Gaudard immigrated to Montreal in 1952, where he established himself as a freelance photojournalist and documentary photographer. In addition to working for popular magazines such as Time, he produced work for the National Film Board of Canada (NFB). In 1963 a showing of Gaudard’s photographs of Mexico and Guatemala was one of the first presented by the NFB in its Ottawa gallery. His socially engaged projects such as Les ouvriers, 1969–71, and Les prisons, 1975–77, explore the experiences of factory workers and prisoners respectively. After four decades of living and working in Canada, Gaudard returned to France in the 1990s.

Image: Pierre Gaudard, 7-Up, Montreal, Quebec, 1970, gelatin silver print, 27.8 x 35.4 cm; image: 21.5 x 30.4 cm, CMCP Collection, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa.

For further reading, see:

Dessureault, Pierre. “Pierre Gaudard: Documentary Photographer.” Ciel variable 88 (Spring 2011): 48.

Gaudard, Pierre. Les ouvriers. Ottawa: National Film Board, 1971.