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WANDERINGS, theme of the 17th Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie

May 1, 2026

WANDERINGS, theme of the 17th Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie

To wander is not to lose oneself, but to open up. It is to allow oneself to be surprised by unexpected encounters, to reveal fragile details, and to discover what escapes the everyday gaze. WANDERINGS is the theme of the...

PASSAGES – Theme of the 16th edition

June 2, 2025

PASSAGES – Theme of the 16th edition

Exploring the passage of time, the traces left by encounters, friendship, forgetfulness, and absence.  Between memory and motion, this theme questions our relationship to objects, places, others — and fleeting moments.  PASSAGES is the transition between what was and what is...

Unveiling of the programming of the 15th Rencontres

June 13, 2024

Unveiling of the programming of the 15th Rencontres

The 15th Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will take place this summer in 13 municipalities, towns and national parks on the peninsula with the theme “Transcending the commonplace.” Presented for the most part outdoors, the exhibits and installations...

Transcending the commonplace, the theme of our 15th edition

May 24, 2024

Transcending the commonplace, the theme of our 15th edition

The ordinary, the common, the insignificant – there’s nothing more authentic and more rooted in our day-to-day lives. Often with minimal staging, photographers frame a dull moment, a bland gesture, a nondescript landscape. With their way of seeing, with...

Rencontres de la photographie can be found at the Festival international de journalisme de Carleton-Sur-Mer (FIJQ).

May 3, 2024

Rencontres de la photographie can be found at the Festival international de journalisme de Carleton-Sur-Mer (FIJQ).

From May 16 to 19, an exhibition and an evening photo retrospective will be taking place as part of the FIJC, an important event in the media sector. Four Women’s Perspectives on the Gaspé Peninsula – Exhibition presented from May...

Unveiling of the programing of the 14th Rencontres

June 12, 2023

Unveiling of the programing of the 14th Rencontres

The 14th Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie will be taking place this summer in 13 municipalities, towns and national parks on the peninsula, with the theme On the moose’s potentially fatal unpredictability. Presented for the most part outdoors, the...

On the moose’s potentially fatal unpredictability: theme of the 14th edition

June 6, 2023

On the moose’s potentially fatal unpredictability: theme of the 14th edition

At the invitation of Rencontres and Diaphane (France), the French author Patrice Juiff undertook a creation residency in the Gaspé Peninsula in the autumn of 2022. The text that resulted from that, entitled On the moose’s potentially fatal unpredictability,...

Photo mission in the Eastern Townships: Pépite & Josèphe selected

June 5, 2023

Photo mission in the Eastern Townships: Pépite & Josèphe selected

Sporobole and Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie, in collaboration with Loto-Québec, announce the selection of Pépite & Josèphe (Sutton and Montreal, Québec) to carry out a photographic mission that will document the landscape of the Eastern Townships in...

Launch of the book “Carcasse” by Normand Rajotte

March 13, 2023

Launch of the book “Carcasse” by Normand Rajotte

Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie is pleased to announce the release of the book “Carcasse” by Normand Rajotte, published jointly by Éditions Escuminac (the publishing house of Rencontres) and Diaphane Éditions (France). The launch will be taking place...

Creation residency | Photographic mission in the Eastern Townships

March 7, 2023

Creation residency | Photographic mission in the Eastern Townships

Sporobole and Rencontres de la photographie en Gaspésie, thanks to the support of Loto-Québec, invite professional Québec artists to submit a project proposal by May 19, 2023. The artist selected will carry out a photography mission that documents one or...