Franck Gérard is a “hunter of reality” who tracks down the originality of everyday life with humor and kindness, placing people at the center of his work. As he wanders through public spaces, the photographer captures snapshots of life, comical or unusual situations that renew the passerby's vision of their environment.
Franck Gérard was born in Poitiers in 1972 and graduated from the Nantes School of Fine Arts. He has presented his work at the Rencontres Internationales de la Photographie d'Arles in 2010, the Centre Georges Pompidou-Metz in 2009, and the Château des ducs de Bretagne in 2008.
In 2013, his work was the subject of a public commission from the Ministry of Culture and Communication—National Center for the Visual Arts (CNAP)—entitled “Manifester En l’état” and carried out in Marseille. In 2012, for the Nuit Blanche in Paris, he staged a 7-hour “performance-style” lecture (7pm–2am), En l’état, User les images, Hémicycle at the Palais d’Iéna, CESE. His work has been presented at venues including Le Lieu Unique in Nantes, the Domaine de Kerguéhennec in Morbihan, the Ricard Corporate Foundation in Paris, and the Centre Georges Pompidou-Metz.
www.franckgerard.eu
en coproduction avec la SPL Le Voyage à Nantes,
et le soutien de : La Région Pays-de-la Loire, IDM-Groupe Coupechoux, la galerie Mélanie Rio Fluency et CETIH.
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