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| On August 27 2019 we were greeted by (left to right) Samira Damato, exhibitions manager and curator for World Press Photo Amsterdam, Matthieu Rytz, producer of the World Press Photo Montreal exhibition and Monia Chokri this year's spokesperson, a filmmaker, screenwriter and actress presenting her exhibition Crépuscule amour, je te sais intime. Photos © Lena Ghio , 2019 |
What is fascinating year after year with the World Press Photo exhibition is that it resumes life on Earth in an uneasy capsule of color texture and profundity. This year I was happy to see a larger concern with the climate crisis and the issue of pay equality for women. At this time, every second of life is taking us closer to a catastrophic point of no return.
Yet the human spirit is still strong! As we see and read the extraordinary challenges of all manners of people around the world we witness courage and resilience.
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| Bénédice Kurzen and Sanne De Wilde present their prize winning photographic story Land of Ibeji. Complementary images of this exhibition that focuses on twins born in town of Igbo-Ora in Nigeria will be presented free on De La Commune near McGill street throughout this fall. Photos © Lena Ghio , 2019 |
Monia Chokri presents an intimate portrait of her world and those who inhabit it with a series of photographs Crépuscule amour, je te sais intime; L'itinéraire: 25 years of stories recounts in pictures the powerful impact of the written word and meaningful contribution in the life of the homeless who collaborate to the success of the magazine created to assist them: The Faces Behind International Volunteering | Oxfam-Québec | 8th edition celebrates the journey of their volunteers and so much more.
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World Press Photo of the YearCrying Girl on the BorderJohn Moore, United States, Getty Images |
I remember the first time I saw the World Press Photo of the Year Crying Girl on the Border.
It was the moment I knew for sure that whatever I believed about the United States; its open heart, its humanity; was no longer there.
What Whitney C. Johnson, Chair of the jury - World Press Photo 2019, saw was a complete and coherent story told by details. " The details in the picture are interesting. From the gloves that the border patrol officer is wearing to the fact that the shoelaces have been removed (from the mother's shoes). "
For all the information about the exhibition and special activities HERE.
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| You will discover a fascinating section on the L'itinéraire magazine that celebrates 25 years of existence this year. Photos © Lena Ghio , 2019 |
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| Sylvie Lacer introduces the exhibition Contemporary Artists At Play, Flirting With Codes, Tricks And Subterfuge Dominique Blain describes her thought process behind the installation Sans titre/protection, 1989 Photos © Lena Ghio , 2019 |
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| All you can eat detail Karine Giboulo |
A whimsical look at how contemporary art can play with various subjects. Liz Magor whose lifework threads upon the absurdities of human life and consumerism is one of the artists to present a piece in this exhibition. There is also a piece from another one of my favorites Karine Giboulo whose exploration of industrial life in China blew me away!
An important installation by Dominique Blain, Sans titre/protection, 1989, revisits events from World War I where Museums believed they could never be bombed. They quickly learned the error of their ways after a few of them were strongly attacked. With some authentic pictures of how Museums protected the artworks with sandbags taken from a book by Ugo Ojetti I monumenti italiani e la guerra, Blain recreates a bunker with similar sandbags for us to walk in.
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