Elaine Brière

Elaine Brière lives in Vancouver, BC. Her photographs have appeared in Unesco Courier, Folket I Bild, Wereldwijd Avenue, THIS Magazine, Cultural Survival Quarterly , Survival International, Zed Magazine and The Family of Women. She was the last photographer to visit East Timor before the Indonesian invasion of l975 and became involved in the Timorese independence movement. Her book Testimony: Photographs of East Timor, was published by Between the Lines, Toronto, in 2004. Her next exhibition will be at the Chinese Cultural Center in Vancouver in June, 2006. She is also a filmmaker. Bitter Paradise: The sell-out of East Timor, won Best Political documentary at HOT DOCS! In 1997, Betrayed: The Story of Canadian Merchant Seamen aired on Knowledge Network and SCN in 2005.

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