International Invited Artist

Pierre Gable, a French photographer and a poet, has been selected as the 2010 GGAF International Invited Artist. He was born in Nancy in 1969 and now lives in the Haute-Provence area, once home to his influences Jean Giono and Cartier Bresson.

Pierre works as a freelance photographer for literary publishers. His work is also used to promote musical artists through CD booklets, web site, and videos. Pierre Gable is also the proud author of two masterpieces, named Manon, 17, and Lou, 9.

More examples of Pierre's work can be found on his web site at www.pierre-gable.fr.

Looking at the world, children focus their attention on details. For most of us, these fragments are trivial. Kids can’t have an all-embracing view, for the world around them is too abstract, too wide. They only see but fragments of the whole and focus on a world that grown-ups no longer perceive at first sight. As far as they’re concerned, adults look at the world they live in, in a holistic way. This probably is why they’re bound by reason. Or, on the contrary, what leads them to madness. Who knows? Through my pictures, I intend, in all modesty, to bring those fragments of childhood back to life, to capture all those things that have become invisible to most of us.

− Pierre Gable