When British-Canadian photographer Andrew Jackson first visited Montreal, he set out to find the city’s Black spaces. His search led him to the neighbourhood of Little Burgundy, formerly known as Saint-Antoine, where he encountered a paradox: Why is Little Burgundy considered a Black space when only 11 per cent of[Read More…]
Tag: photography
Modern Day Reverence – Graffiti Scripture
A MUPPS x Tribune Collaboration: Captured in the Park Extension neighborhood of Montreal.
Dream #18
A MUPSS x Tribune Creative Collaboration Sleepy week before spring break. Exploring the Holga Digital toy camera’s unique aesthetic
Ballet Shoot for Circle of Fashion
A MUPSS x Tribune collaboration:
Ballet Shoot for @circleoffashionmcgill
under the moonlight
A MUPSS x Tribune collaboration:
a glimpse into the moonlight glow catching the pearls just so, contrasting the harshness of the night against the delicate nature of each carefully placed radiant speck.
The McGill Fine Arts Commission brings student art into the spotlight
On Monday, Jan. 22, the McGill Fine Arts Commission (FAC) held its first art exhibition of the year in the MacDonald Harrington exhibition room. The theme was liminal spaces, places of transition or change, expressed in varying forms. According to FAC’s VP Design, Emma Létourneau (U3 Arts), the FAC team[Read More…]
A snapshot of the perils of our phone-first recollection era
Photographs serve as timeless reminders of our lives and permanent homes for our precious memories. Without them, recollections fade unnoticed; so we snap pictures through joy and sorrow, to create a visual record of our journey through life. As cameras embedded in our cellphones have become an omnipresent part of[Read More…]
The art of enjoying your hobbies
A lot of my hobbies are ones that I am mediocre at. On the guitar, I can only play a few chords. I run at a very average pace, and not as consistently as I would like. I can probably draw better than the average person, but I am completely[Read More…]
Seeing Quebec through a new lens in ‘Lida Moser Photographer: Odyssey in Black and White’
In the summer of 1950, Lida Moser set out from New York City on a journey to capture the spirit of Quebec through photographs. She was a single woman travelling with three men: Ethnologist Luc Lacourcière, folklorist Félix-Antoine Savard, and Paul Gouin, cultural advisor to Premier Maurice Duplessis. She did[Read More…]
Oh, the tattoos we’ve inked
An ornate stone house with a plaque reading “Fais-Moi L’Art Gallery” sits on the corner of Rue Cherrier and Saint André, spilling light onto a quiet, dark street. It is the opening night of Poline Harbali’s exhibit They wrote the countries borders on my skin, and all the commotion is[Read More…]
