Charlotte Rainville (b.1999) is a photographer based in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal. Her practice explores the grandeur and transience of human existence and its relationship to light. Through photography, Rainville seeks to untangle, encapsulate, and make sense of the world around her. Charlotte frames and visually isolates her subjects to monumentalize them: a way of honouring the people, places, and moments that move her. Rainville often draws from nature, travel, daily rituals, and her relationships with loved ones. By re-enacting and recording these fragments of lived experience, Rainville transforms them into images that process emotion, preserve memory, and offer her something enduring from what is otherwise ephemeral.
Curriculum Vitae
Selected Clients and Collaborators
Shawn Mendes, Rabanne, Birks, Half Moon Run, Charlotte Cardin, Karaba, Opéra de Montréal, Fédération des Travailleurs du Québec, Fondation de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Femmes Autochtones du Québec, Puvirnituq Snow Festival, BBA, ILYSM, KLPA, LSTW, Terrestar, Minerva University, Avantage A+, Marie-Philip Poulin, Laura Stacey, PWHL, Vivace, Cult Nation, Club Sexu, Les Louanges, Safia Nolin, Bravo Musique, Joyride, Hollow Coves, Busty & The Bass, Vincent Vallières, Naomi Hilaire, Adrian Villagomez, Zoé Pelchat-Ouellet, Shanie Blais, Lachapelle Atelier, Atelier Le Milieu, Consulat, Nadia Louis-Desmarchais, Sans Façon, Stukely, Cidrerie Milton, Flavie Boivin-Côté, Lia Kuri, Lighter Than Air, Casadel Films, Em & May, Le Répertoire, Minogami, Audrey Canuel, Nicholas Cangiano, Afternoon Bike Ride
Grants, Awards and Nominations
2025, National Magazine Awards, Nomination for Best Portrait, Canada
2020-2022, Concordia Fine Arts Student Association Grant, Canada
2021, ILYSM Grant, USA
2020, Kuala Lumpur International Photo Awards Portrait Prize, Malaysia
2018-2019, Peter Gonda Scholarship at Vanier College, Canada
Media Coverage
Booooooom, Article, Celebrating the Nature of Human Existence with Charlotte Rainville, 2024, Vancouver, Canada.
Booooooom, Article, Vista, 2024, Vancouver, Canada.
Florence Larochelle et Carl Samuel Provost-Claudel, Article, Avant que tout ne disparaisse, Périphérie, December 2022, Montreal, Canada.
Emma Parent-Beaudin, Documentary Short Film, Au-delà de l’image, 2021, Montreal, Canada.
Femme Art Review, Article, Transitions, 2021, Canada.
Jenna Elizabeth, Article, Getting to Know: Charlotte Rainville, ILYSM, April 2021, Los Angeles, USA.
Samira Ait Kaci Ali, Article, Apprendre à s'aimer au travers de la lentille, Montréal Campus, Volume 42 #2, March 2021, Montreal, Canada.
Scout O’Donoghue, Interview, Charlotte, Profile Isolation, 2020, Sydney, Australia.
Cheyenne Skurczak, Article, Censorship and the Body, Yiara Magazine, October 2019, Montreal, Canada.
Kyla Pierce, Interview, Sustenance Saturday #7: An Interview with Montreal Freelance Portrait Photographer, Spilt Matcha Tea, October 2019, Montreal, Canada.
Education
2019 – 2023 BFA in Studio Arts: Photography major and Psychology minor, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
With professors Chih Chien Wang, Geneviève Cadieux, Marisa Portolese, Jessica Auer, Josée Pedneault, Jérôme Nadeau
2022 – San Francisco State University, Visual Arts and Psychology classes, Exchange program, San Francisco, USA
Photo, Video and Directing Work Inquiries
To receive a quote for a project you'd like us to collaborate on or to take a peak at my CV,
please contact me via jaillicharlotte@gmail.com or via Instagram