Biographie
Based in Montpellier, Nanda Gonzague is a documentary photographer primarily interested in social and environmental issues. Co-founder of Collectif Transit in 2002, with whom he worked on a number of projects until 2015, he has been a member of Divergence Images since 2019. His projects have given rise to books, exhibitions and publications. Armenia and Ethiopia in the throes of change, working-class neighbourhoods and asbestos victims in France are just some of the projects he has been able to carry out over the long term. At the same time, he works regularly with the press and institutions, teaches photography at ESJ Pro Montpellier and has been involved in image and media education for many years.
Présentation
According to the Bible, Noah’s Ark was stranded on the summit of Mount Ararat, now the symbol of Armenia. His descendents, the Armenians, have endured a troubled history, strewn with invasions, wars and massacres. But the tenacity of this people, clinging to its land, has enabled it to conserve its culture and its faith.
Today a sovereign nation, Armenia is at the crossroads of its history as it leaves behind it the status of a religious society for that of a political one. From the north to the south, from the Turkish frontier to that of Azerbaijan, I have photographed the spiritual, territorial and economic life of this country.