Francis Vachon Photographe

Capt. Simon Mailloux, right, helps colleague Capt. Belyea puts a tourniquet on his arm during a Caring Combat Situation course at the Valcartier garrison near Quebec City September 23, 2009. Mailloux lost a leg in a previous mission but, with the help of a prosthesis, will be deployed again soon in Afghanistan. Photo Francis Vachon for the Globe and Mail.
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/80 at f6.3 with a 24-70 at 30mm – ISO 2000

An amputee’s unfinished business in Afghanistan on the Globe and Mail website

If you live in Quebec, you know what this is about. If not, here what’s the fuzz is all about.

Jkyll reads “Speak white”

RRQ leader Patrick Bourgeois reads a letter from Pierre Bourgeault to René Lévesque

PQ leader Pauline Marois

The grand finale

This is what I discovered about putting on a historically accurate, 18th-century British officer’s uniform and standing on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City pretending I was General James Wolfe: I might have looked like an overgrown lunatic playing dress-up, but when I actually slipped the coat and hat on, it felt surprisingly grave. It made me want to be serious.

Globe and Mail feature writer Ian Brown came to spend a couple of days in Quebec city to know more about the Plains of Abraham, the canceled re-enactment, and the various groups who battled for this cancellation.

Taking an Ontarian journalist, dressing him up as a British soldier for a photo shoot on the Plains of Abraham on St-Jean-Baptist day (Quebec National Day)…. That was daring, but fun!

Globe’s article on the web includes a very neat audi slide-show with many of my photos.

Globe reporter Ian Brown, dressed as a British soldier, takes note as he speak with reanactor Harry Hunkin on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City June 23, 2009. Photo Francis Vachon for the Globe and Mail

Globe reporter Ian Brown, dressed as a British soldier, poses on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City June 23, 2009.

A police officer blocks RRQ (Reseau de resistance de Quebec – Quebec Resistance network) protesters from approaching a small group of counter-protesters on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city July 1, 2009. The RRQ held their annual protest against Canada in front of Wolfe’s monument. Photo Francis Vachon for the Globe and Mail.

A Quebec and a “patriot” flag fly in front of Wolfe’s monument on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city

RRQ (Reseau de resistance de Quebec – Quebec Resistance network) leader Patrick Bourgeois gestures as he speaks during a protest in front of Wolfe’s monument on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec city

Two Greenpeace activists, one hiding behind a sign, are seen chained to the Ministry of Natural Resources in Quebec city July 27, 2009. 6 activists chained themselves to the building and two of them setup a huge banner early morning to disrupt regular business in protest against the destruction of Quebec’s intact forests. Photo Francis Vachon/THE GAZETTE

A Greenpeace activists shouts as she passively resists to her arrest at the Ministry of Natural Resources in Quebec city July 27, 2009.

I’v been published in newspapers all around the world, but today is the first time I’m published in one of my local dailies here in Quebec city. It’s a stock photo of the image Mills sold through Canadian Press.

Guy Brousseau poses for visual journalists with his bionic knee during a Victhom Human Bionics shareholder meeting in Quebec City June 16, 2009. The prosthesis is rated as one of the most technologically advanced yet and has already been tested on an Iraq war veteran in the U.S. Francis Vachon/THE GAZETTE

FRAPRU coordinator Francois Saillant gestures as he takes part in an anti-poverty protest in front of the Congress Center in Quebec city June 15, 2009. The FRAPRU, FRont d’Action Populaire en Reamenagement Urbain, was created in 1978 to fight for poor people and the cration of social housing.

Chantal Potvin takes part into an anti-poverty protest in front of the Congress Center in Quebec city June 15, 2009.

Standing on a float, Bonhomme Carnaval, mascot of the Carnaval de Quebec, salutes the crowd at the Quebec Winter Carnival parade Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 in Quebec city. The festival typically starts on the last Friday of January or the first Friday of February and continues for 17 days. With close to one million participants, it has grown to become the largest winter celebration in the world
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/100 at f3,2 with a 70-200 at 115mm – ISO 1250

Newly elected Quebec Solidaire MNA for the Montreal riding of Mercier Amir Khadir gestures as he is sworn in at the National Assembly in Quebec city December 17, 2008. Khadir is the first ever Solidaire candidate ever elected. (THE GAZETTE/Francis Vachon)
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/125 at f3.2 with a 70-200 at 115mm – ISO 2000

ADQ candidate for the riding of Charlevoix Mark Cardwel looks pensive as he watches the early result coming in on a TV screen at an ADQ rally for the Provincial election at a local Boston Pizza restaurant in Quebec city Monday December 8, 2008. (THE GAZETTE/Francis Vachon)
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/80 at f3.2 with a 70-200 at 200mm – ISO 2000, on camera flash with CTO gel

ADQ candidate for the riding of Chauveau Gerard Deltell winks as he wins his election at an ADQ rally for the Provincial election at a local Boston Pizza restaurant in Quebec city Monday December 8, 2008. (THE GAZETTE/Francis Vachon)
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/80 at f3.2 with a 24-70 at 64mm – ISO 2500, on camera flash with CTO gel

ADQ candidate for the riding of Chauveau Gerard Deltell smiles as he wins his election at an ADQ rally for the Provincial election at a local Boston Pizza restaurant in Quebec city Monday December 8, 2008. (THE GAZETTE/Francis Vachon)
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/80 at f3.2 with a 24-70 at 65mm – ISO 2500, on camera flash with CTO gel

ADQ campaign director in the riding of Vanier for Sylvain Legare Stéphanie Blanchet shows tears as Legare loses his election at an ADQ rally for the Provincial election at a local Boston Pizza in Quebec Monday December 8, 2008. (THE GAZETTE/Francis Vachon)
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/80 at f3.2 with a 24-70 at 70mm – ISO 2000, on camera flash with CTO gel

ADQ defeated candidate for the riding of Charlesbourg Catherine Morisette wipes a tear as she hugs ADQ new MNA for the riding of Chauveau Gerald Deltell at an ADQ rally for the Provincial election at a local Boston Pizza restaurant in Quebec city Monday December 8, 2008. (THE GAZETTE/Francis Vachon)
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/80 at f3.2 with a 24-70 at 48mm – ISO 800, on camera flash with CTO gel

New ADQ MNA for the riding of Chauveau Gerard Deltell grimaces as Mario Dumont announces that he leave the ADQ leadership at an ADQ rally for the Provincial election at a local Boston Pizza restaurant in Quebec city Monday December 8, 2008. (THE GAZETTE/Francis Vachon)
Technical: Canon EOS Mark III, 1/80 at f3.2 with a 24-70 at 59mm – ISO 2000, on camera flash with CTO gel