ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Montreal, Natalie Gadoua still lives and works in the metropolis. After studies in scenarisation at the Université du Québec à Montréal, she directs herself instead towards photograhy and completes her formation at the Dawson College. Her artistic process was born from the frustation towards people who cannot see the beauty of everyday details. Her images re-create a specific space in time. Through her choice of colors and depths, Natalie Gadoua acheives in communicating us emotions like she felt them at the moment she took the picture. The spectator is immediately plunged into this same atmosphere. She knows how to capture and immortalize a feeling, an impression. Her strenght is to be able to open the eyes of people on the simplicity and beauty of certain situations...


PRESENTED WORK
CYCLE. SLIDESHOW, QUEBEC, 2004

On the road, under the rain... A road-trip through the seasons and their diverse precipitations is proposed to us by the artist. She opens up the door and invites us to embark on an adventure where we will discover the simple beauty of the collision between water and the surface of things. On this path, the artist inserts images that plunges us in comforting scenes of everyday life (relaxing in a chalet, swimming with friends,...). In short, an open narration that leaves place to imagination and interpretation. This course through the study of textures of buildings under the rain ends at the Craig pumping station. The strong architectural lines like the ones of the Jacques-Cartier bridge and the highway Ville-Marie interact in an interesting way with the ones of the 19th century patrimonial building. This interaction is furthermore interesting under the natural hold of water.