Here are some photos from Ann Arbor that could not fit into the story I was there for – Michigan: an outside the box foodie destination.

Ann Arbor Nichols Arboretum
The "Fairy Woods and troll hollow" is seen at the Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday June 7, 2013. Designed in 1906 by O. C. Simonds, Nichols Arboretum is operated by the University of Michigan.
Small boy in a Peony field at the Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor
A small boy is seen in a peony field at the Nichols Arboretum in Ann Arbor, Michigan Friday June 7, 2013. Paeonia (peony or paeony) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Paeoniaceae.
The Cube sculpture in Ann Arbor
A man is seen atop of The Cube sculpture in Ann Arbor, Michigan Thursday June 6, 2013. Formally known as The Cube "Endover", the Cube is a large cube shaped sculpture created by Tony Rosenthal in 1968.

In 2008, I photographed the Cartier-Roberval Park archeological site where Gilles Samson was working. Now that it has become an exhibition at Musée de l’Amérique Française in Old Quebec, I took a portrait of Samson with the first item found on the site that lead to the discovery of the first settlement of Quebec City, more than 60 years before the city was founded. The Gazette story is a great piece that you can read here.

Serendipity. « The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident »

I am not a landscape photographer, but I will jump on the occasion when I stumble into something like this. I was looking at the map on my GPS. It looked like this little town could give me something, and I punched the destination in. That was my payoff.

Jackson Falls, New Hampshire
Jackson Falls, New Hampshire
Jackson Falls in Jackson, New Hampshire
Jackson Falls in Jackson, New Hampshire

Pour un magazine basé à Toronto, je devais faire quelques portraits de la chef Marie-Chantal Lepage, du resto l’Espace MC Chef. On m’a aussi demandé de faire quelques images candides de madame Lepage aux cuisine et dans sa boutique et, bien sûr, quelques photos créatives de ses plats.

L'espace MC - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC Chef - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC Chef - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC Chef - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC Chef - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC - Marie-Chantal Lepage
L'espace MC Chef - Marie-Chantal Lepage

Le MV Louis Jolliet, petit navire de croisière bien connu à Québec, s’est échoué à l’Île D’Orléans cet après-midi. Voici quelques photos.

MV Louis Jolliet
Le MV Louis Jolliet, échoué à l’Île d’Orléans, en face de Québec


Simon and Elizabeth Duguay mimic the famous Titanic scene as they pose for their father in front of the MV Louis Jolliet cruise ship, seen on her flank after she crashed on Isle d’Orléans Island shore, just across Quebec city, Thursday May 16, 2013. The ship crashed mid-afternoon with 57 passengers on board and none of them have beeb reported injured.

MV Louis Jolliet

MV Louis Jolliet


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