Heidi Hollinger
Heidi Hollinger (born 1968) is a political photographer, documentary presenter and politician.
Heidi Hollinger

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- Name
- Heidi Hollinger
- Born
- 1968
- Birthplace
- Montreal, Quebec
- Education
- McGill University
- Known for
- photographer
- Nationality
- Canada
- Fields
- photography
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Key facts
• Name — Heidi Hollinger • Born — 1968 • Birthplace — Montreal, Quebec • Education — McGill University • Known for — photographer • Website — heidihollinger.com
Life and work
Life and work
Hollinger was born in Montreal, Quebec and attended McGill University. After opening a photo studio in Moscow, she photographed over 100 political conventions in Russia, and traveled extensively to photograph other world leaders, including Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jean Chrétien, Fidel Castro, and the Dalai Lama. After living for ten years in Moscow she returned to Montreal. For four years starting January 2011, she was a presenter of documentary series Waterfront Cities of The World for Discovery Channel. Each of 39 episodes of this series described one of the port cities in different parts of the world.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• Faces of the Opposition, Moscow Photo Center (1994); Kazan, Tatarstan (1994); Omsk, Russia (1994); Bergamot Station Galleries, Los Angeles (1995); • Building Moscow, Moscow City Hall (1995) • Politicians from A to Z, The State Duma, Moscow (1996) • New Genre: The Russian Political Portrait, Manezh Gallery, Moscow (1996) • Contemporary Artists, Metropole, Moscow (1996) • Politicians, Almaty (1998); Saratov (1999) • Peculiarities of National Politicians, Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow (1999); The State Duma, Moscow (2000) • Russians, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (2000); Canadian Embassy, Moscow (2000); Mike Bossy, Montreal (2000). • 100 years of Moscow (as part of group show), Montreal City Hall (2000) • 10 years in Moscow, Canadian Parliament, Ottawa (2001); Russian Embassy, Ottawa (2001) • The Russians Emerge, Russian Consulate, New York (2002); Philadelphia (2003); Cirque du Soleil, Montreal (2003); The Arts Factory, Las Vegas (2004); Carlu, Toronto (2004). • The Himalayas, Biosphere, Montreal (2004) • Selected Histories, Groupe Cossette, Montreal (2004) • Distinct Society, HollingerCollins Gallery, Montreal (2006) • 300 Reasons to Love Havana/300 raisons d'aimer La Havane, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (foyer Boutique-Librairie M) (March–November 2018)
Politics
Politics
On May 14, 2021, it was announced that Hollinger would join Ensemble Montréal as a city councilor candidate in the Saint-Henri-Est-Petite-Bourgogne-Pointe-Saint-Charles-Griffintown electoral district for the 2021 Montreal municipal election.
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Municipal electoral record
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Identity
Identity
Heidi Hollinger is recorded as photographer.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 1 entries
1968
Heidi Hollinger born at Montreal.
Books
• Heidi Chez Les Soviets, Les Intouchables. Montreal, 1999. • Peculiarities of Russian Politicians. Moscow: Vagrius, 1999. • Les Russes, Les Éditions Stanké. Montreal, 2000. • Russians. Moscow: Vagrius, 2000. • The Russians Emerge. New York: Abbeville, 2002.. • Monsieur Poutine, Vous Permettez?. Montreal: Semaine, 2008. • 300 Reasons to Love Havana. Montreal: Homme, 2018. • 300 raisons d'aimer La Havane. Montreal: Homme, 2018. • 300 Reasons to Love Havana, Second Edition. Montreal: Homme, 2024.
Collections
Collections
Hollinger's work is held in the following public collections: • Moscow History Museum • Moscow House of Photography • Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q3129407: Heidi Hollinger
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- “Heidi Hollinger”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- VIAF cluster 79477053 for Heidi Hollinger, aggregating national library name authorities.
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- 1.McGill University. The bilingual globetrotter.
- 2.The TVDB.com. Waterfront Cities of The World.
- 3.CBS Interactive Inc. Waterfront Cities of the World - Examining port cities with photographer Heidi Hollinger. TV Guide.
- 4.Lavtech.com Corp. Фотоальбом Хайди Холлинджер. Молва.ru.
- 5.Abbeville Press. Heidi Hollinger.
- 6.Brasseur, Nicolas. Heidi Hollinger devient candidate dans le Sud-Ouest. Journal Métro. 2021-05-14.
- 7.Craig Sauvé, incumbent Projet Montréal candidate for city councillor in Saint-Henri-Est–Petite-Bourgogne–Pointe-Saint-Charles–Griffintown, announced on November 4 that he would withdraw from the Projet Montréal team and if elected would sit as an independent. However, he remained listed as a Projet Montréal candidate on the ballot.
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