Claire Beaugrand-Champagne
Claire Beaugrand-Champagne (born 1948) is a Canadian documentary photographer. She is known for her socially engaged work and, having started her career in 1970, is considered the first female press photographer in Quebec. She was a member of the Groupe d'action photographique (GAP) alongside Michel Campeau, Gabor Szilasi, Roger Charbonneau et Pierre Gaudard Beaugrand-Champagne's is known for her work documenting Quebec society, including contributing to Disraeli, une expérience humaine en photographie (1972-1974).
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- Name
- Claire Beaugrand-Champagne
- Born
- 1948
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec
- Field
- photography
- Education
- Collège Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Marylebone Institute, CEGEP du Vieux-Montreal,
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- photographer
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Claire Beaugrand-Champagne (born 1948) is a Canadian documentary photographer. She is known for her socially engaged work and, having started her career in 1970, is considered the first female press photographer in Quebec. She was a member of the Groupe d'action photographique (GAP) alongside Michel Campeau, Gabor Szilasi, Roger Charbonneau et Pierre Gaudard Beaugrand-Champagne's is known for her work documenting Quebec society, including contributing to Disraeli, une expérience humaine en photographie (1972-1974).
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Created alongside fellow GAP member Michel Campeau, the project showcases daily life in the province's rural societies. The artist has taken a similar approach with solo projects. Her work Thien & Hung (1980 -1995), Beaugrand-Champagne photographer a refugee couple over fifteen years of their adjustment to life in Canada. Issues related to refugees in Canada, including housing and discrimination, have become a focus of her contemporary work. Her photographs are part of several museum collections including: National Gallery of Canada, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Library and Archives Canada and McCord Museum. She trained at the Collège Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Marylebone Institute and the CEGEP du Vieux-Montréal
Claire Beaugrand-Champagne studied at Cégep du Vieux Montréal. The field of work recorded is photography. Work by Claire Beaugrand-Champagne is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, McCord Stewart Museum, Library and Archives Canada and Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.
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• Name — Claire Beaugrand-Champagne • Born — 1948 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec • Field — photography • Education — Collège Marguerite-Bourgeoys, Marylebone Institute, CEGEP du Vieux-Montreal, • Website — http: www.clairebeaugrandchampagne.ca
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Major exhibitions
• Claire Beaugrand-Champagne. Émouvante Vérité. Photographies de 1970 à 2013, McCord Museum, Montreal, December 2013 - April 2014 • La photographie d'auteur au Québec - Une collection prend forme au musée, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, July 2013 - December 2013 • Femmes artistes. L'éclatement des frontières, 1965-2000. Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Québec, June 2010 - October 2010 • Déclics. Art et Société. Le Québec des années 60 et 70. Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal and Musée de la civilisation, Québec, May 1999 - October 1999 • Esthétiques actuelles de la photographie au Québec, Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, July 1982 and Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, December 1982 - January 1983
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Claire Beaugrand-Champagne was born in 1948 at Montreal.
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