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July 23, 2026The exhibition North End opens this week!The festival officially began on July 15, but some projects come to life on different dates. This is notably the case for North End, an exhibition by French photographer Géraldine Lay, which opens this week. Presented at the Vaste... -
July 21, 2026In Marsoui, a remarkable tribute to Gabor SzilasiThis summer, Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie is enriched by a particularly moving moment with the addition of an off-program exhibition presented in Marsoui that pays tribute to a great Québec photographer and friend of the festival, Gabor... -
July 2, 2026French sound artist Taïssia Froidure takes over the Carleton-sur-Mer lighthouseRencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will officially open on July 15. With two weeks to go before the launch, exhibition installations are already underway across the region. In that context, sound artist Taïssia Froidure – who completed a creative... -
June 22, 2026Maryse Goudreau Opens the Season of the Photography EncountersFrom July 15 to September 30, 2026, Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie returns for its 17th edition on the theme WANDERINGS. Through 13 exhibitions presented across the Gaspé Peninsula, the festival invites audiences on a true artistic journey, featuring... -
June 3, 2026WANDERINGS : the Gaspé Peninsula becomes a vast photographic journeyFrom July 15 to September 30, 2026, the Gaspésie will become both a playground and a space for reflection for the 17th edition of Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie, held on the theme WANDERINGS. This year, artistic director... -
May 12, 2026CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS – Photographic mission in the Lanaudière regionRencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie, in collaboration with Loto-Québec and the Musée d’art de Joliette, invites artists residing in Québec to submit an original photographic project exploring one or more current aspects of the Lanaudière territory, known as... -
May 5, 2026Retomada by Renaud Philippe at FIJC 2026Save the date: an exhibition not to be missed May 15–17, 2026, at the Vaste et Vague artist center in Carleton-sur-Mer | Free admission Special event: Radio-Canada live broadcast on Friday, May 15, from 3.30 p.m. to 6 p.m. from the... -
May 1, 2026WANDERINGS, theme of the 17th Rencontres de la photographie en GaspésieTo wander is not to lose oneself, but to open up. It is to allow oneself to be surprised by unexpected encounters, to reveal fragile details, and to discover what escapes the everyday gaze. WANDERINGS is the theme of the 17th edition of... -
June 2, 2025PASSAGES – Theme of the 16th editionExploring the passage of time, the traces left by encounters, friendship, forgetfulness, and absence. Between memory and motion, this theme questions our relationship to objects, places, others — and fleeting moments. PASSAGES is the transition between what was and what is... -
May 7, 2025Beneath the Ashes, by Charles-Frédérick Ouellet presented at the Carleton-sur-Mer International Journalism FestivalIn collaboration with our partner, the Vaste et Vague artist centre, the exhibition Beneath the Ashes by Charles-Frédérick Ouellet will be presented from May 15 to 18, as part of the Carleton-sur-Mer International Journalism Festival. The festival aims to address... -
April 30, 2025Les Rencontres invited to Japan’s FOTOZOFIO FestivalFrom April 9 to 20, our director Claude Goulet and photographer Serge Clément explored Japanese photography at the invitation of the FOTOZOFIO Festival in Japan, strengthening cooperation between Quebec and Japan in the creation and dissemination of photography. This cultural... -
October 14, 2024Photography Mission in the Lower St. Lawrence: Clara Lacasse selectedThe artist proposes an exploration of the imaginary and of the region’s built religious heritage Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie, in collaboration with the Espaces F center in Matane and thanks to the financial participation of Loto-Québec, announces the... -
September 16, 2024Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie benefits from CALQ financial assistance in support of its missionThe management of Rencontres de la photographie is proud to announce that further to an application submitted to the Conseil des arts et lettres du Québec at the start of the current year, the organization has been awarded a... -
September 4, 2024Alessandra Calò (Italy) and Taïssia Froidure(France) are doing creation residencies in the Gaspé peninsula, with the participation of France Cayouette (Québec)Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will be hosting two international artists for creation residencies in the first half of September. Alessandra Calò (photography) from Italy and Taïssia Froidure (sound art) from France will survey the Gaspé coastline in order... -
August 29, 2024Maryse Goudreau’s short film Derrière les mauvaises photos de baleines presented for the first time at the 2024 Rencontres on TourQuai des arts in Carleton-sur-Mer will be the site for the very first public screening of the short film Derrière les mauvaises photos de baleines (Behind the Bad Pictures of Whales) by multidisciplinary artist Maryse Goudreau. The event, at 6:30 p.m.... -
