Emmanuelle Léonard Explained

Emmanuelle Léonard
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec

Emmanuelle Léonard (born 1971) is a Canadian photographer and Video artist.

Education

Léonard received an MFA degree in visual and media art from the Université du Québec à Montréal in 2002.^[1]

Work

Léonard's creative practice explores the aesthetic dimensions of documentary styles as well as the ideas of institutional authority and power.^{[2] [3]} She is particularly interested in legal photography and administrative archives, which she manipulates to question and explore the idea of proof.^[4]

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec^[5] and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Le militarisme canadien en images. November 4, 2019.
2. Web site: Portraits and Tactics: The Photographs and Video Works of Quebec's Emmanuelle Léonard – Canadian Art. April 4, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180404201106/https://canadianart.ca/features/portraits-and-tacticshe-emmanuelle-leonard/. April 4, 2018.
3. Web site: Emmanuelle Léonard, l'âme d'une documentariste. Le Devoir. November 2, 2019 .
4. Web site: Emmanuelle Léonard, Homicide, Détenu Vs Détenu, Archives Du Palais De Justice De La Ville De Québec – Gaëlle Morel, Ouvrir la photographie judiciaire.
5. Web site: Léonard, Emmanuelle. Collections | MNBAQ.
6. Web site: Emmanuelle Léonard, La Providence, 2014. MAC Montréal.