership with the Calanques National Park, the Pytheas Institute, and the Camargo Foundation.
Graphic design: Arthur Calame
