Hors d’état
photographer's collective
We invite you to attend the launch of Hors d'état, a collection of photographs. Most of the members of this collective are from the Montreal region, with the exception of photographer David Champagne, who now lives on the Acadian Peninsula. Poet Jonathan Roy also took part in this superb project.
Launch on Friday, June 9, 7:15 p.m.
Hors d'État is a collective of Canadian documentary photographers and authors who actively participate in culture and community.
Both singular and complementary in their practices and approaches, the members of the collective take a sometimes critical, sometimes poetic look at their lives, the territories and the people around them. They draw attention to certain social issues while painting a portrait of their times.
Born of the desire to create a common project despite the distance and everyday life that separate them, this book is the first publication of the Hors d'État collective.
It's here that the night chooses to rally us. Our eyes meet, our thoughts mingle, and slowly we tie together our nocturnal sensibilities to tell a common story.
Members: Betty Bogaert, Émilie Gratton, Elisabeth Marcoux, Kassandra Reynolds, François Gamache, Thibaut Ketterer, Sébastien Michaud and David Champagne.
We invite you to attend the launch of the photography collection by the Hors d'état collective as part of the 27th edition of FAVA. Most of the members of this collective are from the Montreal region, with the exception of photographer David Champagne, who now lives in the Acadian Peninsula. Poet Jonathan Roy also took part in this superb project.
David Champagne
Originally from the Cantons-de-l’Est in Quebec, David Champagne holds a diploma in photography from Cégep de Matane. He works mainly in the field of documentary photography. Fascinated by human beings, photography enables him to draw a social portrait of our times. He also cultivates a growing interest in photomontage, a medium that enables him to transform his photos to create pieces that are sometimes strange or humorous, sometimes critical and denunciatory. Over the years, he has collaborated with numerous NGOs, and his work is supported by the New Brunswick and Canada Arts Boards. A member of the Hors d'État photo collective, he lives in New Brunswick's Acadian Peninsula. He is currently working on an artist's book project.
Jonathan Roy
Jonathan Roy (Caraquet, NB) has been active in poetry for some fifteen years.
He has published in magazines and collectives, worked on artists' books, sometimes written songs, and often taken part in literary events outside the book (shows, video poems, exhibitions, performances).
With Perce-Neige, he published mélamine méduse in spring 2023, the follow-up to Savèches à fragmentation (2019) and Apprendre à tomber (2012), winners of the Prix littéraire Antonine-Maillet-Acadie Vie. In 2021, he took to the stage in Savèches, a theatrical adaptation of his book by Théâtre populaire d'Acadie. On the side, he directs the Festival acadien de poésie and co-directs the Poésie collection at Éditions Perce-Neige. He is currently the first recognized Poet of the Town of Caraquet.