June 13, 2024Unveiling of the programming of the 15th RencontresThe 15th Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will take place this summer in 13 municipalities, towns and national parks on the peninsula with the theme “Transcending the commonplace.” Presented for the most part outdoors, the exhibits and installations... -
May 24, 2024Transcending the commonplace, the theme of our 15th editionThe ordinary, the common, the insignificant – there’s nothing more authentic and more rooted in our day-to-day lives. Often with minimal staging, photographers frame a dull moment, a bland gesture, a nondescript landscape. With their way of seeing, with... -
May 3, 2024Rencontres de la photographie can be found at the Festival international de journalisme de Carleton-Sur-Mer (FIJQ).From May 16 to 19, an exhibition and an evening photo retrospective will be taking place as part of the FIJC, an important event in the media sector. Four Women’s Perspectives on the Gaspé Peninsula – Exhibition presented from May... -
September 11, 2023Launch of 2 videos: interviews with Dolorès Marat (France) and Sarah Boutin (Québec)Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie is releasing two videos featuring exclusive interviews with artists exhibiting at this 14th edition of the event: Dolorès Marat (France), who is presenting Heureux hasard (Lucky Accident) at Musée de la Gaspésie in... -
August 24, 2023Chieko Shiraishi (Japan), Lara Gasparotto (Belgium), Marine Lécuyer (France) and and Maude Arsenault (Québec) doing creation residencies in the Gaspé PeninsulaRencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie is hosting Japan’s Chieko Shiraishi, Belgium’s Lara Gasparotto, France’s Marine Lécuyer and Montreal’s Maude Arsenault for creation residencies from late August to mid-September 2023. These four artists will be crisscrossing the region in... -
August 1, 2023Rencontres on Tour, from August 17 to 20, 2023Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will be welcoming the artists from the 14th edition of the event for Rencontres on Tour, from August 17 to 20, 2023. This unique event, which brings the public and artists together, offers... -
June 12, 2023Unveiling of the programing of the 14th RencontresThe 14th Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will be taking place this summer in 13 municipalities, towns and national parks on the peninsula, with the theme On the moose’s potentially fatal unpredictability. Presented for the most part outdoors, the... -
June 6, 2023On the moose’s potentially fatal unpredictability: theme of the 14th editionAt the invitation of Rencontres and Diaphane (France), the French author Patrice Juiff undertook a creation residency in the Gaspé Peninsula in the autumn of 2022. The text that resulted from that, entitled On the moose’s potentially fatal unpredictability,... -
June 5, 2023Photo mission in the Eastern Townships: Pépite & Josèphe selectedSporobole and Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie, in collaboration with Loto-Québec, announce the selection of Pépite & Josèphe (Sutton and Montreal, Québec) to carry out a photographic mission that will document the landscape of the Eastern Townships in... -
May 11, 2023Exhibition and documentary of Zaynê Akyol at Carleton-sur-MerRencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie is happy to be partnering with the Festival international de journalisme de Carleton-sur-Mer and the Vaste et Vague artist center to present the photography exhibit NÛJEN, the Women Soldiers and the documentary Gulîstan,... -
March 13, 2023Launch of the book “Carcasse” by Normand RajotteRencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie is pleased to announce the release of the book “Carcasse” by Normand Rajotte, published jointly by Éditions Escuminac (the publishing house of Rencontres) and Diaphane Éditions (France). The launch will be taking place... -
March 7, 2023Creation residency | Photographic mission in the Eastern TownshipsSporobole and Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie, thanks to the support of Loto-Québec, invite professional Québec artists to submit a project proposal by May 19, 2023. The artist selected will carry out a photography mission that documents one or... -
November 28, 2022Launch of the book Indian Time: en territoire innu by Elena PerlinoRencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie is happy to announce the release in Québec of Elena Perlino’s book Indian Time: en territoire innu. Co-published by Éditions Loco (France) and Éditions Escuminac (Rencontres’ publishing house), the book, launched in France... -
October 18, 2022“Péninsule” by Michel Huneault at Musée de la GaspésieMusée de la Gaspésie and Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie invite the public to the vernissage of the exhibition Péninsule (Peninsula) in the presence of Michel Huneault, documentary photographer and visual artist. The vernissage will take place inside... -
September 20, 2022Gabor Szilasi at Photaumnales, and at Musée de Charlevoix with Chun Hua Catherine DongAs part of the 2022 France-Québec exchange curatorships, Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie is presenting Gabor Szilasi’s Charlevoix from September 17 to December 11, 2022, at Photaumnales, in Beauvais, France. The images for this exhibition were taken by...
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