"TUNNEL DU PERTHUS, SOUS LE TROPHEE DE POMPEE"

Since 1977, Jacques Martinez has been covering five decades of local stories, anecdotes, events both big and small, and sporting fixtures for the newspaper *L’Indépendant*, chronicling nine municipal terms of office. “From 2005 to 2007, I followed the construction of the 8.2-kilometre twin-tube tunnel at Le Perthus, one tube named Mistral and the other Tramontane. It was a colossal construction site where getting around was a real challenge. By experimenting with framing, composition, the analysis of sometimes confined spaces and perspectives whilst taking the photographs, I sought to give these documentary images an artistic touch.”