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Heidi Hollinger
Heidi Hollinger is widely credited with having revolutionized political photography in Russia. During her 10-year residence in its great capital city in the 90's, her "non-iconic" portraits of leading politicians created new ways of revealing the psychology driving personalities. In the process of helping make a photographic revolution she also made herself a Russian celebrity. Her professional exploits and even her personal life are followed by the national media, making her, in the words of the Canadian Ambassador to the Russian Federation Rodney Irwin, "the best-known Canadian in Russia."
Heidi was born in Montreal and lives in Moscow and Montreal. In 1990, she graduated from McGill University with a Bachelor's Degree in Modern Languages. She speaks English, French, Russian and Spanish.
In 1991 Heidi moved to Moscow to teach English at Moscow State University. In 1992 she returned there as a graduate student in Political Science. In 1994 she began work as the first non-Russian photo editor at the leading national daily newspaper Pravda. In the same year, her first photography exhibit opened at the Moscow Photo Center, enjoying enormous success. "Faces of the Opposition" featured stylistically unprecedented photographs of Russia's political elite, and was later shown in cities across Russia, as well as in Montreal and Los Angeles.
An intense period of travel, exhibitions, and high-profile work followed on these events. Triumphs included portrait sessions with world leaders, including Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jean Chrétien, Fidel Castro, and the Dalai Lama.
In 1995, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) produced a 45-minute documentary film entitled "Heidi: Une Montréalaise à Moscou," the story of a Montreal photographer who documents revolutionary moments in Russian politics. This documentary was aired around the world in countries including Canada, the U.K., Japan, Norway and Australia. That same year Heidi opened up a portrait studio in Moscow and was commissioned by Russian political leaders to photograph their election campaigns. In 1996, Russian State television (RTR) named her "photographer of the year," and Montreal's major daily newspaper La Presse named her a "personality of the week."
In 1998 she won 1st and 3rd prize for best photographs in the category "people" in the all-Russian photo contest "Interfoto." In 2001, a major retrospective of her work, entitled "10 years in Moscow," was exhibited at the Canadian Parliament and the Russian Embassy in Ottawa. Between 1999 and 2002 she published five books in Canada, The United States, and Russia. She continues to contribute her work to leading publications, including Newsweek, Time, Esquire, The New York Times, Harper's Bazaar, The Toronto Star, Clin D'Oeil, La Presse, Stern, Pravda, Ogonyok, and Itogi.
Heidi's latest book was launched with an exhibition of her photos at the Russian Consulate in New York in 2002. The Russians Emerge (Abbeville Press, New York) documents a great culture in thrilling social and political transformation, and features text by Russia expert Jonathan Sanders and a foreword by Mikhail Gorbachev.
Exposition:
Jeudi 8 septembre - GALA DÉGUSTATION 'SUIVEZ LE RYTHME' CENTRE MONT-ROYAL
Exposition d'oeuvres d'art
