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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... -
September 13, 2022“écH2osystème”: an unprecedented maritime acrobatic apparatus at Rivière-au-RenardAs part of écH2osystème, a maritime acrobatic research/creation project initiated by Geneviève Dupéré, a working residency took place close to the vessel wintering site at Rivière-au-Renard from September 7 to 12, 2022. Bringing together circus arts and live moving... -
August 21, 2022« Nous sommes les fils et les filles de l’électricité »Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will be hosting Nous sommes les fils et les filles de l’électricité (NSFFDE: We Are the Progeny of Electricity) on Friday, August 26, 2022, for two performances – one at 8 p.m. and... -
July 31, 2022Plages: unveiling of Sven’s digital work in PaspébiacRencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie invites the public to the unveiling of Plages (Beaches), a permanent stand-alone installation with its own augmented-reality application, which will take place on Saturday, August 20, at 11 a.m. at Centre culturel de... -
July 31, 2022Rencontres on Tour, August 17-21, 2022Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will be hosting the artists from the event’s 13th edition on the occasion of Rencontres on Tour, from August 17 to 21, 2022. This unique event, which brings the public and artists together,... -
July 12, 2022Start of exhibitions and podcast launchThe great majority of the exhibitions and installations in the 13th Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie are now accessible to visitors in 12 municipalities, towns and national parks on the peninsula. Under the theme Radical Hope, they show... -
June 14, 2022Radical hope:
theme of the 13th edition of RencontresThe 13th edition of Rencontres will take place from July 15 to September 30, 2022, in 12 municipalities, towns and host parks in the Gaspé Peninsula on the theme “Radical hope.” According to Rencontres’ executive and artistic director, Claude... -
June 8, 2022Photo mission in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean: Josée Pedneault selectedCentre SAGAMIE (Alma) and Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie, in collaboration with Loto-Québec, announce the selection of Josée Pedneault (Montreal, Québec) to carry out a photographic mission that will document the landscape of Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean in 2022-2023. The results... -
November 14, 2021The photobook: two Québec artists in France and 4 videos launchedAt the invitation of the Nantes organization Les PUI – Pratiques et Usages de l’Image, Québec artists Judith Bellavance and Maude Arsenault will be taking part in a public get-together on the subject of the photographic book at the arts center... -
October 15, 2021Call to participation - 5 to 7 with Sven in PaspébiacRencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie and the City of Paspébiac invite the population to a get-together with multidisciplinary artist Sven on Thursday, October 21, from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. at Café culture in the Centre culturel de Paspébiac....
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