Gilles Martin spent his early years in Touraine where his father painted watercolors.
Later on, he had to reconcile his passion for naturalistic image and his profession as dental technician.
He then made his reputation thanks to his book about dragonflies, La Vie secrète des filles de l'air (published by La Martinière), he decided to dedicate himself entirely to nature photography.
He has been working for several years on the creation of a "global photographic arch", which consists of taking pictures of all rare or threatened species on the IUCN Red List.
[11] His pictures were shown in numerous exhibitions notably at the Senate in Paris in 2008 and in great festivals of natural and environmental photography.