Gaspé Archives - Photo Gaspésie

7th edition: extension or second life for certain exhibits

September 20, 2016

7th edition: extension or second life for certain exhibits

There are only about 10 days left in this 7th edition of Rencontres. While most exhibits and installations close on October 3, certain ones will be taken down earlier out of respect for our partners’ schedules. Some will return...

Portfolio assessments: an activity involving discussions of your photo work!

August 3, 2016

Portfolio assessments: an activity involving discussions of your photo work!

In light of the success at the 2015 edition, Rencontres is organizing a session of portfolio assessments by photography professionals as part of the Photographer Tour. Portfolio assessments are intended for people interested in submitting their pictures to personalities connected...

RESIDENCY OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS HAMELIN: landscape testimonies wanted!

June 24, 2016

RESIDENCY OF JEAN-FRANÇOIS HAMELIN: landscape testimonies wanted!

Jean-François Hamelin is currently doing a creative residency in the Gaspé that involves the first photo assignment on the contemporary Québec landscape. Fluctuating between photographic subjectivity and the documentary, his work is anchored in the geography of places. Journeys,...

“PETITE-VALLÉE”: the first exhibit is up!

June 22, 2016

“PETITE-VALLÉE”: the first exhibit is up!

With the approach of the launch of the Festival en chanson de Petite-Vallée, an event that will run from June 30 to July 9, 2016, Rencontres has hastened to install the exhibit by French artist Claudia Imbert. Entitled “Petite-Vallée,”...

CONTEMPORARY GASPESIAN LANDSCAPE Photographic assignments coming soon to the Gaspé

May 19, 2016

CONTEMPORARY GASPESIAN LANDSCAPE Photographic assignments coming soon to the Gaspé

Further to the call for projects that Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie sent out to professional photographers this past February, Montreal artists Jean-François Hamelin and Sara A. Tremblay have been selected to carry out a photo assignment on...

APPEAL FOR PARTICIPANTS Further to a residency by Camille Hervouet in Forillon

May 19, 2016

APPEAL FOR PARTICIPANTS Further to a residency by Camille Hervouet in Forillon

Rencontres has been hosting Camille Hervouet for an artistic residency; the French photographer’s work scrutinizes the relationships between nature, architecture and inhabitants. As part of a Franco-Québec exchange between the regions of Vendée and the Gaspé, she was in...

PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENT: Call for creation-residency projects in the Gaspé

February 9, 2016

PHOTOGRAPHIC ASSIGNMENT: Call for creation-residency projects in the Gaspé

Rencontres invites professional Québec artists to submit a project proposal between February 16 and March 20 aimed at carrying out a photographic assignment that will document one or more aspects of the contemporary Gaspesian landscape. This call for proposals is...

“After Strand” at Musée de la Gaspésie

September 4, 2015

“After Strand” at Musée de la Gaspésie

The exhibit After Strand by Québec photographer Bertrand Carrière will be presented at Musée de la Gaspésie in the town of Gaspé from August 21 to November 1, 2015. The project After Strand takes as its starting point American photographer...

Benoit Aquin: creation residency and exhibit on agriculture

July 16, 2015

Benoit Aquin: creation residency and exhibit on agriculture

Rencontres is welcoming Montreal photographer Benoit Aquin on the occasion of an artist residency in the Gaspé from July 20 to August 3. In addition, pictures taken during his residency will be added to his exhibit Quebec’s agriculture, an...

“The Shipwreck ” by Charles-Frédérick Ouellet Right now in Petite-Vallée!

June 25, 2015

“The Shipwreck ” by Charles-Frédérick Ouellet Right now in Petite-Vallée!

The public can visit the very first exhibit on Gaspé territory in the 6th edition of Rencontres starting now. Until the end of September, photographer Charles-Frédérick Ouellet’s The Shipwreck is being presented on the site of Théâtre de la Vieille...