From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Quebecois photographer
Conrad Poirier
|
|---|
 |
| Born
| July 17, 1912
|
|---|
| Died
| January 12, 1968
(1968-01-12)
(aged 55)
|
|---|
| Nationality
| Canadian
|
|---|
| Occupation
| Photographer
|
|---|
Conrad Poirier
(born in
Montreal
July 17, 1912 ? died January 12, 1968, in
Montreal West
) was a
Quebecois
photographer, a pioneer of
photojournalism
in
Quebec
.
[1]
Biography
[
edit
]
Self-taught photographer, Poirier began his career in 1932 with a Speed Graphic, a device that uses a 4 × 5 film, Poirier captures images of sports and cultural events Montreal.
[2]
In addition, he photographed many famous Quebec personalities of the time.
[3]
He was a freelance writer and sold his photos to large newspapers:
The Gazette
,
Montreal Standard
,
La Patrie
,
La Presse
. His customers included thirty Canadian media institutions both in French and English.
Honors and awards
[
edit
]
Popular entertainment and leisure places for Montrealers (
Belmont Park
, the
Delorimier Stadium
,
Montreal Forum
, the evenings at the
chalet de la Montagne
on
Mount Royal
, the public beaches of
Saint Helen's Island
and
LaSalle
), were the subject of several photo essays by Poirier for which he won numerous awards: Grand National Canadian Prize, Canadian Press Prize, Prize of the Association of Photographers of Canada.
[2]
Notes
[
edit
]
- ^
(in French)
Michel Lessard et collectif d'auteurs, Montreal au XXe siecle, regards de photographes, Editions de l'Homme, Montreal 1995, 335 pages
- ^
a
b
(in French)
Bibliotheque et Archives nationales du Quebec
,
Poirier Archives Holdings
- ^
Robert Lefebvre,
The Early And Rare Canadiens Photography Of Conrad Poirier
Archived
October 20, 2021, at the
Wayback Machine
,
Vox Media
, June 5, 2009.
External links
[
edit
]
|
|---|
| International
| |
|---|
| National
| |
|---|
| Artists
| |
|---|
