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Québec Series 
The books in this series are about photography in the province of Québec, Canada.
The texts are presented in both French and English.


 
    Disraeli-Une Experience Humaine
en Photographie

A facsimile of the original boxed collection of images from the Disraeli project, published in 1973.
 

 
    Disraeli Revisitée
The images, many never previously published, and the texts of this book reveal the history of a social documentary project about a village, Disraeli, carried out in 1972. The texts discuss, in retrospect, the subsequent public reaction and polemic concerning the original publication of project images
 

 
    52 visages de Disraeli
52 portraits of men and boys photographed during the social documentary project in Disaeli in 1972. Included are short texts about the history of Disraeli, the man, the villaged that took his name and the photographs.
 

 
The following four books are about the history of coastal navigation and the maritime environment along the St. Lawrence River in Charlevoix County, Québec.The books are the result of a social documentary project carried out in the 1970s that culminated in 1978 when the last boats were sold and left for southern waters. They include photographs from institutional archives and from family ablums, that record the building of boats and navigation.


Contre vents et marées    Contre vents et marées
The story of early navigation on the St. Lawrence River.

Narrated by Armand Gagnon who started sailing with his father as a young boy and continued until 1929 when the last boats under sail were withdrawn from service.
 

 
   
Là ou`les bateaux meurent aux quais    Là où les bateaux meurent aux quais
About the history of the coastal navigation industry on the St. Lawerence form 1930 until it's cessation in the late 1970s.

Narrated by Captains Gérard Harvey and Fernand Gagnon
 

 
   
Le dernier voyage    Le dernier voyage
A photo essay about the last voyage, in September 1977, of one of the last goelettes (schooners) providing coastal service on the St. Lawrence River.

Narrated by Captain Gérard Tremblay
 

 
   
Charlevoix Maritime   Charlevoix Maritime
A photo essay about the maritime environment along the St. Lawrence River in Charlevoix County, Quebec.
 

 
   
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