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Dominique Jean-Marie canada
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Dualité, L'héritage négrière/ Duality the black heritage
n this series, my work is purely artistic and is mainly focused on the quest and understanding of my roots. With these portraits made in the studio and made up of photos taken in the last years, I wanted to go back on my personal history and the stigmas that shaped my childhood. Both Quebec and Haitian origin, duality has been part of my life since birth. The marks of my difference, never stopped growing from schoolyard to today. My Quebec society, which, if it does not reject me, does not always seem ready to accept me. And these portraits of mixed and adopted children are above all questions about our place in a society that integrates and rejects us. These works are only the messenger of my difference. Thank you for your attention
Kano Kano (Dominique Jean-Marie)
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Dans cette série, mon travail est purement artistique et est tourné principalement vers la quête et la compréhension de mes racines. Par extension, les portraits que je réalise ont, sans prétention et avec sincérité pour vocation la mise à nue de l’âme humaine. Avec ces images réalisées en studio et composée de photos prisent au courant de cette dernières années, j'ai voulu revenir sur mon histoire personnelle et les stigmates qui ont façonné mon enfance. À la fois québécoise et haïtienne d'origine, la dualité fait partie de ma vie depuis ma naissance. Les marques de ma différence, n’a jamais cessé de grandir de la cour d’école à aujourd’hui. Ma société québécoise, qui si elle ne me rejette pas, ne semble pas toujours prête à m’accepter. Et ces portraits d'enfants métissés et adoptés, sont avant tout des questionnements sur notre place dans une société qui nous intègre et nous rejette. Ces œuvres ne sont que le messager de ma différence.n this series, my work is purely artistic and is mainly focused on the quest and understanding of my roots. With these portraits made in the studio and made up of photos taken in the last years, I wanted to go back on my personal history and the stigmas that shaped my childhood. Both Quebec and Haitian origin, duality has been part of my life since birth. The marks of my difference, never stopped growing from schoolyard to today. My Quebec society, which, if it does not reject me, does not always seem ready to accept me. And these portraits of mixed and adopted children are above all questions about our place in a society that integrates and rejects us. These works are only the messenger of my difference. Thank you for your attention
Kano Kano (Dominique Jean-Marie)
about the photographer
Kano Kano is a photographer living in Montreal. Her photographic practice is in its essence supported by emotion. Her purely artistic works bear witness to a particular desire to explore human nature. She is interested in identity issues and beauty criteria by exploring bodies forcing us to question the codes of today's society. By extension, the portraits she produces have for vocation, without pretension and sincerity, the human soul's exposure. Before embracing the photographer's career, Kano Kano studied economics and politics at the H.E.C and the University of Montreal, where she moved towards a career as a journalist. However, the desire to create has quietly established itself for the expression of her creativity. Her artistic journey began at Collège Lasalle, where she studied fashion design. All diplomas in hand, she left Montreal to live and work in Hong Kong. A few years later, she returned home, where photography stood out as her medium. In 2017, Kano Kano decided to enroll in an international school of photography. A year plus later, she graduated from Collège Marsan, where she developed a strong style for portraiture and nude. Since then, Kano Kano's works have been noticed internationally: her images are published in magazines, galleries, and international awards. You can see her works exhibited in Barcelona.back to gallery