Marc Robin

Marc Robin is a French origin photographer with a Californian influence, born in 1943, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. He studied photography at the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles. In 1965, he was the youngest graduate of his promotion. During his career, Marc Robin realized numerous advertising campaigns for major brands such as Citroen, Philip Morris, Cacharel for Men, Air France, Fiat, Guerlain , Lanvin, Mercedes Benz, L'Oréal, Dior, and many more. He also worked on feature films and magazines such as "Twen", in Germany, from 1969 to 1970. Marc Robin undertook, in parallel, numerous personal works which will be the work of exhibitions, devoting a passion, especially to body photography and nude models. Beside, the photographer continues to perform his own personal work. Marc Robin says he possesses a special sensitivity for the beauty of the body, and loves photographers. He is fascinated by the purity and elegance of women. The project "Private Beaches", realized in the early 1980s with JTProductions, is a series of photos depicting a private beach populated by young naked women. "Enchanted waters" illustrates an underwater world filled with naiads and sirens. In 1989, he began a research project on the theme ...

Marc Robin was born as an only child of a restoring father and chef, René Robin, and Huguette Dumaître. French origins, Marc Robin has never studied in Paris: during his childhood, he and his mother will follow his father, from town to town, from restaurant to restaurant. He studied in Montreal, Chicoutimi (Canada), then in Detroit (Michigan) and San Francisco, to finish in Los Angeles. These numerous journeys will have forged the photographer that he is today.

He receives his very first camera (a Kodak Brownie with flash) at the Christmas of his 14 years. His initiation to photography takes place within the "Camera Club" that his biology teacher directs after the course. Marc Robin then realized his first still lifes and photographed his first models; The girls of his class.

At 17, Marc Robin was accepted at the Art Center College of Design, a school in Los Angeles. He graduated in June 1961 at Hollywood Bowl, surrounded by his friends René Lagler and Mike Marshall (son of Michèle Morgan). In addition to his studies, he joined Schaeffers, Hollywood's largest photo shop. He also works for the model agency "Flaire" and realizes their portfolios. Marc Robin photographed at the same time his first nude models in his parents' lou...

Group exhibitions

"Le Grand Meaulnes" Centenary of Alain Fourrier, Town hall of the 11th arrondissement, Paris, France, 2013.

"Le Grand Meaulnes" Screening of the "Making of" on the filming of the film by Jean-Gabriel Albicocco with Brigitte Fossey and Alain Libolt, Médiathèque de Bourges, France, 2013.

Revu Fine Art Palm Desert, California, USA, 2014-2015.



Personal exhibitions

"Photography in all its forms" Galerie Saint-Rémy-l'Honoré, Paris, France, 2002.

"Enchanted waters" Galerie Héléne Chantereau, Paris, France, 1999.

"Mama Africa" ​​Espace Vega by Pierre Cardin, France, 1995.

Exhibition during the Month of the Photo at the advertising agency HDM, Paris, France, 1990.