New Hope for Syria
The reign of terror that Bashar al-Assad’s regime has wielded over Syria for more than 50 years has ended. For the first time in over half a century, the Syrian people are experiencing a freedom they had only dared to imagine. Hopes are high for this war-ravaged country. As the rebel group HTS, now in power in Syria, makes grand promises, a question looms over the nation: can former ultra-violent jihadists truly change? This question has haunted the minds of Syrians since the fall of the regime on December 8, 2024. Many remain skeptical, wondering if a group infamous for its brutal methods can truly transform itself so radically. Syrian women, in particular, are deeply concerned about what their future holds under the rule of a powerful Islamist insurgent militia. Syria’s future remains uncertain, torn between newfound freedom, growing hopes, and lingering fears about what the new regime might bring.
Martin Tremblay
A photojournalist at La Presse for over 20 years, Martin Tremblay is renowned for his reporting in difficult terrain. He has covered several international conflicts and notably won the Best Reporting Award at the National Newspaper Awards in 2017 and 2019. Martin has also been nominated six times for prestigious awards from the Canadian Association of Journalists. In Quebec, he has received the Antoine-Désilets Award on numerous occasions, which recognizes excellence in Quebec photojournalism.
More recently, he traveled to Syria and twice to Ukraine, where he documented the human consequences of war. He also covered the armed conflict in Afghanistan on two occasions. His reporting on Canada’s military involvement in that country has received numerous accolades. Martin has also worked as a war photographer in Armenia, Haiti, and Israel, and has traveled numerous times to Africa, notably covering the war in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the food crisis in Niger. In November 2024, he published a children’s novel entitled Elliot Black, in war zone 1. Ukraine, published by Éditions Les Malins.
Exhibition presented free of charge in the 1912 Building of La Pulperie.
Exhibition presented within the framework of the Zoom Photo Festival Saguenay.
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