Gérard Staron is a self-taught photographer who lives and works in France. Staron seeks simplicity and creates a visual metaphor for metaphysical symmetry. Through the constraint of familiar forms such as trees, sky scrapers or beach emphemera, the artist utilizes images as descriptive contexts that evoke nostalgia.

One Tree in Winter portrays an isolated, cold-deadened tree in the middle of a vast field of untouched snow, evoking an array of Proustian associations – most particularly the desire for the new. Lost is equally overwhelming and shows a several people far off in the distance, wandering beneath a vast swirl of clouds. Fuzzy Cityblurs the familiar, taking one away from both location and site while Waiting for Swimmers presents an isolated oasis of sand that lines the ocean.

Gérard Staron has presented his work in six exhibitions: “L’Alpe d’Huez otherwise” (2006), “Light on the Mountain” at the International Fair at Bièvres (2007), “Portraits of Animals” (2008), “Panorama of the Coast” (2011), “Summer/Winter” (2013) and Collective Exhibition of Urban Photography at the Le Marché-Gare in Lyon (2014). Staron has participated in the 11th International Photographic Art Pessac show that took place in 2013 as well as the 43rd Marine Painters show and the 7th Biennieal of Photography at Maisons-Laffitte. The artist will exhibit new work at Presence(s) Photography in Montelimar as well as Art en capital and the Salon des Beaux Arts, both in Paris.