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Location: Stephen Bulger Gallery
Closing Reception and Book Signing: Saturday, May 4, 2-5pm Artist Talk: Saturday, May 4, 1-2pm; RSVP as seating is limited The gallery is pleased to announce our sixth exhibition of work by Bertrand Carrire. Aprs Strand revisits a part of photographic history through the work of American photographer Paul Strand and his connection to Carrires own territory, Qubec. During the summer of 2010, Carrire travelled to the Gasp Peninsula, following the route that Strand took in 1929 and 1936. From his two trips to Gaspsie, Strand produced a number of pictures, but few are known to the general public. These two expeditions were brief, but they marked a turning point in his career as he began to tackle the problems raised by a photographic depiction of landscape and, as a result, he became the precursor of a new vision. When referring to the Gaspsie photographs, Strand said, “Their importance is that they were the first more systematic, conscious efforts to organize a landscape and its elements, all its elements. Strands first trip was dedicated to the landscapes and his second was about making portraits of the people who lived there. These two trips formed what Strand defined as the essential character of a place. Carrires photographs adopt Strand’s vision of photography and his approach to landscape. While deliberately avoiding imitation, he allowed himself to absorb Strand’s lessons, observing time, memory and landscape. Carrire is fascinated with stories that are bound to the land, traces of which persist to this day. His attention was drawn to the social landscape and vernacular architecture, documenting modest houses, barns, fishermen’s cabins and wayside crosses. He photographed some of the inhabitants he met, trying to be faithful to a humanistic approach, out of respect for the people who have shaped the land and have kept these remote communities alive, while struggling with an unforgiving climate and difficult socioeconomic conditions. The Gaspsie that Strand documented no longer exists, but Carrires work was deeply inspired by the places Strand photographed. He also had the chance to meet with, and photograph, the grandson of one of Strand’s subjects. During the summer of 2010, Carrire travelled 5,000 miles, along route 132, looking for that essential character that Strand tried to capture. Carrire teaches photography at Andr-Laurendeau College in Montral and he actively exhibits and publishes his work across North America and Europe. He has published a number of photographic books, which include: Aprs Strand (2012) with Muse rgional de Rimouski; Lieux Mmes (2010) with Linstant mme; Ground Level (2009) with Sagamie; Tmoin de lombre (1995), Voyage domicile (1997), Signes de jour (2002) and Dieppe, Landscapes and installations (2006) with Les 400 Coups. Carrires work can be found in many prominent collections including: Bibliothque Nationale de France, Paris; Cinmathque qubcoise, Montral; Canadian Centre of Architecture, Montral; Canadian War Museum, Ottawa; Collection du Prt duvres dart, Muse national des beaux-arts du Qubec, Qubec City; Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa; Encontros da Imagem, Braga; Ple Image de Haute-Normandie, Rouen; Maison Europenne de la Photographie, Paris; Canadian Council Art Bank, Ottawa; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Texas; amongst others.
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