projectmessenger – a photo documentary of urban life on two wheels

2008 is wrapping up and so has my first exhibit.  Michelle and I took it down on Saturday.  It was a killer success, thanks to everybody who checked it out.

Mega-thanks to the one and only Joe Bebel for inviting me to exhibit at Foufs, to JC Savard and all the crazy mofos at PhotoService for their help and support in regards to everything photography and gear related, and to Pierre-Luc and Bruno and the whole gang at Le Grand Cycle for keeping my bikes in top mechanical glory.

Now that this event is wrapped up, you can expect a ton of updates online…. I already tweaked the photo lottery page, and will upload a lot more tonight and in the days to come…

then the real promotion begins… 2009 is here!

I am a heart on wheels.

The photo below to the left is a shot I took of my partner Michelle, she is the love of my life.  It happens to be a chapter9photography photo from my bathtub series in progress… Below to the right is a self-portrait I took while riding in traffic during a snowstorm. Michelle worries about me when I ride my bike, for all kinds of reasons.

This photo assembly is yet another tribute to the one I love.
Click to see them bigger:

it’s 2:19am and I’m working major overtime on all kinds of stuff… I still haven’t had a chance to do all the backend promotional stuff I was hoping to do for projectmessenger.  I’ll have more downtime over the holidaze, so the updates will finally arrive in the days to come.

thanks for everybody’s continued interest.

there are a few things I had hoped to have online by this week, but other obligations and an intensely beautiful but draining snowstorm slowed me down from projectmessenger stuff.  I’ll update the site as soon as I can, I promise it will be worth it.  I hope everybody enjoys their weekend.

Olaf’s been cool enough to donate some nice prizes for the first photo lottery.  We hung out this afternoon at the Jean Talon Market, catching up over espressos. I cranked out some casual shots of Olaf afterward to promote his line of t-shirts and hoodies. Shooting in snowstorms is always wicked.  More news soon.

details of the M.B.M.A. design:

I am happy to at least confirm that on top of running the chance to win one of my large format prints from the exhibit, participants in my first photo lottery fundraiser will have a chance to win prizes from Cocotte Equipment and from Olaf’s shirts…

more news in 2-3 days, official info will by up by the beginning of next week.

because I’ve been working hard behind the scenes on deadlines for clients… as an unconventional self-employed freelance artist and photographer, I gotta be smart about business and paying the bills.  Clients always come first.

I’ve been really lucky recently to have a steady flow of contracts, so I surf the waves of contracts as they come in.  I’ve been working on some super cool projects recently, one of which is the website for my bike shop here in Montreal, Le Grand Cycle.  I just re-launched that site this week.  I seriously love what I do.  Check it out, I’m super proud of this contract.

My shop deals with a mix of messengers, mountain bikers and the average commuter.  I’ve always lived by the philosophy of “bikes are bikes”.  I love bikes.  So even though this entry has less to do with “messengers”, it has everything to do about the trinity of my life… love and bikes and photography.  In that spirit, I wanted to take the time to share some random “work” shots.

the shop just got this super nice white Soma Rush:

we had been waiting for Soma tires forever… I’ve been killing mine:
I’m stoked that the shop now has the Soma Everwear 5mm tires
because dirt and air are fun…
the last weekend of dirtjumping this season, good time with friends: