{"id":37,"date":"2026-04-15T15:58:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T19:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.normandrajotte.com\/en\/?page_id=37"},"modified":"2026-06-04T11:20:39","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T15:20:39","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.normandrajotte.com\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div id=\"tdi_1\" class=\"tdc-row\"><div class=\"vc_row tdi_2  wpb_row td-pb-row\" >\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_2,\r\n                .tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n                    min-height: 0;\r\n                }.tdi_2,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2 .tdc-columns{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_2:before,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_2:after{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: table;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"vc_column tdi_4  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<style scoped>\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n\n\/* custom css - generated by TagDiv Composer *\/\n.tdi_4{\r\n                    vertical-align: baseline;\r\n                }.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper,\r\n\t\t\t\t.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    display: block;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .tdc-elements{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: 100%;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper > .vc_row_inner{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}.tdi_4 > .wpb_wrapper{\r\n\t\t\t\t    width: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t    height: auto;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\n<\/style><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" >[vc_column_text css=\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0\u00bb]<strong>Normand Rajotte \u2013 Biography<\/strong>\r\n\r\nNormand Rajotte lives and works in Montreal and the Eastearn Towships, Quebec, Canada. A self-taught photographer, his practice began in the social documentary genre and its direct approach would endure throughout his practice thereafter. In 1978, \u00c9ditions Ovo published an essay, Transcanadienne Sortie 109, on the daily life of a working-class city\u2014his own, Drummondville\u2014 of which he is co-author. This project was among the rare publications of its sort for the time.\r\n\r\nIn the early 1980s, through landscape photography, he adopted a more introspective approach focused on self-awareness and a renewed relationship to nature. From this, several series were developed. They would be the focus of several exhibitions, and many excerpts of these works later went on to be included in a book titled Marcher sa trace (Walking in my foot prints), published in 2004 by \u00c9ditions Les 400 coups (Montreal). The series, Comme un murmure (Like a whisper) (2004-2011), presented notably at Mois de la photo de Montr\u00e9al 2011 and published by Editions Kehrer in 2016 (Heildelberg). This was followed by the series <em>Le chantier<\/em> (2010-2014) and <em>Carcasse<\/em> (2015-2017). The latter was presented in the form of a short film (<em>Terrestres<\/em>) in 2019 and a book co-published in 2022 by \u00c9ditions Escuminac (Quebec) and Diaphane \u00e9ditions (France).\r\n\r\nSince 1997 Rajotte\u2019s photographic project has persistently focused on Lot no126, a single area of forest at the foot of Mont M\u00e9gantic in the Eastern Townships. A new series is currently in progress.\r\n\r\nHis work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Qu\u00e9bec, since the late 1970s. His works appear in many private and public collections in Quebec and throughout Canada, including The Canadian Photography Institute, National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa), the National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec (Quebec), and the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Rajotte is also well represented in major corporate collections. (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.normandrajotte.com\/en\/cv\/\">see cv<\/a>)[\/vc_column_text]<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"[vc_column_text css=\"\"]Normand Rajotte \u2013 Biography Normand Rajotte lives and works in Montreal and the Eastearn Towships, Quebec, Canada. A self-taught photographer, his practice began in the social documentary genre and its direct approach would endure throughout his practice thereafter. 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