The softer side of couriers

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The softer side of couriers

par Oyez Oyez » Mar Nov 04, 2008 2:30 pm

Sorry for the lapse in posts; updates to the blog infrastructure left us out of commission for a few days. 

In case you missed the in the Gazette over the weekend, there is a great exhibit going on now down at Foufounes Électriques called , a collection of portraits of Montreal bike couriers by , a photographer, artist and former courier.

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The exhibition pulls together two dozen portraits from some
12,000 shots he has taken of the Montreal courier lifestyle over the
past 11 years. For that reason alone it's worth a look; few documentarists work so intimately with the subjects in their portraits.

Another reason I like this exhibit: in a way these tough-as-nails messengers are a testament to Montrealers as a whole, displaying what it takes to endure this city, especially in the winter, and still come out human. As Abramovitch told the Gazette: "No one has the dense urban core
and the kind of cold that we do here in Montreal."

 

The show runs through December 6 at Foufs (87 Ste. Catherine St. E).

- KE

 

(photo courtesy of Jerome Abramovitch)


Author: Kate Molleson
Category: events
Publish Date: Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:44:00 GMT

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