Francis Vachon Photographe

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April 14, 2011

Pauline Marois, portrait et candide

PQ leader Pauline Marois
PQ leader Pauline Marois gestures as she talk to a reporter during a site down interview at her office in the National Assembly in Quebec City Tuesday April 12, 2011.
PQ leader Pauline Marois
PQ leader Pauline Marois looks pensive as she talk to a reporter.
PQ leader Pauline Marois
PQ leader Pauline Marois poses at her office in the National Assembly
PQ leader Pauline Marois

Plus de photo de Pauline Marois et du Parti Québecois sur mon site de stock photo

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March 23, 2011

Pascal Paradis, Avocats sans frontières

Pascal Paradis
Pascal Paradis, head of Lawyers Without Borders Canada, poses in is office in Quebec City February 23, 2011. Paradis and his organization are fighting over the name of his organization with a US group that has the same name. Full story on the Globe and Mail site.

I wanted to go out of my comfort zone for this portrait. I realized that I used a little but too often my umbrellas to soften the light. So hard light it would be for this one.

I used a gridded flash aimed at the world map to create the vignette around it. I then gridded a second flash toward the subject face, creating a dramatic light that went well with the story.

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March 15, 2011

Le ministre de la santé du Québec Yves Bolduc (2)

Pour la troisième fois je me suis rendu au bureau du ministre de la santé pour faire un portrait. Et pour la deuxième fois c’était pour l’actuel ministre Bolduc. Dans une toute petite pièce, il faut donc trouver quelque chose de nouveau à faire.

Il est toujours rassurant lorsque le sujet se souvient de toi et dit avoir beaucoup apprécié la séance précédente, cela met la personne immédiatement en confiance. J’ai donc débuté en prenant des photos candides du ministre alors qu’il répondait aux questions des journalistes, puis nous y sommes allé d’une de quelques portraits dirigés. L’interview s’étant prolongé et le ministre devant quitter pour un meeting, le portrait s’est fait en environs 2 minutes.

Yves Bolduc
Yves Bolduc

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February 24, 2011

Disappearing: rural anglophones in Quebec


Donald Stewart poses in front of his farm in Ireland, near Thetford Mines, Sunday February 13, 2011. His family being on this land since 1812, Steward is the last anglophone of the village. (Francis Vachon/ THE GAZETTE)

Read his story on Last anglo in Irlande.

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January 28, 2011

Leaving the 5000$ camera in the bag: iPhone photos

Those photos where all taken with an iPhone 4, and all the post production was made in-camera, mostly with Hipstamatic and TiltShifGen.

iPhone 4 photo
iPhone 4 photo
iPhone 4 photo

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January 21, 2011

Jean-Christophe Nicolas had two kidney transplant

Jean-Christophe Nicolas
Jean-Christophe Nicolas poses in his apartment in Quebec City January 20, 2011. Nicolas had two kidney transplants – one from a cadaver donor and one from his father. Full story on the Globe and Mail.

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January 20, 2011

Sikhs denied access to the National Assembly in Quebec city

Balpreet Singh, lawyer at the World Sikh Organization of Canada, poses in front of the National Assembly in Quebec City Tuesday January 18, 2011. Singh was denied entrance by Quebec National Assembly security because he insisted on wearing ceremonial kirpan.

Balpreet Singh, representative of the World Sikh Organization of Canada
Balpreet Singh, representative of the World Sikh Organization of Canada
Balpreet Singh, representative of the World Sikh Organization of Canada

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November 27, 2010

Ludovica: a Legoland-like exhibition opening in Quebec city

Many newspapers from the Postmedia network published the story, including The Gazette
The Mega brand block built "Ludovica" is pictured in Quebec City, Qc., Nov. 25, 2010. Gilles Maheux quit his day job to built a "lego-land" style city and is set to open this Saturday.
The Mega brand block built “Ludovica” is pictured in Quebec City, Qc., Nov. 25, 2010. Gilles Maheux quit his day job to built a “lego-land” style city and is set to open this Saturday.
Gilles Maheux poses in his Mega brand block built "Ludovica" city in Quebec City, Qc., Nov. 25, 2010. Maheux quit his day job to built a "lego-land" style city and is set to open this Saturday
Gilles Maheux poses in his Mega brand block built “Ludovica” city.

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November 5, 2010

Le ministre de la santé du Québec Yves Bolduc

Le ministre de la santé du Québec Yves Bolduc

Le ministre de la santé du Québec Yves Bolduc

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Mario Girard

Mario Girard

Mario Girard poses in his small home office in Quebec City. Girard will replace Ross Gaudreault as CEO of the Port of Quebec next January.

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