Photo exhibition starting next week

If you are planning to visit Quebec City between March 15th and April 14th and you are looking for something original to do, you can visit my exhibition called "Les nuits de la Basse-Ville" (The Nights of the Lower Town).

It will happen at the Café Nagua, located in the very underrated district of Limoilou. While you are there, you can have a meal made from local products or drink fair trade coffee. The Café is located at the intersection of 1ère Avenue with 10e rue, which you can see on the photo.

You will find more information about the exhibition, the venue and the ways to reach it under the tab Exhibtions/Events. Stay tuned for another big announcement later this week!

JH

Wintry Black and White

Here are some pictures for the people who like black and white photography, taken during this winter and last year.

You will find them under the tab Recent Photos.

JH

Montreal-Quebec City: The Flying Saucers

After showing statutes of founders, buildings that serve or has served as parliaments and the great basilicas of Montreal and Quebec City, here are two buildings that have nothing in common. They serve different purposes, have different names... but both look like flying saucers.

You will find them in the album Montreal-Quebec City Series, under the tab Misc.

JH

Montreal-Quebec City: Our Great Ladies

For this edition of my Montreal-Quebec City series, I chose to show the two basilicas that are named after their city, Notre-Dame-de-Montréal (first photo) and Notre-Dame-de-Québec (second photo).

The album Montreal-Quebec City Series can be found under the tab Misc.

JH

Hidden Beauties: Xi'an Street

This sunday, not only will it be Valentine's Day but also the chinese new year, the beginning of the year of the tiger. To celebrate the event, I introduce to you one of my hidden beauties related to China. Ladies and gentlemen, here's Xi'an street!

This back street was named that way to honor Xi'an, the chinese twin of Quebec City, and to commemorate the former chinatown that stood around there.



I bet that chinese people are very moved when they see this dead-end filled with awful parkings and a garbage container, as well as they must love the great view on the elegant Dufferin-Montmorency highway.

You will find the new photos of Xi'an street in the album Hidden Beauties of Quebec City, under the tab Quebec City.

JH

Montreal-Quebec City: The Old Capitals

Montreal, just like Quebec City, used to be the capital of United Canada during the 19th century. However, there is nothing left of the Parliament of the Sainte-Anne Market, which was burned down during riots in 1849.

To accompany the Parliament Building of Quebec City in my Montreal-Quebec City series, I chose the Bonsecours Market, which hosted the Parliament of United Canada during a little less than two weeks, after the old building was destroyed. So it is the Montreal building that I consider closer to the Parliament in Quebec City, even if one only hosted the Canadian Parliament and the other the Quebec Parliament.

You can find the photos in the album Montreal-Quebec Series, under the tab Misc.

JH

Montreal-Quebec City: The Founders

This week, I'm starting my own Montreal-Quebec City series, not based on a sport rivalry but on the similarities between both cities.

The concept is very simple, I gather two photos taken in each city that have something in common, either in their name, their function, their history, their geographical location or only in my head. You will find the album Montreal-Quebec City Series under the tab Misc.

I chose the statues of the founders of both cities to start the series, Paul de Maisonneuve for Montreal (up) and Samuel de Champlain for Quebec City (down), located respectively on Place d'Armes and Dufferin Terrrace.

I hope you will enjoy this Montreal-Quebec City series and that you will love both the metropolis and the capital of Quebec even more!

JH