Groom Portrait Montreal

While retouching the album photos for Josey and Malak today, I came across this awesome groom portrait of Josey.  Portrait of a groom with Martin Luther King poster in the background

 

Photography Workshops in Inukjuak

What a mind blowing trip to Inukjuak, Quebec with Quebec Roots.
1_Inuit Inukjuak Quebec Monique Dykstra Photographer_Stop sign in Inuktitut

First, it was bone piercingly cold. Which is unsurprising, given that this Inuit village is a stone’s throw from the North Pole… or to be more specific…. wayyyyyyy up there in Northern Quebec.

2_Inuit Inukjuak Quebec Monique Dykstra Photographer_view of village from hillSecond, this was the very village where Nanook of the North was filmed, a one of the first documentary films ever made. I loved this film when I saw it– never dreaming that 20 years later, I would visit the village, and teach photography workshops to the descendants of the people in that very film (!!!!!!)

3_Inuit Inukjuak Quebec Monique Dykstra Photographer_Inuit child

 

4_Inuit Inukjuak Quebec Monique Dykstra Photographer_Inuit mother wearing amautit traditional eastern Arctic Inuit parka5_Inuit Inukjuak Quebec Monique Dykstra Photographer_show covered house6_Inuit Inukjuak Quebec Monique Dykstra Photographer_secondary 5 class8_Inuit Inukjuak Quebec Monique Dykstra Photographer_snow covered fishing boats9_Inuit Inukjuak Quebec Monique Dykstra Photographer_airport