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Artist Message
Gaétan was trained in photography at the Concordia University, after a college diploma in graphic communications in Montreal. His career started with a show at "Le Mois de La photo à Montréal", and went on to pursue his photo projects and to exhibit his work in Belgium, England, Hungary, Italy, and Spain. Beside offering fine art prints in limited editions, his evocative and ethereal images are well suited for the book cover market and clients having licensed his work recently, include: ABCnews.com Ballantine Books BBC Audiobooks Bertelsman Chesky Records De Bezige Bij editions Editions Héloïse d’Ormesson Ediciones Martinez Roca S.A Editions 10 X 18 Editions Stock Flammarion Folio Policier FOX Broadcasting Harper Collins Judson Press Little Brown McClelland & Stewart Microsoft MTV NBC Universal Raincoast Books Readers Digest Science & Vie (front cover) Uitgeverij Unieboek Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Gaétan Charbonneau won the first place, Black & White category contest, from the Photographer's Forum Magazine. One of his image was also featured in the PDN magazine of the November 2006 issue. One of his image was included into the Bettmann's archive in 2003 as one of the "Betmann 100 photo contest" winner, along with the images of Marilyn Monroe! His work was also reviewed by Penny Cousineau-Levine in her book "Faking Death" Canadian Art Photography and the Canadian Imagination. McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003. |
