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Road 389 goes through 570 km of pine forests in the north of Quebec. Starting at Baie-Comeau, it goes strait north to Fermont, on the limit of Labrador. Used mostly for transport of merchandise and material, this road does not become tourist attraction, besides some fishing camps here and there. On this trip we encounter bizarre apparitions and surprising sites that are part of the history of the province. These photographs show a surreal, disturbed environment and upsetting landscapes.
Johanne Biffi is a Canadian photographer living in Montreal. Her work has been shown in various theme exhibitions and has been addressing mostly the position of gender issues within different social and political situations. She has graduated from Concordia University with a bachelor of Fine Arts. She received her Masters degree from the University of Paris VIII in 1996 and has since been working at Concordia University in the Photography Programme as a technician and a teacher where she specializes in digital photography. Recently, she has been exploring landscape as a socio political space.
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