Born in Normandy near from Mont Saint Michel, Martial became interested and then became passionate about photography from teenager. He is a local portrait painter who teaches him the basics of shooting and the laboratory, then lets him use these installations. By photographing his family, Martial discovers the human dimension of photography, with these contexts, these stories, the professions, and all the power of the portrait. It is this dimension that interests him: the relationship with the model, the discovery of a story, of a message from which photography is born.