born and raised in montréal, québec.
travels, long. #nyc, #ny, #strangersintransit, #igersmontreal, #igersmontrealontheroad.
quick stopover post jamaican vacation to allow for @jaclyn_t to run the half-marathon.
friction, shamed. #nyc, #ny, #igersmontreal, #igersmontrealontheroad, #stpatricksday, #stpatricksday2012, #streetphotography.
we treat new york city like we treat montréal, so nothing too urgent other than buying some peroxide and socks.
light, chasing. #nyc, #ny, #igersmontreal, #igersmontrealontheroad, #light, #taxi. #chasinglight for @jayzombie's weekend hashtag project.
we had a lovely pre-marthon carb scarfdown on saturday night with @johndeguzman, @clrdrkrm, @augustnetta, and @furtadomf, followed by korean food and night creeping on sunday night with john, jessica, @bridif, @uptowneastnyc, @aaglar, @dopez, @patriciaj, and @asubtleblend.
night, creeped. #nyc, #ny, #igersmontreal, #igersmontrealontheroad, #streetphotography, #strangersintransit, #nightcreepers. thanks to @johndeguzman, @clrdrkrm, @bridif, @augustnetta, @uptowneastnyc, @aaglar, @dopez, @patriciaj, @asubtleblend and @furtadomf for bringin' some instagram love to @jaclyn_t and i during the final stretch of our jamainyc vacation.
When are you coming back?
we like to visit semi-regularly, so hopefully we’ll be back sometime in late april or early may. If y’all give us a reason to jump on a bus, chances are we will.
occupy, refound. #ows, #occupywallstreet
both cities are walkable, feisty and political. both have a penchant for public art and street performers. both are multi-lingual. both are architectural hybrids of the the classically refined and the modernly slick. but new york city is montréal on hyperdrive. it’s easy to let the city overwhelm you. to have a sensory burnout. to want to either curl up in a ball and hide or to tourist-attack the city in full spartan fashion. but once you stay still for a few minutes, once you take the city off some imaginary pedestal, once you stop having an agenda, it’s easy to just be. to live like a new yorker. new yorkers are amazing at being new yorkers. and if you watch them close enough, you’ll enjoy the parts of this city that are worth enjoying. you’ll be creatively in sync with all those images and sounds and smells and spirits that may otherwise impede you.
loud, mouth. #nyc, #ny, #igersmontreal, #igersmontrealontheroad, #stpatricksday, #stpatricksday2012, #streetphotography
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shadows, remain. #nyc, #ny, #igersmontreal, #igersmontrealontheroad, #streetphotography.
to recognise that we live in a time with an unparalleled accessibility to create and disseminate; that sharing is caring; and that little good comes from being protectively precious.
let @leprechcon march!
Make sure to keep up with Mat on Instagram, Twitter, and his websites – www.strangersintransit.com & www.wewerestrangers.com
