Michelle Blanc

Michelle Blanc poses in her hotel room in Quebec city November 10, 2009. Born as a male, Michel was a suicidal mental health patient who discovered his gender identity disorder. With the help of the Internet to get support, she his now Michelle, a female successful Internet entrepreneur. Photo Francis Vachon for the Globe and Mail

//

People often ask me what are my best assignments, or the kind of picture I prefer to do.

I just can’t answer that. Sometime, the assignment that sounds the least appealing turn out to be really fun, or a mundane portrait might end up with a long conversation with a very interesting person.

That was the case with this one.

I knew Michelle Blanc from her blogs and TV appearances, but meeting her in person was a whole new story. We spent like an hour an a half together, splitting our time between photograph and chatting.

Those pictures might not win any awards, but they represent a very special moment to me.