Florence Babin-Beaudry is a Canadian artist and cultural worker based in Montreal. Somewhere between documentary and staging, her photography explores the psychic dimension of death and absence. Her work does not seek to value the grief or trauma, but rather to highlight the feelings that emerge from these intangible spaces. She’s interested in what manifests on different planes of consciousness during experiences such as near-death-experiences, coma or abortion. Her approach consists of interviewing people who have had such experiences and photographing them in sets inspired by their stories. Through staging, she seeks to reveal the subtle forms of ambivalence that may emanate from both the living and the non-living.

Her perspective lies at the intersection of scientific research and spiritual human experience. Concerned by the silence surrounding these subjects in the social sphere, her photography is committed to transforming our relationship to death and conveying the innate beauty of the human condition.

Florence Babin-Beaudry holds degrees in film production and photography. She has also been working as an artistic director on multiple projects in the film, entertainment and fashion industries for over 20 years.