Jean-Marc Carisse is a Canadian photographer who has photographed Prime Ministers, Presidents, Royalty, Spiritual Leaders, Icons, Heroes, Artists, Star athletes, Musicians, Comedians, Writers, and both famous and ordinary citizens from around the world. He has covered the Canadian political scene on Parliament Hill

Parliament Hill

Parliament Hill , colloquially known as The Hill, is an area of Crown land on the southern banks of the Ottawa River in downtown Ottawa, Ontario. Its Gothic revival suite of buildingsthe parliament buildings serves as the home of the Parliament of Canada and contains a number of architectural...

 for over 30 years, working for the Prime Minister's Office (Trudeau, Turner & Chrétien) and as freelancer. His photographs 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 documentaries and biographies.

He graduated with a BA in Visual Arts from the University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa is a bilingual, research-intensive, non-denominational, international university in Ottawa, Ontario. It is one of the oldest universities in Canada. It was originally established as the College of Bytown in 1848 by the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate...

. Carisse has donated approximately 69,000 negatives several years ago to the National Archives of Canada and his P.M. Jean Chrétien collection (approximately 400,000 negatives) was donated in 2005. He plans on donating more of the Trudeau-Chrétien years in the future.

Mr. Carisse's first book, a coffee-table photo album titled 'Privileged Access with Trudeau, Turner and Chrétien', was voted 'best political book of the year' by Hill Times. It contains hundreds of photographs featuring his shadowing of the three prime ministers.

Jean-Marc Carisse's photo exhibit "My Trudeau Years" (2002-2003), which was 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

Heenan Blaikie

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 office in Montreal

Montreal

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, choosing his poses as he did so many times before. It was their final sitting.

Several pictures of Mother Teresa, taken by Jean-Marc Carisse, are inside the 2008 book Remembering Mother Teresa.

Publication

Jean-Marc Carisse, Marc S. Bell (2000), Privileged Access with Trudeau, Turner and Chrétien, Warwick Publishing, 250 pages, ISBN 1-894020-66-9

Exhibitions

• "My Trudeau Years" (October 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
  Pierre Trudeau
  Joseph Philippe Pierre Yves Elliott Trudeau, , usually known as Pierre Trudeau or Pierre Elliott Trudeau, was the 15th Prime Minister of Canada from April 20, 1968 to June 4, 1979, and again from March 3, 1980 to June 30, 1984.Trudeau began his political career campaigning for socialist ideals,...
  
   as Prime Minister, Opposition Leader and as private citizen, over the last quarter century. It began touring at the Pavilion Gallery Museum in Winnipeg
  Winnipeg
  Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
  
   on June, 2003.
• "Chasing The Beat/ Reflets de notre temps" at the Heidi Hollinger Gallery in Montreal in 2004
• "On The World Stage" photo exhibit, from November 3 to November 27, 2004, at L'Alliance Française, 352 MacLaren St. in Ottawa.
• "On The World Stage (del Escenario Mundial)" photo exhibit from March 31 to April 28, 2005, at Galeria Julio Larramendi in Havana, Cuba
• "The Charter. It’s Ours. It’s Us." at the Canadian Museum of Civilization
  Canadian Museum of Civilization
  The Canadian Museum of Civilization is Canada's national museum of human history and the most popular and most-visited museum in Canada....
  
  . Exhibit since transferred in permanence to the Department of Justice, Ottawa (2003-Present).
• "On The World Stage" permanent photo exhibit at the Carisse Studio Café & Photo Gallery, 495 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Canada.

"JAZZ & BLUES SEEN" 1968-2010 Photo exhibit, Carisse Studio Cafe & Photo Gallery, 495 Sussex Drive, Ottawa, Canada. July 2010

Presentations

• "My Trudeau Years" University of Ottawa, 2008.
• "My Chrétien Years" University of Ottawa, 2008.

External links

• Jean-Marc Carisse - official website