Cover Photo:
Srebrenica, nuit à nuit by Adrien Selbert 2015 winner. Photo by Adrien Selbert

New Writings Award Application form

Foreword :

A partnership between French association Freelens, Zoom Photo Festival in Saguenay (Canada) and Transizioni Festival (Bologna, Italy), the New Writings Award calls for short multimedia pieces, sound slideshows, video works, or photographic short films.

The call is open to all journalists, photojournalists, photography and journalism students, and dedicated amateurs. They are invited to submit a short and creative multimedia piece composed of stills, videos, texts and audio with a duration of under 7 minutes (recommended). The theme is open but the work has to be of a documentary or journalistic nature.

One project will be awarded with a 1000 Euro prize and will be presented during the Saguenay ZOOM Photo Festival and the Transiozini Festival in Italy, along with 10 other selected projects. Travel to Saguenay, Quebec (Canada) and accommodation will be provided by the festival. The awarded piece will also be streamed on the web. A partnership between Corridor Elephant Editions, the winner will be published with an Ebook Multimedia in the Art Photo Film collection.

Be creative!

Submission period : July 15 to September 13, 2016

The winning project will be awarded with
– A 1000 Euros grant
– A maximum of 1100 Euros will be spend by the Saguenay ZOOM Photo Festival to pay for travel and accommodation of the winner to Saguenay, Canada.
– A projection of the winning short in November in Saguenay, Quebec, Canada, during the Zoom Photo Festival and during the Transizioni Festival in Italy.
– Streaming of the project on a web platform.
– Published in Multimedia Ebook with Corridor Elephant Editions in the Art Photo Film collection.

The jury will also select 10 exceptional submissions, which will be projected during the ZOOM Photo Festival in November in Saguenay and Transizioni Festival in Italy, as well as on a web platform.

To apply, fill-in the application form, after reading and agreeing with the rules of the award.
Each project must be subtitled in English or French according to the original language.

Further informations can be found on the https://zoomphotofestival.ca; http://www.transizioni.org/;

Group Photo Media International is proud to announce the involvement of Camtec Photo as official sponsor of the contest Human Nature.

Camtec Photo offer a prize worth $ 1,000 to the winner of the 2016 edition of the International Photography Competition, Human Nature.

The theme, Human nature, proposes a look at the way Man, in the largest sense of the word, can be influenced by his environment, that is to say by the conditions, both natural and cultural, that make up the frame of his life and that are susceptible to have an impact on him.

Camtec Photo now joins Groupe Photo Media International, the Centre for Sustainable Development and Eureko in the seventh edition of the contest of photojournalism Human nature of Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay, international meeting of photojournalism.

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The 4th issue of Les Nuits Photographiques will take place in Le Pavillon Carré de Baudouin, Paris 20th district, from 12 June to 2 August 2014.
For photography, screen time, wall space or the turning pages of a book, are all dimensions and surfaces that can be used to experiment with the telling of stories and to dig deep into the narrative possibilities of the photographic image. This year, the exhibition offers a combination of printed photography, installations and photography on screen.

 2014 programme:
– 26, 27 & 28 June, from 8pm to 1am : 3 evenings of outdoor screenings of pictures in motion, on giant screens in the garden of Le Pavillon Carré de Baudouin.
– In 2014: the Pavillon Carré de Baudouin, will welcome, in a space of over 400 square metres, an exhibition bringing together established and emerging artists. This exhibition titled ‘‘HISTOIRES’‘ will be open to the public from 12 June to 2 August.
– Prizes will be awarded by a panel of international professional photographers, curators and critics.
– Again this year, we’re organising portfolio reviews, special screenings in the auditorium of Le Pavillon, an OPEN SHOW session, and a special event for photographers and moviemakers called Le Bar des Réalisateurs.

Event website

Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay, meeting international photojournalism offers a workshop for a period of three days (1, 2, 3 November) on the production of photographic multimedia.

The workshop will focus on the theoretical aspect of multimedia. Starting with an introduction of the history of the multimedia format, we look at examples of different productions and form an analyses and opinion. Which types of multimedias exist and what can be useful for your future project? The second part of the workshop will be more practical. How do you start, what do you need and what platforms are available for the publication of your project? Finally we discuss a business model and present a new software application where participants can make their own I-pad application.

We expect from the participants that they prepare a presentation of their work. Together we will propose solutions to improve your project. Participants must bring their “laptop” and prepare a presentation of their work.

The masterclass will be given by Dutch photographer Dirk-Jan Visser and photo historian Michelle Q Hamers, winners of Anthropographia’s prize in  the multimedia category of this year.

Cost: $ 400

Maximum 15 participants.

Registration and payment is made ​​directly on our website in our online store.

Registration deadline : October 20 2013.

Groupe Photo Média International and the Centre for Sustainable Development are pleased to announce the winner of the fourth edition of the photography contest The Man and the Environment organized by Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay, International Meeting of Photojournalism. The theme, Man and the Environment, proposes a look at the way Man, in the largest sense of the word, can be influenced by his environment, that is to say by the conditions, both natural and cultural, that make up the frame of his life and that are susceptible to have an impact on him.

The selection committee comprised of photographers Carolina Hayeur (Agence Stock Photo), Paul Chiasson (Canadian Press), Jacques Boissinot (Canadian Press), Jacques Nadeau (Le Devoir), Éric Côté (freelance photographer), Amélie Ferland-Dufresne (Director communications and programming, Centre for Sustainable Development) and Aude Crispel (Web developer, Centre for Sustainable Development) have chosen the story of french photographer Claudio Cambon.

