Assignment 4: Environmental Portrait

Portrait 1: Allison O'Reilly

Founder of Femme AM

Portrait 2: Mackenzie Sattack

Co-founder of Femme AM

Portrait 3: Maya Lach-Aidelbaum

Show producer and member of Femme AM

Assignment 3: Feature Stories

Feature #1: Punks Are Coming Back As Electronic Musicians

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – FEBRUARY 9, 2018: Former punk singer turned electronic musician, Kara Keith, shows us her tiny studio tucked away in an alley in the Mile End. Keith, originally from Calgary, moved to Montreal in 2009, noting it as "the best decision" she made for her creative process. Prior to going solo, and recording and producing her own music, Keith played with Montreal's girl band UN.   Cassie Doubleday/Concordia Photojournalism Class 

Feature #2: Queensland Beach Road Destroyed by Winter Storm

HUBBARDS, NOVA SCOTIA – FEBRUARY 21, 2018: Father and daughter, Terry and Taylor Goodwin, walk along the broken Queensland Beach road. The road was destroyed in early January by a winter storm.   Cassie Doubleday/Concordia Photojournalism Class 

Feature #3: Family Home Turned into a SWAT House

BEDFORD, NOVA SCOTIA – FEBRUARY 22, 2018: Local Bedford residents are upset after a residential home was turned into a SWAT house without warning. Neighbours reported hearing shots in the middle of the night along with heavy police presence. One neighbour said they were "outraged" to discover the city allowed the military to purchase the home for SWAT training without the community's consent. Tim Outhit, the Bedford-Wentworth Councillor, apologized to residents and asked the city to demolish the home next month.   Cassie Doubleday/Concordia Photojournalism Class 

Feature Story #4: Back to School, Back to Free Lunch

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – FEBRUARY 28, 2018: Back to school after reading week, Jasmine Rivet, a Concordia student, gets a dish from People's Potato, a free vegan lunch program offered to students at the SGW campus. The line extended in a U shape across the entire 7th floor of the Hall building.   Cassie Doubleday/Concordia Photojournalism Class 

Feature Story #5: How Far Will You Go? 
New York Times Journalist Shares Stories with Students

MONTREAL, QUEBEC – FEBRUARY 28, 2018: Award-winning New York Times journalist, Dan Bilefsky, speaks with students at McGill's Journalism, Redefined conference. Bilefsky is a foreign correspondent for the NY Times and has reported on terrorist attacks in Europe, "women warriors" in Albania, and his investigation into the London jewel thieves also known as "Bad Grandpas" is being made into a film and novel.    Cassie Doubleday/Concordia Photojournalism Class 

Assignment 2: Light and Composition

Light

Light: Diffused.

A plant hides in the corner of Saigon Video among all the movie posters on Friday, February 2, 2018.

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Light: Contrasty.
A paint can is frozen in the snow on the sidewalk
on Victoria Avenue on Friday, February 2, 2018.

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Light: Backlight. 
Bambo against the window in my apartment
on Sunday, February 4, 2018.

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Light: Golden hour light. 
The sunsets on the Herzliah High School Snowdon on Saint-Kevin Avenue
on Monday, February 5, 2018.

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Composition

Composition: Rhythm.
Titled exit signs dangle in the Cote-Saint-Catherine Metro
on Tuesday, January 29, 2018.

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Composition: Rule of thirds.
A hairdressing sign lights up the ceiling in my apartment building on Victoria Avenue
on Friday, February 2, 2018.

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Composition: Leading lines. Tattered danger tape hangs from a wire in front of the King Edward VII monument in Phillips Square
on Tuesday, January 29, 2018.

Assignment 1: Winter in Montreal's Chinatown (蒙特利尔唐人街)

Established in 1887, Montreal's Chinatown (蒙特利尔唐人街) is home to many of Montreal's East Asian community centers, like Montreal's Chinese Hospital and the Montreal Chinese Community and Cultural Center. Tucked away in one block, the area hosts a variety of restaurants, shops, and markets. You can find Montreal's Chinatown between Avenue Viger and René Lévesque Boulevard and Saint Urbain Street and St-Laurent Boulevard.

Waiting to go. A truck speeds by Chinatown's Avenue Viger entrance. 

Frozen flow. Nancy hands out meditation flyers beside Parc Sun Yat-Sen 

while someone mediates in the background. 

No place to sit. The snow keeps everyone on the move on De la Gauchetière Street, the only street that runs through Chinatown.

 Here to there. A delivery person runs orders from shop to shop on De la Gauchetière Street.

Orange is the warmest — and perhaps tastiest — colour. 

People hide away from the cold, eating inside Sai Gwan Restaurant, or as Montreal food blogger, Jason Lee, says, "The pseudo noodle-speakeasy." 

*Intro information is from Wikipedia