About Francois Pesant

Francois Pesant is a photojournalist with a strong interest for human rights and environmental issues. He is especially interested in the impact of environmental degradation on human populations and in environmental justice. Graduated in sociology from Concordia University, it is through photography that he studies and testifies of the current issues of our world. He is based in Montreal, Canada and is represented by Polaris Images in New York.

Awards

2011
Grand Prix Lux
Prix Lux - Reportage / Actualite
Canadian Magazine Awards - Honorable mention
Antoine-Desilets Prize - Feature

2010
Selected at Visa pour l'Image photojournalism festival in Perpignan, France
Antoine-Desilets prize - Photoreportage
Antoine-Desilets prize - Multimedia
Prix Lux - Reportage / Cause humanitaire
Grands prix du journalisme independant - First prize in press photography

2009
Prix Lux - Reportage / Cause humanitaire
Prix Lux - Reportage / Actualite
Grands prix du journalisme independant - First prize in press photography
Grands prix du journalisme independant - First prize in written reportage
Finalist at the Antoine-Desilets prize
Finalist at the Anthropographia photo contest

Exhibitions

2012

Recycling Delhi - La Tohu, Montreal
HOME - Umbrella Arts Gallery, New York

2011

Buried - Delhi recycling Industry, Musée La Pulperie, Chicoutimi
Climate Refugees - Rencontres internationales de la photo en Gaspésie, Carleton
Climate Refugees - Maison de la culture Marie-Uguay, Montreal

2010
Buried - Delhi recycling Industry, Visa pour l'Image, Perpignan
Humankind, PowerHouse Arena, New York
Haiti exposed, Musee Juste pour Rire, Montreal
Climate refugees, La Tohu, Montreal

Contact

Francois Pesant
pesantf@gmail.com
+1-514-978-0191