WINNER OF A 2024 CANADIAN ARCHITECT PHOTO AWARD OF MERIT
A very thoughtful, painterly interpretation of La Tour du Port. The light at dawn helps to create a magical scene, and as the artist states, successfully helps to merge the “feeling of the past and present.” The photograph is a serene confluence of multiple time periods. It is always challenging to photograph wide, landscape views of urban environments in such a way that all of the buildings and structures feel purposefully placed in the frame. But here in this photograph, the multitude of details are all beautifully composed.
– Lisa Stinner-Kun, juror
Montreal’s new Tour du Port draws on the language of the old port’s industrial past—abandoned grain silos, cranes and elevators. The new tower’s cantilevered platform is set at a height to create a dramatic contemporary frame for viewing the port and the city’s downtown core. I made several unsuccessful early morning visits to the port in the hope of interesting light, before settling on this view to show the conversation between old and new, as well as a sense of new beginnings.
As appeared in the December 2024 issue of Canadian Architect magazine
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