Champlain Marcil
Champlain Marcil (1920–2010) was a French Canadian photojournalist best known for being the photographer of the daily newspaper Le Droit from 1948 to 1969.[1][2] In addition, he was active from 1940 to 1985 in depicting the Outaouais region of western Quebec and Ontario.
Personal life[edit]
Marcil was born in Ottawa in June, 1920. He married in 1947, and had five children. He died in 2010 and is interred in Notre-Dame Cemetery in Ottawa. He was a life member of the University of Ottawa, and a member of various Christian organizations.[3]
Career[edit]
He began his career as a professional photographer in 1940, recording the Eucharistic Congress at Trois-Rivières.[4] In 1947, he shot the Ottawa Marian Congress and became a freelancer for Le Droit, becoming a permanent contributor from 1954 to 1969.[4] At the same time, he was class photographer for 125 schools in the Hawkesbury - Ottawa area.[5]
The Champlain Marcil archives contains 135,425 photographs and is preserved in the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (National Library and Archives of Québec) in Gatineau.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Philippe Orfali (2010-04-06). "Décès du photographe Champlain Marcil" [Death of Photographer Champlain Marcil] (in French). Le Droit. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ Philippe Orfali. "La photo de presse se transforme" [The Transformation of Press Photography] (in French). Le Droit. Archived from the original on 2015-07-26. Retrieved 2015-07-13.
- ^ "Champlain Marcil, nécrologie" [Obituary of Champlain Marcil]. Fédération québécoise des sociétés de généalogie (Quebec Genealogical Society Federation) (in French). 2010-04-06. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
- ^ a b Fonds d'archives Champlain Marcil - BAnQ Gatineau
- ^ "Les photographes du Droit : Au-delà des mots, il y a l'image" [Photographs from Le Droit: Beyond Words, Is the Image] (in French). Le Droit. 2003-03-27. ISSN 0839-4865. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2015-08-01.
- ^ (in French) Fonds d'archives Champlain Marcil - BAnQ Gatineau
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