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Alessandra Calò (Italy) and Taïssia Froidure(France) are doing creation residencies in the Gaspé peninsula, with the participation of France Cayouette (Québec)

September 4, 2024

Alessandra 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...

Unveiling of the programming of the 15th Rencontres

June 13, 2024

Unveiling of the programming of the 15th Rencontres

The 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...

Transcending the commonplace, the theme of our 15th edition

May 24, 2024

Transcending the commonplace, the theme of our 15th edition

The 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...

Launch of 2 videos: interviews with Dolorès Marat (France) and Sarah Boutin (Québec)

September 11, 2023

Launch 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...

“Péninsule” by Michel Huneault at Musée de la Gaspésie

October 18, 2022

“Péninsule” by Michel Huneault at Musée de la Gaspésie

Musée 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...

Plages: unveiling of Sven’s digital work in Paspébiac

July 31, 2022

Plages: unveiling of Sven’s digital work in Paspébiac

Rencontres 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...

Rencontres on Tour, August 17-21, 2022

July 31, 2022

Rencontres on Tour, August 17-21, 2022

Rencontres 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,...

Photo mission in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean: Josée Pedneault selected

June 8, 2022

Photo mission in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean: Josée Pedneault selected

Centre 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...

Photo mission in Charlevoix: Chun Hua Catherine Dong selected

May 31, 2021

Photo mission in Charlevoix: Chun Hua Catherine Dong selected

Musée de Charlevoix and Rencontres, in collaboration with Loto-Québec, announce the selection of Chun Hua Catherine Dong to carry out a photography mission that will document the contemporary Charlevoix landscape in 2021-2022. A Montreal visual artist of Chinese origin, Chun...

Tracadigash in augmented reality

May 18, 2021

Tracadigash in augmented reality

Patrick Dionne and Miki Gingras (Montreal, Québec), who created the permanent mural Tracadigash for the 250th of Carleton-sur-Mer, in 2017, are currently preparing a complementary work in augmented reality, which will be unveiled for the 12th edition of Rencontres,...