Background
Pierre Gaudard was born on October 6, 1927 in Marvelise, France.
Pierre Gaudard was born on October 6, 1927 in Marvelise, France.
Pierre Gaudard was educated at Ecole Estienne in Paris.
Pierre Gaudard worked extensively as a freelance photojournalist for Time, Châtelaine, Week-end and other magazines as well as for the Canadian government. He was also closely associated with the NATIONAL FILM BOARD OF CANADA's Still Photography Division, for which he produced several photo-stories and contributed to such publications as Canada: A Year of the Land and Call Them Canadians during the 1960s.
In the late 1960s, Pierre Gaudard spent two years photographing Québécois workers for the acclaimed NFB exhibition (1971) and publication (1972) entitled Les Ouvriers (The Workers). An assignment for Time magazine in 1975 led to an extended photographic study of the Canadian penal system and an equally acclaimed body of work, Les Prisons.
During the 1980s, Pierre Gaudard continued to photograph actively. He produced a lyrical and witty series on his country of birth, Retour en France, and experimented with both colour and Polaroid technology. After the 1980s, his photographs continued to be exhibited extensively across Canada as well as in France. In the 1990s, Pierre Gaudard returned to France to live.
photography
1964Love-In, Chez les Dominicains, Montreal, Quebec
1967Love-In, Chez les Dominicains, Montreal, Quebec
1967Redpath Strike (church basement), Pointe Saint-Charles, Montreal, Quebec
1969C.N.R. Factory Exit, Pointe Saint-Charles, Montreal, Quebec
1969Val -d'Or, Quebec
1969Roy Display Co., Montreal, Quebec
1969Alcan, Shawinigan, Quebec
1970Strike at G.M.
1970Eagle Toys, Saint-Henri, Montreal, Quebec
1969