Biennials & Co. | Rencontres d’Arles
Guided by decolonial perspectives, the 57th edition of Les Rencontres d’Arles sought to reassess the cultural geography of photography and explored narratives emerging from regions including Africa and the Mediterranean. Carol Payne shares her favourite exhibitions.
Discover issue 133 | Intimacies
The feature section of this issue brings together portfolios by Maude Arsenault, Judith Bellavance and Nicole Jolicoeur.
Marie-Jeanne Musiol
2026 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts
Ciel variable celebrates this distinction and invites you to discover a selection of texts published over the years on Marie-Jeanne Musiol’s work.
A Tribute to Gabor Szilasi
Gabor Szilasi was a deeply humanist photographer whose lifelong commitment to documentary photography resulted in some of the most honest and moving portrayals of Quebec’s rural life and Montreal’s neighbourhoods. A prolific image-maker and influential teacher, he became a key figure in Canadian photography, shaping generations of practitioners. We pay tribute to his legacy through a selection of articles published over the years in the magazine.
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Documentary Photography | Maxym Dondyuk
The photographer Maxim Dondyuk’s winter landscapes may seem beautiful and peaceful, but they conceal a world of destruction. The images grouped under the title White Series complement a long-term project on the war in Ukraine. Read here, what Érika Nimis thought of Dondyuk’s work.
The Photobook | ABLAZE (did Rodin like chandeliers?)
Built around images taken at the Rodin Museum, ABLAZE by Ewa Monika Zebrowski is a delicate object, defined by the thinness and transparency of its paper, and by the words of poet Anne Michaels. Its discovery is a tactile one, notes Michel Hardy-Vallée. Read his review here.
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