Bio
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| Since I began taking photographs at age 12 in my home city of Montreal, I have been passionate about documenting life through photography. My camera has been my passport to extraordinary people and rewarding experiences. I love to teach and share my work and have participated as a guest lecturer and workshop leader at various photography and arts events in Canada, the United States, and around the world. I have had solo shows in New York at the Leica Gallery, Buenos Aires, Toronto and Montreal and my work has been featured three times at the Visa Pour L’Image Photography Festival in Perpignan, France. My prints are in the permanent collections of The George Eastman House, Houston Museum of Fine Arts, The Canadian Archives and the Comune Di Verona. For four years, I was Professor/Coordinator of the Loyalist College Photojournalism Program, Canada’s elite program for documentary work and visual journalism. Four of my personal projects were published as books: Heroines & Heroes: Hope, HIV and Africa (2006), The Republicans (2006), Healing Waters (1995), and Empty Sky – The Pilgrimage to Ground Zero (2002). Some of the international awards I have received include: The Art Director’s Club of New York Award, Canada Council Grant, The Global Health Council Media Award (for work on AIDS in Africa), Alfred Eisenstaedt Magazine Photography Award Nomination, Canadian Photojournalist of the Year and PX3 2008. Two of my current projects are represented with the Blue Earth Foundation and I'm a contributing photographer to The Digital Journalist. I am also on the faculty of the International Center of Photography and the School of Visual Arts. I am a consultant with companies I support and belive in like Apple, Nikon and Livebooks. Recent work has been published in Mother Jones, The New York Times Magazine, Life, Colors, German Geo, Le Monde, Walrus, The Digital Journalist and Harpers. CV: Solo Exhibitions: 2008 America At The Edge, Leica Gallery, New York. 2008 America At The Edge, Sol Mednick Gallery, Philadelphia. 2008 Africa, Silver Eye Gallery, Pittsuburgh. 2006 Heroines & Heroes, Gallery One, Toronto, Canada. 2006 America At The Edge, Muestra Fotografica, Zapala, Argentina. 2005 The Republicans, Gallery One, Toronto, Canada. 2005 America At The Edge, Museo Fine Arts - Rafaela, Santa Fé, Argentina. 2004 America At The Edge, Escuela Argentina De Fotografia, Buenos-Aires Argentina. 2004 Empty Sky-The Pilgrimage To Ground Zero, Realtime Gallery -Distillery District,Toronto, Canada. 2003 America At The Edge, Blowup Photogalerie, Montreal, Canada. 2003 Happy Birthday: Canada Days, Contact Photo Festival, Gallery One, Toronto, Canada. 2002 Allegiance-The Half King, New York, New York. 1996 Healing Waters-The Pilgrimage To Lac Ste. Anne, Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Canada. GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2007 The Republicans, International Center For Photography, New York. 2007 What We’re Collecting Now, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY 2007 Oxfam: The World Can’t Wait, National Theatre, London, UK. 2006 Heroines & Heroes, Gallery One, Toronto, Canada. 2006 Fellowship Show Silver Eye Center for Photography, Pittsburgh, PA. 2006 Here: Remembering 9/11, Ground Zero, New York City 2006 Aids Picture Change, Allen Lambert Galleria-BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario 2006 Heroines & Heroes, Visa Pour L’Image Projection, Perpignan, France. 2005 The Republicans, Visa Pour L’Image Projection, Perpignan, France. 2005 Life of Water, Allen Lambert Galleria-BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario. 2005 Contemporary American Photography - International Fototage, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen, Germany 2005 Focused, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, Washington. 2005 Montreal en Priere / Festival Montreal en Lumiere, Downtown Monteal (Winter Festival), Montreal, Quebec 2004 Hiv-Positive Zambia, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota. 2003 Narrative 360 "Documents and Dreams", B'fly Gallery, Vancouver, Canada. 2003 Montreal At A Glance- Dorval Airport, Montreal, Canada. 2003 Amnesty International-Photo Show & Silent Auction, Pikto Gallery, Toronto, Canada. 2003 Destination Toronto, B'fly Gallery, Vancouver. Canada. 2003 America At The Edge, Visa Pour L’Image Projection, Perpignan, France. 2003 Je Suis Montreal, Outdoor Exhibition, Montreal, Canada. 2002 Hiv-Positive AIDS Through A New Lens, G8 Summit. Delta Lodge Kananaskis. Canada 2002 Empty Sky, Visa Pour L’Image Projection, Perpignan, France 2002 Nuits Blanche, Place Des Arts, Montreal, Canada. 2001 Child Poverty-A National Disgrace, First Canadian Place Gallery, Toronto, Canada. 2001 Amsterdam, Allen Lambert Galleria-BCE Place, Toronto, Ontario. 2000 Braille = Equality, The Hall of Honor-Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada. 2000 Krakow 2000: European City Of Culture, Pekao Gallery, Toronto, Canada 1986 Concordia University Student Work, Montreal, Canada BOOKS 2006 Heroines & Heroes, Charta Art Books, Milan, Italy. (ISBN:888158610-X) 2005 The Republicans, Charta Art Books, Milan, Italy. (ISBN:8881585618) 2002 Empty Sky-The Pilgrimage To Ground Zero, Les Editions International Alain Stanke-Quebecor, Montreal, Canada. (ISBN:2760409147) 1995 Healing Waters: The Pilgrimage To Lac Ste. Anne, University of Alberta Press, Edmonton, Alberta. (ISBN:0888642776) BOOKS (Group) & Catalogues 2005 7. International Fototage, Mannheim/Ludwigshafen Edition Panorama, Mannheim, Germany. (ISBN:3898232484) 2004 Festival De la Luz 04, XIII Encuentros Abiertos, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2003 Art Directors Annual 82, RotoVision SA. Switzerland. (ISBN:2880467756) 2002 Life: The American Spirit-Forward by George W. Bush, Life Books, New York, New York. (ISBN:1929049889) 2002 Here Is New York-A Democracy of Photographs, Scalo, Zurich-Berlin-New York. (ISBN:3908247667) 2002 Nuit Blanches sur Montreal, Les Productions De L’oeil, Montreal, Canada(ISBN: 2980758108) 2000 PhotoSensitive, Ten Years: A Work In Progress, PhotoSensitive, Toronto, Canada. (ISBN:096870610X) 1998 American Photography 14 Annual, Distributed Art Publislhers, New York, New York. (ISBN:1886212090) 1997 American Photography 13 Annual, Distributed Art Publislhers, New York, New York. (ISBN:1886212074) 1992 Faces of Canada (Visages Du Canada), Toronto Urban Photographic Projects, Toronto, Canada (ISBN:0969643004) COLLECTIONS Fraser-Milner Collection, Toronto, Canada. Canadian Archives, Government of Canada.George Eastman House, Rochester, New YorkHouston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TexasComune Di Verona, Verona, Italy AWARDS Numerous international awards include: The Global Health Council Photography Award for work on AIDS in Africa. An Alfred Eisenstaedt Magazine Photography Award Nomination. Art Director’s Club of New York Award. CAJ Photojournalism of the Year The Canadian Press News Picture of The Year. The Canadian Newspaper Photographer of The Year. The National Press Photographers Association Picture Of The Year. BIBLIOGRAPHY Numerous international articles include: More than 25 Articles and reviews about my work from The New York Times, Popular Photography, American Photo, Photo Life, Photo Dirstrict News, Professional Photographer, Digital Photography UK, DigitalJournalist.org, Time, The Globe and Mail, The Ottawa Citizen. |
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