Puces Portrait: Charles Mas

A flea market dealer transforming dead stock into poetry at the Marché Vernaison.

Portrait of Charles Mas and Pauline d’Arfeuille by Toby Glanville

Charles Mas makes the business of the second-hand dealer something closer to a laboratory for turning junk into poetry. His two stands at the Marché Vernaison are part inventory, part installation, part philosophical prank.