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Walking with Daidō

“I think that the everyday has many slits in its landscape, of which over on the other side, there is another world.”
— Daidō Moriyama

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Hand
Stacked chairs
Bollard
Steel box
Kitchen fan
Electrical box
opack
Carbon
Chapeau
Transfer case
AY
Breach
Wing’s
Wash
Gate
Haunt
Reserved
Rods
Harp
Men at work
Sleeper
Grate
455
Chevrolet Bel Air
Love
15 pvc
Drops
Bent
Fence
Ring
Détour

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While reading “Memories of a dog”, I imagined myself as a japanese Kerouac, on the road with Daidō. We were trying to get lost in space-time, in search of this state where, deprived of our usual landmarks, we would come to confuse past, present, memory and imagination. Daidō was not nostalgic. He was not looking for a memorable image, but for the image of memory itself.

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Cosmology of Light

Cosmology of Light
Entangled photons — The study of light is at the heart of quantum physics

Light is to a photographer the substance that gives shape to the world.”

The story has it that on the first day, the Divine created all matter. He then wanted to create light, so he could sit back and admire the work he had just accomplished.

Light is what makes our world visible. It outlines rocky capes, bathes valleys, and sparkles at the tip of waves. It lends its warmth to autumn, and gets pale in the winter. It wakes us up in the morning, and takes us back to sleep at night.

I sometimes find myself in proper awe of these celestial spectacles. I am reminded that light isn’t of a terrestrial nature, it is a cosmic force. It reaches us all the way from a star, that fireball hanging in the sky a hundred fifty million kilometers away. Without its warmth and clarity, life wouldn’t be possible on Earth, and of course, there would be no photography.

Over the course of my adventures, I have familiarized myself with its many moods, and made it into an ally. Light is the muse, the source, the carrier, and the one from which, when it disappears, I await the return.
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Heroes in the making

Comiccon is a theater in which everyone becomes author and actor of their own character.»

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Malicia, Lily and Phil
Malicia, Lily & Phil — Malicia, Lily and Phil cosplaying as Tank Girl, Vi and Prince X-Aix, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Danny Pothier
The Riddler by Danny — Danny Pothier cosplaying as the Riddler from Batman Forever, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).
Max Lauzon
Jinx by Max — Max Lauzon cosplaying as Jink of game League of Legends, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).
Downpicked by Ren
Downpicked by Ren — Portrait of Downpicked guitar player Ren at Palais des Congrès, in Montreal, Quebec (2022).
Dominic Germain
Pyramid Head by Dominic — Dominic Germain of Armuriers d’Atlantide cosplaying as Pyramid Head, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).
Érianne Tremblay
Zero Two by Érianne — Érianne Tremblay cosplaying as anime character Zero Two, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).
Matthieu Duchesneau
Link by Matthieu — Matthieu Duchesneau cosplaying as Link from The Legend of Zelda, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).
Dutch Angel Dragon
Angel Dragon — Anonymous cosplayer in a Dutch Angel Dragon fursuit, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).
Jennyfer
Officer Jenny by Jennyfer — Jennyfer cosplaying as Officer Jenny from Pokémon, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Jonathan
Steve Rogers by Jonathan — Jonathan cosplaying as Steve Rogers at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Zara
Hela by Zara — Zara cosplaying as Hela from Thor Ragnarok, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Aleya
Sailor Mini Moon by Aleya — Aleya cosplaying as a punk version of Sailor Mini Moon, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Dieuvannie
Bowsette by Dieuvannie — Dieuvannie cosplaying as Bowsette from Super Mario Bros, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
William
Emma Frost by William — William cosplaying as Emma Frost of Marvel’s X-Men at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

These portraits of cosplayers were photographed on medium format analog film during the 2019 and 2022 editions of Montreal Comiccon.

images © 2019-2022 Rico Michel Read

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An artist’s headspace

Photographers are realists,
artists are mystics.”

This series portrays significant Montreal artists and their creative environment. Painters, sculptors, writers and musicians are photographed on classic analog film.

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Marc Leduc
Marc Leduc — Portrait of painter Marc Leduc in his atelier, at home in Montreal, Quebec (2018).
Julie Robinson
Julie Robinson — Portrait of painter Julie Robinson in her Mile End atelier, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
André Fournelle
André Fournelle — Portrait of sculptor André Fournelle in his atelier, at home in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Armand Vaillancourt
Armand Vaillancourt — Portrait of sculptor Armand Vaillancourt at home in Montreal, Quebec (2020).
Ola Volo
Ola Volo — Portrait of muralist Ola Volo at work on boulevard Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Glen LeMesurier
Glen LeMesurier — Portrait of sculptor Glen LeMesurier in his Van Horne Terminal atelier, in Montreal, Quebec (2020).
Adam Vieira
Whatisadam — Portrait of street artist Whatisadam in his silkscreening shop, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Chinook Blais-Leduc
Chinook Blais-Leduc — Portrait of actor Chinook Blais-Leduc and his vintage bicycle, in Mount Royal Park, Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Chris Dyer
Chris Dyer — Portrait of artist Chris Dyer in his studio, at home in Montreal, Quebec (2020).
Harri Saeso
Harri Saeso — Portrait of painter Harri Saeso at Marché Ventura dépanneur in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Erik West Millette
Erik West Millette — Portrait of musician Erik West Millette in his West Trainz studio, in Montreal, Quebec (2020).
Eddy Blake Eaton
Blake Eaton — Portrait of musician Eddy Blake Eaton in his garden, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
François Alfred Mignault
François Alfred Mignault — Portrait of neon artist François Alfred Mignault with a saxophone, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

images © 2018-2020 Rico Michel Read

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Portraits

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Mephisto Bates
Mephisto Bates — Portrait of painter Mephisto Bates in his Hochelaga-Maisonneuve atelier, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
François Alfred Mignault
François Alfred Mignault — Portrait of neon blower François Alfred Mignault in his atelier, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Thierry Dimanche
Thierry Dimanche — Portrait of writer Thierry Dimanche on a Saint-Denis Street rooftop, in Montreal, Quebec (2021).
Armand Vaillancourt
Armand Vaillancourt — Armand Vaillancourt unveiling his sculpture in honor of Pierre Falardeau, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Olaf Gundel
Olaf Gundel — Portrait of musician Olaf Gundel with a cigar box guitar, in Montreal, Quebec (2022).
Harri Kuldip
Harri Saeso — Portrait of painter Harri Saeso at Marché Ventura dépanneur in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Bertrand Laverdure et Catherine Filteau
Bertrand et Catherine — Portrait of poet Bertrand Laverdure and illustrator Catherine Filteau on Mount Royal (2021).
Eddy Blake Eaton
Blake’s Solo — Double bass player Eddy Blake performs with his rockabilly trio at Quai des Brumes in Montreal, Quebec (2018).
Chloé Surprenant
Chloé Surprenant — Portrait of painter Chloé Surprenant in her trailer in Montreal, Quebec (2018).
Loverboy Sarah
Loverboy Sarah — Portrait of Sarah, guitar player of punk band Unwanted Noise, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).
Maude Veilleux
Maude Veilleux — Portrait of poet Maude Veilleux in the middle of a fountain, in Montreal, Quebec (2018).

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