Façades au bord du soir (2024) Photography by Joseph Durocher

Since the age of thirteen, I have wandered the streets with a camera in hand, drawn to façades, textures, and the quiet traces of time — to all that architecture reveals about those who built and lived within it. My artistic practice stems from a deep desire: to bear witness to our cultural responsibility toward spaces we often believe to be eternal, yet which so often vanish without a sound.

My photographic work focuses on architectural heritage — whether beautifully preserved or gently fading. I explore historic neighborhoods in Montréal and elsewhere, seeking out places where time lingers in the details. Through each image, I aim to reveal the quiet dignity of modest structures, the poetry of forgotten craftsmanship, the memory held in a cornice, a balcony, or a weathered wall.

Each photograph is a gesture of preservation, an act of recognition toward forms of beauty made invisible by routine. I work with both film and digital photography, depending on what the subject calls for. Grain, light, and composition all converge to form images where documentary precision meets a carefully nurtured artistic voice.

I hope my photographs invite viewers to slow down — to engage in a silent dialogue with the built world. That they awaken memories, spark reverie, or simply renew one’s attention to what surrounds us.

Ultimately, I photograph so that we might remember — and so that we might learn to see differently

• Nationality: CANADA
• Date of birth : 1961
• Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
• Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary Canadian Artists