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Benoit Paille is a 26 year old French-Canadian photographer. Although he started studying medical biology for 3 years, he turned to fine arts and finally became a self-taught succesful photographer. His photos were published in several publications around the world. He had exhibitions in Canada, Japan, L.A, Barcelona, Moscow and Ukraine, Paris. He often holds workshops about photography and art around the world – Paris, London, barcelona, Amsterdam,Mexico, Turino, etc. and he collaborates with an advertising agency. His many project is are about people , portraiture , and the night time. Read Less

I am above all else constantly experimenting with my immediate environment, both social and natural. To put it more accurately, my work focuses on questioning the limits imposed by humanity.

How can one push away these self imposed limits and constraints. Or, as in my most recent series, how to redefine the landscape with the help of a manmade light presence. While playing with the boundaries between conventions, I try to find a personal definition of established photographic genres.

At the heart of this research, light is predominant in the process of sublimation of the commonplace, of the forgotten and neglected subject. I work and explore light as I would a sculptural media, as a matrix of what we can see and interpret. I feel that showing banality could make it extraordinary, and thus I take great care to create repetitions, through a rigorous and obsessive series-oriented approach, motivated by a quest for pure aesthetics.


I am also interested in the narrative the image induces, in the story it invariably creates. My approach could be said to be documentary-based, but only at first glance, for in truth I try to transform reality. I wish to present of people, things and places a vision that is free of any (self) learnt stereotypes.


I lean therefore more towards the constructed image. Constructing images allows me to reach my goal quicker, which is to uncover a neglected reality, judged too commonplace to be of any interest. To show the real, I use tricks and fakery: it is my belief that photography is not a representation of the real, but creates it. Read Less

FORMATION SCOLAIRE
Baccalauréat
Major in Photography 2009-…….
University Concordia

Baccalauréat
Biologie médical 2007-2009
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières

Diplôme d’études collégial 2005-2007
Science nature
Cegep de Trois-Rivières

Diplôme d’études professionnelles 2002-2004
Techniques d’usinage
Carrefour formation Mauricie, Shawinigan





Exposition

2013
Stranger on the beach self-portraiture GALLERY CA fevrier (Baltimore)

2012

Stranger on the beach self-portraiture byDAHINDEN galerie 8 novembre (Paris-France)

Nitologie ( night serie) portemanteur production La Font del Balç (Spain, Gironella)

Nitologie ( night serie) portemanteur production PARADOR (Spain, La Seu d'Urgell)


2011

Stranger Project Centre d’exposition Raymond Lasnier Trois-Rivières (Canada)

Night Series Arm17 26 novembre (Russia, Moscow)

Nitologie ( night serie) portemanteur production and txell bonet prod (Spain, Barcelona)

Rainbow Gathering Nuit de la photo, Orange ( France)

Bullying at School Installation, Towada art center, Aomori, (Japan)

Rainbow Gatehring , Digiarte Contemporain art festival Florence ( Italy)

À la recherche de la Banalité, Embuscade art Galerie (Canada)

Stranger project + poésie, Festival international de la poésie de Trois-Rivières (Canada)

2010
Stranger project VAV Concordia Art galerie (Canada)

Woman photo project‏ Garage Gang (Ukraine)
www.gggg.org.ua

Stranger Project Nuit de la photo, Orange ( France)

2009
Près de l’abstraction XXL Le Charlot (Trois-Rivières)

Publications et apparitions

2012
Interview FOCO ( Mexico )
Interview byDahinden ( Paris )
Interview Radio France Culture (Rainbow Gathering) (Paris)
Square magazine (alternative landscape)
Plateforme magazine (Paris)
inc mag (Brazil)
2011
Le téléjournal, Interview TVA ( exposition Raymond Lasnier )
Le téléjournal. Interview Radio-Canada ( exposition Raymond Lasnier )
Night Serie, Fubiz.net
Rainbow Family, Fubiz.net
Rainbow Gathering family, Feature on Behance.net
Hommage à la lentille, Le nouvelliste
Stranger Project, designyoutrust.com
Stranger Project, Interview l’hebdo journal
AXA commissioned work, Feature on Behance.net
Photosolution, Interview et article ( 10 jeunes talents à surveiller au Canada)
Le Art instalation Japan, Feature on Behance.net
nouveau Casino, Interview et présentation de Rainbow Gathering ( France)
Garage Gang, Photo d’artiste travaillant en ukraine ou ayant travaillé ( Ukraine)
NightSerie, Feature on Behance.net
Esquire, russie
Blink Magazine, Interview et présentation portefolio. Mondial

2010
• Stranger project, Fubiz.net
• Chez nous le matin, Stranger project Radio de Radio-Canada interview(3 min)(Canada)
• Sortir, Stranger project Téléjournal Mauricie Radio-Canada interview (Canada)
• Fary rabit, Jpg Magazine (Usa)
• Portefolio, Décovers (Canada)
• Motel Serie, Plateforme magazine (France)
• Stranger Project, PokochajFotografie Magazine (Ukraine)
• Photon Magazine (chine)
• Impracabeza (Espagne)
• Grab magazine (Italy)
• Décover Mag (Canada)

2009

• Page couverture et article , Stranger Project, Digifotopro magazine, Pays-Bas
• Page couverture et article, Port01, Allemagne
• Stranger Project, Acticle, Zone Campus (UQTR)
• Interview Radio, Radio-Canada, Désautels (2min)
• Reportage photographique Strangers Project, Blogue de Urbania.ca
• Photographie clown, Compétence photo, France
• Fubiz.net Article photographie, France
• Gallery d’art web, www.gapegallery.com/

2008
• Artiste du Mois, Virusphoto
• Un deux pour un à l’embuscade, article sur une des mes expositions, Zone Campus
• Téléjournal Mauricie , Interview à propos de une de mes expositions (3 min)

Workshops et déplacements professionnels

2012
- Conférence EXID, photography as a medium to reach individue, Mexico , UDLAP University
-Workshop Mexico, UDLAP University
-workshop Paris, 9-10-11 novembre
-Reportage Imiujak (grand nord québec) pour Télérama
-AXA compagnie d’assurance stranger shooting Mars (Mexico)
-Groupe Page Jaune, Shooting campagne publicitaire internet

2011
- Workshop 24-25 janvier (Paris)
-Serie Rainbow Gathering family fevrier (Iles Canary)
-AXA compagnie d’assurance stranger shooting Mars (France)
-Shooting Orphelina Best Friend Juin, (Guatemala)
-Stranger Lab, screenwriting Tutoring, 28 aout au 3 septembre (Roumanie)
-Workshop Amsterdam 3-4 Septembre (Pays-Bas)
-Workshop Londre 10-11 Septembre( Angleterre )
-Workshop Turino 24-25 Septembre (Italie)

2010
-Série Rainbow Gathering family , palenque Decembre (mexique)
-Stranger tourist selfportrait (Mexique)

Prix et mentions

Première place au Art photography show 2009 (choisi parmi 16 000 autre photographe) (en collaboration avec la curateur du Musé d'art contemporain de Los Angeles )

Finaliste Art take time square 2012 (10 finaliste sur 35 000 participant )

Lauréat Fubiz award 2012 : Rainbow Gathering

Behance.net Top 10 des projet les plus apprécier en 2011 (rainbow Gathering)

Award, best landscape, Snap Toronto Read Less