With his series « Les Mycophotographies » (Micophotographs), the computer becomes a veritable photographic tool. His work in colour rests on the allure of the material and its interaction with the light. He textures his photographs with landscapes, in order to give them a personal touch, a gap in relation to reality, and to approach, by his artifice, something more pictorial. His technique of departure is to soak his prints for days in a soup made of residues of laboratory chemicals…

**The artist: Jean-Marc Bernard**

Born in Monaco, Jean - Marc Bernard studied biologic oceanography. Impassioned by photography, he abandoned, in 1997, his scientific career and created in 2001 theBebop Jazz Galerie, a cultural space and an associative that mixes the arts and jazz. He also has worked with the designer, David Cohen on illustrations, creating a cohabi-tation of drawing and photography for the Grimaldi Forum of Monaco. The last three years will be consecrated to travel and reporting photography (Asia, Vietnam, Haiti) in a perpetual quest for new inspirations. His own photo agency ' Realis ' debuted in Monaco in 2005. In 1998, he took a series of photographs united under the title Une exploration du vieux Nice (An Exploration of Old Nice) then collaborated with the company Act’Libre (Nice) on a theatrical project ' La Mastication des Morts ' (The Mastication of the Dead) by P. Kerman. In 2002, he created with David Cohen the series ' Les Pousse Cailloux ' (The Grunts) and effected numerous expositions at Nice, Cannes…