Jean-Marc Carisse

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Jean-Marc Carisse is a Canadian photographer. He has covered the political scene on Parliament Hill for over 25 years in both the Prime Minister's Office (a PMO record for an official photographer)and the National Liberal Caucus. Many of his photographs hang in the halls, rooms and offices of Parliament. They have appeared on the covers and pages of history and political books (including his own "Privileged Access w/ Trudeau, Turner & Chrétien" Warwick Publ. 2000), magazines including Time, Paris Match and Maclean's, as well as TV documentaries and biographies.

He graduated with a BA in Visual Arts from the University of Ottawa. Carisse has donated approx. 69,000 negatives several years ago to the National Archives of Canada and his P.M.Chrétien collection (approx. 400,000 negatives) were donated in 2005. He plans on donating more of the Trudeau-Chrétien years in the future.

His recent photo exhibit "My Trudeau Years", which has been extended twice by popular demand, reflects his professional relationship with Trudeau and their mutual respect . Eight weeks before his passing, Trudeau met with him and agreed to be photographed once more on his last day at his Heenan Blaikie office in Montreal, choosing his poses as he did so many times before. It was their final sitting.

Jean-Marc Carisse, who received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal, continues to work as a photojournalist and portrait photographer in Ottawa. He may be reached at Carisse Studio Café, 495 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1N 6Z5. Tel.(613)241-5454 during business hours.

[edit] Publications

Carisse published “Privileged Access with Trudeau, Turner and Chrétien” 2000, a coffee table book. It was voted 'best political book of the year' by Hill Times. It contains hundreds of photographs featuring his shadowing of the three prime ministers.

[edit] Exhibitions

"My Trudeau Years" (Oct.25, 2002 to April 24, 2003) at the Library and Archives of Canada, showcased a collection of 57 mostly unpublished photographs that chronicle Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau as Prime Minister, Opposition Leader and as private citizen, over the last quarter century. It began touring at the Pavilion Gallery Museum in Winnipeg on June, 2003
"The Charter. It’s Ours. It’s Us." at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, until the end of April 2003. Exhibit since transferred in permanence to the Department of Justice, Ottawa.
"Chasing The Beat/ Reflets de notre temps" at the Heidi Hollinger Gallery in Montreal in 2004
"On The World Stage" photo exhibit, from Nov. 3 to Nov.27, 2004, at L'Alliance Française, 352 MacLaren St. in Ottawa.
"On The World Stage (del Escenario Mundial)" photo exhibit from Mar.31 to Apr.28, 2005, at Galeria Julio Larramendi in Havana, Cuba
"On The World Stage" permanent photo exhibit at Carisse Studio-Café gallery at 495 Sussex Drive in Ottawa, Canada. (tel. 613.241.5454)