Carl Trahan: What Is a Shadow That It Must Be Captured?

📅 18 Sept 2026 - 28 Nov 2026
🏟️ VOX, centre de l'image contemporaine, VOX - Contemporary Image Centre, Montreal, Canada

A solo exhibition by Carl Trahan investigating the photographic act through negation and mysticism, on view at VOX, centre de l'image contemporaine in Montréal from September 18 to November 28, 2026.

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Carl Trahan: What Is a Shadow That It Must Be Captured?

Carl Trahan's exhibition poses the question of what it means to capture a shadow, exploring photography through the philosophical prisms of negation and mysticism.

The work revisits theoretical writings from the 1980s that positioned photography as a way of escaping the unbearable nature of existence, asking how the discipline has shaped humanity's relationship with reality since its very origins.

An accompanying essay by Michel Hardy-Vallée is forthcoming.

Admission is free. The gallery is open Tuesday to Saturday, 11:00–17:00, starting September 18, 2026.