Tag: photography
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This week, Untapped Cities published a piece I wrote about the quirky buildings of Montreal. It will become a series and in this first installment, I wrote about the installations that were built for Expo 67 (the 1967 World Fair). To read it, click here. Here are a few photos that I took in the…
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After two heavy, rather personal posts (on traveling and death), I decided that this week’s piece would cover a lighter subject: everyday moments of joy. Louise Hung wrote a fun piece for xojane.com, titled Is happy really that simple? 10 tiny things that make me ecstatic. This inspired me to make my own list of…
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I wrote another article for Untapped Cities: Downtown Montreal: the lavish mansions of the Golden Square Mile. (Click the link to read the full article) It’s about how the former homes of the city’s late 19th century bourgeoisie, located in downtown Montreal, are being used today. Here are some more photos of the area that…
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It’s already been 4 months since we’ve been back from our trip to Japan and it occurred to me that I never came around to posting more pictures. After our time in the crazy metropolis of Tokyo, we headed to a much more peaceful place in Japan: Kyoto. We stayed in the city of 2000…
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Nearly a week ago, a major blizzard left everything in Montreal covered with a 45 cm (18 inches) layer of snow. As if that wasn’t enough, subsequent snowfalls added 15-20 more centimeters in the days since. It’s safe to say that so far, winter has been strong this year. With only half the streets cleared…
A storytelling home by Léa Plourde-Archer 