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PENTAPRISMm a g a z i n eN°13 July 2016

INTERVIEW

Nathan

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NUNAVUTA LAND OF TURMOIL

BY MICHEL THIBERT

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nunavutA L A N D O F T U R M O I LBY MICHEL THIBERT

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Through his photographic signature, Michel Thibert invites the viewer to experience, with him, areas that one may otherwise never see. His use of vanishing points allows us to ‘enter’ nature, not physically but emotionally. This pushes us to go further in a shared perspective. Michel’s work will carry you in a tumult of: impressions, fields, mountains, rivers and clouds. He strives to find, feel and capture the essence of the products of creation. Also, motivating us as the viewers to recreate our own paths of discovery. Perhaps Michel’s images will help your journey and fill your environments with some of ‘The Beauty Rediscovered’.

Michel started taking photos at the age of 15, perfecting the techniques while devel-oping an eye for framing and the management of light. By 1973, he had already worked professionally for over five years in the field of communications and video production (commercial and series). Thereafter, for the following thirty-five years, he worked in business development.

Now at 58 years old, he works as a pilot in command between Quebec City and the Ca-nadian Arctic. Photography has always captured Michel’s attention and is becoming his preferred way to communicate his vision of the world. This is a shared experience with the people Michel meets and the landscape that inspires his art. He first perfected the techniques and personal style directly from the cockpit, sometimes using panoramic views in relation to the magnitude of the scene. One of his intentions is to take the standard aerial view people are accustomed and give it an aesthetic created with in-tent, something more, that moves it away from being just a documentation of the area.

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In the last two years, Michel’s perspective has been transformed from a descriptive one to an evocation of his feeling that help him to understand his reality. Michel’s preferred routes and shooting locations bring alive the last few remote areas on our planet, feed-ing off the sense that few of us have ever been there. From the rainforests of Costa Rica to the small villages of the Canadian Arctic, Michel choses angles with social issues that are currently having impacts on people and nature.

From the 2012 season, He has shown a greater number of land scenes. Sometimes the images may reflect positions of the white colonizers from the south. It is, however, in discussions with his ‘brothers’ from Nunavut that he connects and understands more on the planet and himself. Even though portrait is a minority part of his body of work, the human presence is not completely absent. Michel’s photographs reflect a story, to capture a given moment. The image of these beings, living in very harsh conditions gen-erates perpetual recognition. Finally, some of the images can be viewed as critical of certain policies and positions of society ‘’and to serve those who suffer history’’ (Albert Camus).

As master of inter-ethnic exchanges and understanding, Yann Arthus-Bertrand, is a guide and inspiration to Michel as he illuminates many others with his implications and imaginative projects. He improve his techniques by studying the concepts and teach-ings of master photographers: Ansel Adams for the zoning system, Michael Freeman for his philosophy on the art of photography and finally, the relevance of the lines and the use of contrasts in photography so called Fine Art with Michael Levin. Michel’s team is composed of two digital image retouching certified experts and one part time field as-sistant.

We hope the sharing of his art through pictures will bring you the light that accompa-nies Michel Thibert’s shooting.

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LIVING SCHIST Whale Cove has a unique costal shape caught between two hamlets in the Hudson Bay. Even the strongest structures have faults.



Enjoyments of: land, snow, efforts, & deep horizons. A unique period that is renew each year in the race season…that is for a few generations of dogs and mushers!

MUTUAL HAPPINESS & ENJOYMENTS. Arctic Bay’ s musher.



SCAR FOR THE INHABITANTS AND ITS LAND James Bay west coast close to Coral Harbour in full march winter.Wind, climate, rocks. white colonisation, promises, humans weak-ness have ALL produce scars.

BIRD OF PEACE Close to Arviat when going for Whale Cove, the two com-munities share between families peace for centuries.A constant flux of emotions that has to be intentional within the community and with visiting spirits.



I SEE YOU South of Eureka weather station, are those two eyes. Geomorphology or spirits of the North. More than a point of view.



NO MERCYOnly the strongest ones survives. And its NOT about True North geography. Was the dog dead before he froze or the opposite?Ruthless environment, fascination of a Lifetime.



NEXT FOUR MONTHSCaptured between Grise Fiord, in the back of the airplane, and Pond Inlet due south in the front. Southern populations just can’t live their way in total darkness for a few months. The 130 inhabitants of Grise Fiord hamlet will be living In the dark for the next four months. Just try a day or two.



COMMA ISLAND South of the town of Arviat, we can feel that the sun is full of hope for our skin and soul. It all began with water and deep horizons. Between clouds, the sun made us a promise.



FOUR BROTHERS May has brought back those four brothers / icebergs in Qikiqtarjuaq.Family support within the proximity of living together in this bound-less environment.



TIME RIPPLES This Icelandic construction is also observed in Pond Inlet Nunavut.1800 Km apart in two continents.Only time will reveal the new physical shelters of True North.



KHMU lady in Vang Vanh Village, carries the biggest coconut I have ever seen up a rickety old staircase.

ISLAND IN THE SKY Eureka weather station is located in 80 degrees North. It’s a unique micro-climate with this unique moment of calm. Some will express that they feel like an island in the sky.



SHARING THE ESSENCE OF OUR DNA In one of the many falls of Iceland the Goðafoss fall have been calling humans for centuries. Sharing the essentials.



BORN TO BE WILD, BORN TO BE ICELANDIC HORSES Iceland in the vast region of the south west of Akureyri. REAL Friendship is vastly non-human pack.



CYAN QUEST In Pond Inlet, for the last 5 years, the Community is enjoying a differ-ent iceberg. More than a piece of frozen ice, this Majesty represents a statement of True North and a reason for a Sunday family’s trip around the Village.



EQUILIBRIUM Personally, this capture is a living statement about all the elements of my True North. An objective that is granted to the passive observer and not attain by their passiveness.



TOWERING In the sring 2013, Pond Inlet was having a Sun Festival. Just before the Midnight Sun.



EMBRACING RIPPLES Also called Repulse Bay, Naujaat. The True North’s environment transformed our being human.


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