FESTIVALS, VIOLENCE, CATHARSIS : RELIGIOUS CELEBRATIONS IN BANGLADESH AND THE EASTERN SUBCONTINENT 

Bangladesh is a country of immense cultural diversity, as evidenced by its many religious festivals. These allow people to discover the long history of different ethnic, religious and linguistic communities that make up this country too often depicted as poor and afflicted by disasters. These cultural groups have influenced each other and often borrowed from one another for centuries, if not thousands of years. The coexistence of these different groups and their convergence provide proof of a social fabric finely developed and of an interleaving now threatened by the deplorable growth of communalism.

I wanted to document these festivities, not only in order to enhance their already known aspects, but also in order to highlight their forgotten and endangered aspects.

As part of the Summit on Higher Education which takes place on 25 and 26 February, Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay will present the video “Carré Rouge” on its website zoomphotofestival.ca. These photographs from Jacques Nadeau and the video were presented at Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay. To make this video, Romane LeGallou and Loriane Richard, students in ATM Cégep de Jonquière had access to thousands of photos taken by Le Devoir’s photographer. The video “Carré Rouge” was produced by Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay International meeting of photojournalism in conjunction with Art and Media Technology (ATM) CEGEP de Jonquière.

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“Carré Rouge” Exposition

Few news photographers supply daily current affairs images that stand out like those of Jacques Nadeau.  Newspapers that appreciate the finesse of his work are even rarer.  As a reader, we develop a taste for quality. During the student protests in Quebec known as the ‘Printemps Érable’, Nadeau didn’t wait for the situation to degenerate before capturing the inventiveness of the protesters.  He was there for the audacious « maNUfestations» a nude protest; he was there for the ‘burial of universally accessible education’, the ‘Rite of spring’ concert, the first rumblings of demonstrations, and so on. A photo that reflects a frank account of current affairs as seen by the photographer and us, tells a complete story.  The image can stand alone in a book or, better yet, within the frame of an exhibit.

Text by : Marc-Yvan Poitras, Art history teacher

Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay will return from 29 October to 24 November 2013.

Saguenay, February 18, 2013 – To commemorate the death of photojournalist Rémi Ochlik, killed February 22, 2012 during a bombardment of the Syrian opposition neighborhoods in Homs, Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay present Rémi Ochlik’s “Arab Spring” who received several prestigious awards including the 1st prize in the general news category at the World Press Photo Awards 2012 for his work in Libya.

The video will be available on this page.

Revolutions exhibition moves to Boston

After being presented at La Pulperie de Chicoutimi / Musée régional in November 2012, the exhibition “Revolution” Remi Ochlik is presented free of charge until February 22 by The Consulate General of France in Boston at the prestigious Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University . The exhibition is a realization of Arnaud Brunet and Jean-François Leroy and was produced by Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay and La Pulperie de Chicoutimi / Musée régional. The exhibition was also praised by different media in Boston.

Retrospective of his career

Rémi Ochlik was only 28 years old when he died, but he had a great career as a photojournalist specializing in global conflicts. He spent the year 2011 covering the “Arab Spring” in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya. After graduating from high school, he went to Paris to study photography at the School Icart Photo. In 2004, at the age of 20, he went to Haiti to cover riots during the fall of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. His work earned him the Prix François Chalais, the young reporter and his report was screened at the Festival Visa pour l’image. In 2005, he founded his own photographic agency called IP3 PRESS, with the aim of covering the news in Paris and conflicts around the world. During his career, he has covered many subjects, and his work has notably been published in Le Monde Magazine, VOD, Paris Match, Time Magazine and the Wall Street Journal.

Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay will return from 29 October to 24 November 2013.

The winners of the 2013 World Press Photo have been announced. The winner of the Photo of the Year is Paul Hansen, a Swedish photographer.

Gaza Burial
Two-year-old Suhaib Hijazi and his older brother Muhammad were killed when their house was destroyed by an Israeli missile strike. Their father Fouad was also killed and their mother was put in intensive care. Fouad’s brothers carry his children to the mosque for the burial ceremony as his body is carried behind on a stretcher.

This photo and all photos winning World Press Photo 2013 will be presented from November 1st at the Pulperie de Chicoutimi, Musée régional.

All winners of the World Press Photo 2013 at: http://www.worldpressphoto.org/awards/2013

The exhibition “Revolution” by photographer Rémi Ochlik, killed on February 22, 2012 in Homs is a realization of Arnaud Brunet and Jean-François Leroy. It is produced by Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay and the Chicoutimi Pulp, Regional Museum.

The Consulat Général de France of France in Boston and The Art Institute of Boston Lesley University presents the exhibition at the Art Institute of Boston until February 22. The exhibition is free and open to the public.

Address  :
The Art Institute of Boston (AIB)
Main Gallery
700 Beacon Street, Boston

Schedule  :
Monday to Saturday : 9h -18h
Sunday : 12h – 17h
For more Information : 617.585.6600

For more information about this event : http://www.consulfrance-boston.org/spip.php?article2793

Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay confirms the success of its third edition.

The total ridership Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay is estimated at 137,134 visitors in 2012, an increase of 24,926 visitors compared to 2011.

Local visitors represent 71.1% of the total attendance of the event; Excursionists (living more than 40 km in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean) constitute 14.2% of visitors and tourists (visitors from outside the region) form the other 14.7%;

Direct spending by visitors to the festival during their stay are 1 485 000 $.