1999, besides having been the year of outrageous Y2K paranoia, was also the Year of the Elderly, as declared by the United Nations. And Moroccan-born photographer Karim Rholem used this fact as inspiration for his exhibit 100 Ans d'histoires à raconter on now at the Maison de la culture Frontenac. In the past, Rholem has snapped the individual portraits of such marginalized people as the Inuit, immigrants in Montreal and Moroccan poor.
With 100 Ans, he focuses his lens on 100-year-old men and women from Quebec, tracing their personal histories by showing short testimonial texts and small archive photos alongside their large-scale close-up portraits. The result is a touching, humanist vision of the past seen through gentle, experienced eyes. At 2550 Ontario E. until April 12. Info: 872-7882.
1999, besides having been the year of outrageous Y2K paranoia, was also the Year of the Elderly, as declared by the United Nations. And Moroccan-born photographer Karim Rholem used this fact as inspiration for his exhibit 100 Ans d'histoires à raconter on now at the Maison de la culture Frontenac. In the past, Rholem has snapped the individual portraits of such marginalized people as the Inuit, immigrants in Montreal and Moroccan poor.