Guillaume Tomasi (b 1984, France) is a photographer and curator based in Montreal. Being sensitive to the small details of the everyday, his work revolves around floating moments and allegorical scenes. Nature, memory and family are notions that interest him in their symbolic form and their narrative power.
Working with a medium format camera, his projects mix a poetical tone with an aesthetic inspired by documentary photography. Analog film, with its texture, surprises and slow pace, has shaped his creativity and allowed him to better understand his approach. This is reflected in his work, where walking in research of a place, a situation or an atmosphere is the founding element of his creative process. Recently, writing has taken an important place in his work, bringing a new perspective to his subject matter, while being complementary to the photographs.
His family also has a privileged place in his practice. As a father, the photographs of his loved ones show his desire to find the right balance between artist and parent. His concerns related to his role as a father are often the initiating elements of his work, whether intimate or more distant. By using metaphors and visual symbols, he wishes to make these thoughts resonate on a universal level.
Guillaume received his BFA in Photography from Concordia University in 2020 and in 2016 he created the collaborative project Fiiiirst, which still features anonymous image based discussions between photographers. His work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, England, Switzerland, Italy and Russia. In 2020, he published his first photo book Chrysalises, which has been featured in photo festivals such as Les Rencontres internationales de la photographie en Gaspésie et le Photobook Week Aarhus and numerous international publications such as Ciel Variable, The Heavy Collective, Fisheye Magazine, AIN'T BAD, Fotoroom, Der Greif, Urbanautica and GUP Magazine. He's actually working on his second photobook A bloom in the eye of the storm
