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Last opportunity for a picture in Montreal

Montreal, 2012. Juste à temps pour prendre cette dernière photo, avant la démolition du bâtiment
Montreal, 2012. Juste à temps pour prendre cette dernière photo, avant la démolition du bâtiment.

I was lucky to be able to take this picture. Being in Montreal for a winter photography session with a Canon 5D MKII, I went by a street where some employees were busy demolishing a building. There was an interesting scene to be taken but I had to get much closer before I could start shooting. The site was fenced and under surveillance while workers were active, so the access was forbidden.

As lunch time was approaching, I decided to wait a bit, hoping that the workers would leave the site for a quick bite. I was expecting the security guard to accompany the group and forget about locking the fence. That’s exactly what happened. As soon as the last employee had disappeared, I was on the site with my photo equipment. By the end of the afternoon, nothing was left of the building. I hope that you like this picture, as much for the scene as for the small murale done by the unknown artist, murale that is today only a souvenir.