Heidi Hollinger

Heidi Hollinger (born 1968 in Montreal, Quebec) is a political photographer and documentary presenter. After opening a photo studio in Moscow, she photographed over 100 political conventions in Russia, and traveled extensively to photograph other world leaders, including Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Gorbachev, Jean Chrétien, Fidel Castro, and the Dalai Lama. Hollinger’s photos can be found in the permanent collections of the Moscow History Museum, the Moscow House of Photography, the Cirque du Soleil and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art.

Contents

• Heidi hollinger photographer and television host
• Waterfront Cities of the World Copenhagen
• Selected exhibitions
• Books
• References

After living for ten years in Moscow she returned to Montreal. For four years starting January, 2011, she was a presenter of documentary series Waterfront Cities of The World for Discovery Channel. Each of 39 episodes of this series described one of the port cities in different parts of the world.

Selected exhibitions

Faces of the Opposition, Moscow Photo Center (1994); Kazan, Tartarstan (1994); Omsk, Russia (1994); Bergamot Station Galleries, Los Angeles (1995);

Building Moscow, Moscow City Hall (1995)

Politicians from A to Z, The State Duma, Moscow (1996)

New Genre: The Russian Political Portrait, Manezh Gallery, Moscow (1996)

Contemporary Artists, Metropole, Moscow (1996)

Politicians, Almaty (1998); Saratov (1999)

Peculiarities of National Politicians, Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, Moscow (1999); The State Duma, Moscow (2000)

Russians, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow (2000); Canadian Embassy, Moscow (2000); Mike Bossy, Montreal (2000).

100 years of Moscow (as part of group show), Montreal City Hall (2000)

10 years in Moscow, Canadian Parliament, Ottawa (2001); Russian Embassy, Ottawa (2001)

The Russians Emerge, Russian Consulate, New York (2002); Philadelphia (2003); Cirque du Soleil, Montreal (2003); The Arts Factory, Las Vegas (2004); Carlu, Toronto (2004).

The Himalayas, Biosphere, Montreal (2004)

Selected Histories, Groupe Cossette, Montreal (2004)

Distinct Society, HollingerCollins Gallery, Montreal (2006)

Books

Heidi Chez Les Soviets, Les Intouchables, Montreal, 1999.

Peculiarities of Russian Politicians, Vagrius, Moscow, 1999.

Les Russes, Les Éditions Stanké, Montreal, 2000.

Russians, Vagrius, Moscow, 2000.

The Russians Emerge, Abbeville Press, New York, 2002. ISBN 0789207575.

Monsieur Poutine, Vous Permettez?, Editions la Semaine, Montreal 2008.