Introduction (Week 1)

Jessica Paquette 

    

Welcome home
digital photography

Hi everyone, I am an Art Education student currently studying at Concordia University in Montreal. 

I can honestly say that I have been forever passionate about visual arts, anything from drawing cartoons to film making. I chose photography as a career. Unfortunately ,I had to put on hold (almost!) my career to fully concentrate on my studies. Since graduation, I have been working with all sorts of clients, from aspiring fashion models to punk rock singers. 

Working a la pige offered me the opportunity to expend my horizons and to discover all the possibilities and different genres of photography. I have been photographing weddings for the past 4 years and I am now photographing events and concerts whenever I can.

Vitam Mortem I : Dreaming
35mm

My personal favorites are conceptual photography and portraiture. I like to think of a concept or message and to find an innovative and subtle way to visualize it. I like creating set ups and scenes. My most recurrent themes are life, death, the inner self, consciousness, memories and dreams. The whole idea is to capture more than emotions, it is to create an ambiance.

Pascale
digital photography

 As for portraits, I am very interested in capturing the intrinsic properties or traits that characterized the identity of the individual through the body and the eyes. I'm as interested in fierce fashion shots as I am interested in street photography where I will be walking outside for hours and waiting for that perfect sincere moment offered by total strangers. My tastes are extreme opposites, either I am spontaneous or I set up the mood.

Grey
digital photography

I mostly work with digital equipment but I have done series on film as well. I am strongly attracted to film's properties such as grain, vignettes, and I'm interested in double expositions.

While studying at Concordia, I have discovered the joys of painting, which is now also a passion. I enjoy mostly expressionist portraiture and abstraction. The subjects of my paintings are similar to the ideas behind my photography. 

I consider artistic practices as a way of liberating the self.Also,as a powerful tool that gives the opportunity to diffuse ideas, messages, innovation, and to connect with others through emotionally charged pieces. It's an occasion to think and get creative, to imagine then develop strongly thought concepts or to be free and to let go, to be spontaneous. 

Untitled
oil on canvas