Calling myself a photographer never was a huge deal. I called myself a photographer because I did photography. Because I started taking photos as a kid, with my mom’s clunky old Minolta with the hippied-out embroidered shoulder strap, and never stopped. I took photos, developed photos, attended every kind of photo workshop, landed jobs because [...]
To me, the Yukon has always been a mythical place. Two of my cousins were born and raised there, in a cabin with a wood stove, no running water and a three-legged dog named Amina. Growing up, I loved hearing hearing stories about life in the Yukon. There was my little cousin Andrée, bundled up [...]
My official summer travels are now behind me and a new unchartered journey has begun. From a coffee shop in Fairbanks, Alaska, far removed from the daily excitements of the travel-writer’s life, I’ve begun reviving and sorting through my memories of the people and places that rocked my boat this summer. With only a couple [...]
Here is something young photographers – or photographers stuck in a landscape and sunset rut – might enjoy trying, especially now that finger-numbing weather appears to be fading, and Montreal’s general population confidently strutting from parka hibernation to all manners of ooh-la-la. This street photography exercise comes from Le Devoir photographer Jacques Nadeau, who assigned [...]