Jungle – Wide view of a leaf covered British coupé abandoned on a vacant Griffintown lot, in Montreal, Quebec. This color panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in September of 2021.
Jungle

Portraits dans la cité Photography by Rico Michel

Born in 1967 in the cosmopolitan city of Montreal, Éric Rico Michel is a photographer, graphic designer, and musician. Since the 1990s, he has concurrently worked in design studios, as a songwriter and guitar player with local groups, while pursuing creative projects in interactive arts and in photography. These seemingly separate paths eventually rub off on each other, trading influences, broadening the spectrum to form an experience that draws from both the rational and the creative side of the mind.
Rico has created a vector font for graphic arts magazine Rectangle (1987), published an album of original music with group Les Michels (1995), produced interactive 360° tours for Google Maps (2014), directed short film Midsummer Reverie (2017), and has participated in collective and solo art shows as a digital artist and as a photographer (2017–).

Jungle – Wide view of a leaf covered British coupé abandoned on a vacant Griffintown lot, in Montreal, Quebec. This color panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in September of 2021.

Guay – View of a giant mobile crane at work on Sainte-Catherine Street, in Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in September of 2021.

Hazard – Wide view of a dark garage door marked with horizontal warning stripes, in downtown Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in July of 2021.

Jalousie – Wide view of a large stainless steel ventilation grating in downtown Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in July of 2021.

Toll – View of a boarded parking toll booth standing in front of a brick wall in Old Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in May of 2021.

Meter – Wide view of a damaged electricity meter hanging on the concrete wall of Ville-Marie Expressway, in Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in April 2021.

JA – Wide view of the rusted surface of the old Canadian National Wellington railway bridge, in Griffintown borough, Montreal, Quebec. This color panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in April of 2021.

Dow – Wrapped in protective debris netting, the Dow Brewery warehouse stands as a modern-day ruin, in Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in March of 2021.

The yin to your yang – Wide view of concrete collars covered in fresh snow, during replacement of Sainte-Catherine street waterworks, in Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in February of 2021.

Dendrites – Wide view of melting snow drawing treelike shapes under Ville-Marie Expressway, in Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in December of 2020.

Poste Berri – Wide view of the weathered logotype of Hydro-Quebec’s Berri electrical substation, in downtown Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in October of 2020.

Vertigo – Panoramic view of a deserted parking lot near Square Phillips, in downtown Montreal, Quebec. This black and white panoramic photograph was taken by Rico Michel in May of 2020.
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