To reflect the great diversity and breadth of photographic practices, here Ciel variable hosts artists’ original projects. Their sense of observation, their creative energy, their critical eye, their great curiosity – whatever approach they take, we offer them a new platform.
Artists' Projects, Artists' Projects
Artists: Robert Walker
A photographer of colours, and a master craftsman of superimposed images, Robert Walker here delves into the rainbow of hues – including lavender – emblematic of the LGBTQ community’s aesthetic. A stroll in the Village, with glimpses of the Pride Parade, in the colours of a fully assumed identity. Discover it here.
Artists' Projects
Artists: Hua Jin
[April 24, 2024] By Hua Jin. This photo was taken in 2005, almost twenty years ago. Usually when looking at a picture I have taken, I am able to recall the specific moment when I clicked the shutter on my camera and what triggered me for that shot. A photograph can act as a time machine, taking me back to that split second…
Artists' Projects, Artists' Projects
Authors: Michel Campeau
[March 27, 2024] By Michel Campeau. I was in late adolescence just a few years before the advent of the Groupe d’action photographique, the Groupe de photographes populaires, Groupe Photocell, the Collectif de l’imagerie populaire de Disraeli, and Camille Maheux and her friends in Plessisgraff – before our paths crossed and I also met Gabor Szilasi, Pierre Gaudard, Sam Tata, John Max, and others…
Artists' Projects, Artists' Projects
Authors: Zoë Tousignant | Artists: Brian Merrett
[November 16, 2022] Brian Merrett has taken a deep dive into his early years of practice, and here he presents photographs taken in 1972, during his “grand tour” of Europe. This formative trip consolidated his activist’s eye and his interest in architectural heritage, which he had developed in Montreal and which would endure throughout his career.
Artists' Projects
Artists: Robert Walker
[January 19, 2022] Robert Walker explores various manifestations of street art in the neighborhood of Hochelaga-Maisonneuve where he lives. A colorful project in which graffiti and murals compete with superheros and other comic book characters to attest of a vibrant popular culture.
Artists' Projects
Artists: Ewa Monika Zebrowski
[April 7, 2021] Mourning the untimely loss of a dear friend and art writer, James D. Campbell, photographer Ewa Monika Zebrowski has created a narrative that considers the impermanence of life, as reflected in images of a Mediterranean island.
Artworks created as part of the fund-raising campaigns ARTGEIST The Artgeist series proposed collectors to support the magazine by acquiring an original work created specifically for them. Rather than simply acquiring an already existing artwork, our project offered the unique experience of meeting with an artist of their choice in order to discuss their respective […]