Gabor Szilasi
Gabor

  • Canada
  • fr
  • en
  • 101'
Gabor

Synopsis

As colourful as its protagonist, this documentary, in which eyewitness accounts mingle with mise-en-scène, offers us an intimate portrait of Gabor Szilasi. The Hungarian-born photographer, now approaching his hundredth birthday, has devoted most of his life to immortalising everyday life in Quebec, his home since 1957. His work is a reflection of his personality, full of life and curiosity. From Montreal to the countryside, the man who approaches life with humour and resilience casts a resolutely humanist eye on the people of Quebec.

What you will find in this film

The experience of migration • a chronicler of his time • a photographer of the ordinary • from documentary to social photography • a humanist eye • Quebec from every angle, explored over sixty years, from Montreal to its regions • photography as collective memory • Quebec in black and white • from portraiture to architectural photography • photography as the art of the encounter • the joy of a contact sheet

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David Harris ; GABOR SZILASI : L'ÉLOQUENCE DU QUOTIDIEN ; Musée Canadien de la photographie contemporaine ; Ottawa ; 2009 
David Harris ; GABOR SZILASI : THE ELOQUENCE OF THE EVERYDAY ; Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography ; Ottawa ; 2009 
Zoë Tousignant ; GABOR SZILASI. LE MONDE DE L'ART À MONTRÉAL 1960-1980 ; Musée McCord ; Montréal ; 2019