his year
marks the 25th anniversary of the work of Robert
Laliberté,
Canadas renowned gay French-Canadian photographer. Over
the years, although he has worked with different subject
matters, Laliberté has built his solid reputation
mainly on his stunning nudes of the male body; pictures
in which he artfully sculpts the male body with light,
revealing a natural sensuality
without ever being explicit. His photos of the black
male body in particular
are very evocative in both an artistic and sensitive
way. Throughout his
career Laliberté has collaborated with numerous
publications and his
photographs have already been widely exhibited in Canada
and abroad. He is
now preparing a retrospective of his work in black and
white to be held for
the whole summer 2002 at the Écomusée du fier monde in
Montréal, where he
currently lives and works.