Projects – Portraits in a City

Saturday September 30th, 2023Tuesday August 27th, 2024

Déjà vu

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“Déjà vu” is a brief experience during which time seems to have been put into a loop. Read

Wednesday July 6th, 2022Thursday March 30th, 2023

Salt and soot

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Large format, aluminium mounted frameless prints of these photographs can be found at the boutique.

Monday June 6th, 2022Sunday November 17th, 2024

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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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.

Friday March 27th, 2020Wednesday July 5th, 2023

Land of shadows

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

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Large format, aluminium mounted frameless prints of these photographs can be found at the boutique.

Wednesday July 24th, 2019Thursday December 7th, 2023

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 & Phil — Malicia, Lily and Phil cosplaying as Tank Girl, Vi and Prince X-Aix, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

The Riddler by Danny — Danny Pothier cosplaying as the Riddler from Batman Forever, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Jinx by Max — Max Lauzon cosplaying as Jink of game League of Legends, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Downpicked by Ren — Portrait of Downpicked guitar player Ren at Palais des Congrès, in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Pyramid Head by Dominic — Dominic Germain of Armuriers d’Atlantide cosplaying as Pyramid Head, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Zero Two by Érianne — Érianne Tremblay cosplaying as anime character Zero Two, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Link by Matthieu — Matthieu Duchesneau cosplaying as Link from The Legend of Zelda, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Angel Dragon — Anonymous cosplayer in a Dutch Angel Dragon fursuit, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Steve Rogers by Jonathan — Jonathan cosplaying as Steve Rogers at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Hela by Zara — Zara cosplaying as Hela from Thor Ragnarok, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Sailor Mini Moon by Aleya — Aleya cosplaying as a punk version of Sailor Mini Moon, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Bowsette by Dieuvannie — Dieuvannie cosplaying as Bowsette from Super Mario Bros, at Comiccon in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

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.

Monday July 1st, 2019Wednesday December 14th, 2022

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 — Portrait of painter Marc Leduc in his atelier, at home in Montreal, Quebec (2018).

Julie Robinson — Portrait of painter Julie Robinson in her Mile End atelier, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

André Fournelle — Portrait of sculptor André Fournelle in his atelier, at home in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Armand Vaillancourt — Portrait of sculptor Armand Vaillancourt at home in Montreal, Quebec (2020).

Ola Volo — Portrait of muralist Ola Volo at work on boulevard Saint-Laurent in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

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 — Portrait of actor Chinook Blais-Leduc and his vintage bicycle, in Mount Royal Park, Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Chris Dyer — Portrait of artist Chris Dyer in his studio, at home in Montreal, Quebec (2020).

Harri Saeso — Portrait of painter Harri Saeso at Marché Ventura dépanneur in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Erik West Millette — Portrait of musician Erik West Millette in his West Trainz studio, in Montreal, Quebec (2020).

Blake Eaton — Portrait of musician Eddy Blake Eaton in his garden, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

François Alfred Mignault — Portrait of neon artist François Alfred Mignault with a saxophone, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Sunday June 30th, 2019Sunday November 17th, 2024

Portraits

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Thierry Dimanche — Portrait of writer Thierry Dimanche on a Saint-Denis Street rooftop, in Montreal, Quebec (2021).

Georges Dutil — Portrait of photographer Georges Dutil at the XL6 exhibition opening, in Montreal, Quebec (2024).

Éric Michel — Portrait of writer and musician Éric Michel with an electric guitar, in Montreal, Quebec (2024).

Mephisto Bates — Portrait of painter Mephisto Bates in his Hochelaga-Maisonneuve atelier, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Olaf Gundel — Portrait of musician Olaf Gundel with a cigar box guitar, in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Jonathan Wenk — Portrait of photographer Jonathan Wenk in his studio, in Montreal, Quebec (2024).

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).

Chloé Surprenant — Portrait of painter Chloé Surprenant in her trailer in Montreal, Quebec (2018).

Loverboy Sarah — Portrait of Sarah, guitar player of punk band Unwanted Noise, in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Wednesday November 28th, 2018Tuesday December 13th, 2022

Live and Well

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Blake on three strings — Eddy Blake playing on three strings at Eric Sandmark’s birthday party in Montreal, Quebec (2020).

Luc Melanson — Les Mauvaises Mines — Les Mauvaises Mines play a Denis Rainville tribute at Lion d’Or, in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Santosh Lalonde — Singer songwriter Santosh Lalonde plays Quai des Brumes as a one-man band, in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Gretchen Megafun — Gretchen — Jimmy St-Amand’s melodic feedback instrument on stage with Rail Nomads in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Emily Estrella — Emily Estrella & the Stardust Stompers play Stromboli Square, in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Bill’s tongue — Bloodshot Bill & the Hack-Em-Ups play at outdoors hotspot Stromboli Square, in Montreal, Quebec (2022).

Jour de l'an 2020 — New Year’s Eves — L’Orchestre Équestre inaugurates the new decade at Cheval Blanc, in Montreal, Quebec (2020).

Black Moon Boys — Black Moon Boys’ “Nuthouse!” album launch at l'Esco, in Montreal, Quebec (2018).

Eric Sandmark and Rockabilly Rascals — Rockabilly Rascals — Eric Sandmark and his Rockabilly Rascals play l’Escalier in Montreal, Quebec (2018).

Rock and Roll Superhero — Rock & Roll Superhero — Eric Sandmark soloing at his “Let’s go Boppin’” album launch at Quai des Brumes in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Kurt Chaboyer — Kurt Chaboyer plays famed venue l'Esco as quarantine is partially lifted in Montreal, Quebec (2020).

Jazzebo — L'effet Jazzebo plays the Quai des Brumes in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Steel Guitar — Hugo Joyal plays the steel guitar with rockabilly group The Luckies at Quai des Brumes in Montreal, Quebec (2019).

Saturday July 14th, 2018Saturday December 9th, 2023

“Reveries” Exhibition

I sometimes wonder if these images aren’t dreams I made in a moment of reverie.”

Reveries is a photographic portrait of Montreal and its people shot on classic analog film. The exhibition featured nineteen black and white prints and was held in 2018 at Montreal’s legendary artisan brewery Le Cheval blanc.

Far from a factual record of our time, this collection of ready-made memories was assembled during countless wanderings in the heart of a fleeting city.

The series borrows from the visual language of the photo reportage, but isn’t set in a precise timeline or linked to a particular event.

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Exposition Rêveries — “Rêveries” exhibition — Rico Michel’s analog photography exhibition *Reveries* was held in 2018 at Montreal’s legendary artisan brewery Le Cheval blanc.

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Thursday October 5th, 2017Friday November 18th, 2022

Midsummer Reverie

Midsummer Reverie is a short documentary film about midsummer in Montreal, Quebec, shot in July 2017. The idea follows from my work both as a street photographer and as a musician, bringing these labours of love together in one small homage to my home city, Montreal. Camera and Soundtrack by Rico.

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