Christophe Brachet confessed his love for the film industry through the camera – Culture

Christophe Brachet, one of the great photographers of French film stars, was considered an “amateur” of the actors and actresses he photographed, but there is no doubt that his work is a declaration of love for the entire film industry, even the technicians. which do not appear on the screen.

Brachet opens this marvel at the Malaga French film festival “Les coulisses du Cinema”, the first exhibition in Spain, with more than three images that will be installed until December 22 next year on the theme of French cinema on November 20. This year’s city festival.

She can shape hair not only during the day, but also between dolls or during a make-up session, in more intimate moments, and for this reason she admits that a “strong relationship of trust” is necessary.

“They live your image and are very stressed to look good in the photo. These friendships, like those with Isabelle Adjani or Jean Dujardin, are formed over many years because they are very receptive and allow only a few. more confiance,” he explains.

However, this situation especially arises with actresses who are “particularly concerned about their image and pay a lot of attention so that it seems that time is not passing for them so that they can build very strong relationships.”

“I want to show what is the part that does not appear in the movies, all the technology, not only the promotional photographs of the films and the sets, but also the artistic direction or the communication between the director and the actors,” emphasizes Brachet. .

His wish is to “unite as many people as possible from all the professions they have in cinema, such as make-up artist, which is a craft job, and so that new generations can discover the professions.”

His start as a photographer was very remarkable as he began working underwater, taking underwater photographs in Martinique, but I believe both themes have common threads.

“They may seem like two different worlds, but they are parallel universes because underwater photography taught me how to do silent focusing when I wanted to photograph the Tiburon. From the very beginning, in the cinema, I told myself that it should be silent, something very necessary in childbirth.”

I agree, I did not grow up in a family associated with the seventh art, but when I was in Martinique, I wanted to work in cinema because I “loved” this profession,” and revealed the film in which I felt this calling. there was definitely a connection with Mar, El Gran Azul (1988) by Luc Besson.

Brachet insists that in his work, when traveling, he needs to “behave like a cat, very reserved and silent,” and believes that with his black-and-white photographs he conveys “the essence and emotion of cinema.” and he can “Fuck in time” these works, which turn into an “archive” of films.

Other artists represented in the exhibition photographs are Marion Cotillard, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Amalric, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Adele Exarchopoulos, Isabelle Huppert, Monica Bellucci, Juliette Binoche or Sigourney Weaver.