Un flâneur à Montréal et à Québec
Most of September was spent in the province of Québec, primarily in Montréal. This was a wandering trip. We walked on average of eight kilometres per day, exploring neighbourhoods, stopping at boulangeries, diverting down laneways, marvelling at the architecture, and enjoying the human theatre on the streets.
We managed to see art inside and outside, hear an artist talk, take part in a Fujifilm event, enjoy great coffee (cortados have arrived) and meet with friends. And, I made a lot of photos. So many, that I should apologize for the amount of scrolling required to reach the end. Hmmm, but I won’t.
Québec (Quebec City for anglophones) has many similarities to my hometown, Victoria. It’s the provincial capital. It is a tourist destination. Cruise ships arrive on a regular basis. Both cities seem a little parochial as well. However, they differ significantly in that Québec has so much more history than Victoria, more interesting architecture and artwork, and way more hills.
In any case, here are some images made while climbing the cobbled streets of Québec and wandering the many neighbourhoods of Montréal.
A note about this image: I was fortunate to arrive in Montréal in time for a Fujifilm event called Créez avec nous, which provided me with the opportunity to connect with Fujifilm X-Photographer Patrick La Roque (pictured above) and Billy Luong (pictured below), with whom I worked for many years. Patrick led a photowalk around the port with a focus on black-and-white photography, hence the use of one of my monochrome film simulations.
NB: All photos captured with a Fujfilm GFX100 RF. With only three exceptions, the images are SOOC JPEGs.
DON CRAIG photography 