HOME | DD
LikeBlue — Mathieu
Published: 2007-11-27 03:28:36 +0000 UTC; Views: 713; Favourites: 23; Downloads: 5
Redirect to original
Description
It’s a quiet Sunday morning in town and I’m standing on the street just down the block from the coffee shop.As I sip slowly on hot coffee, I’m aware of the emptiness of the street and how the people that pass seemed to group together simply because of the traffic lights.
Individuals and pairs gather at the crosswalk waiting for the light, and then travel together as a small loose group that somewhat keeps pace as they head to wherever it is they are going.
There’s a sweet lonesome melody that almost fills the air, sometimes high, at times very low as it ebbs and flows through the traffic.
Mathieu is on the corner a hundred or so meters from where I’m standing. I watch as the crowd passes, some stopping to listen as he plays, others offering words and cash for a job done well. It’s a quiet Sunday morning.
Mathieu is a jazz bassist and hales from Quebec. Having wandering feet he finds himself in Victoria, and picks up a violin.
Working the street is more fun than work he explains.
The piece he’s working on at the moment is from Braveheart he loves the melody.
Missing his family Mathieu will soon be heading home for Christmas.
I hope he has warm memories of Victoria to take with him.
Related content
Comments: 49
I feel like I could hear the music just looking at the photo, and the stories with each of your photos are waonderful!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
oh yeah this was a fine day for music.
thanks very kindly for coming by and for everything... hope to see you again.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
thank you very kindly, and for the fav too.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
thanks very much, he looks right at home there.
i enjoyed your gallery also.
cheers
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Yeah, it's a very intense shot. And thanks. A lot of people seem to enjoy, or say they do..never know with people anymore, my gallery.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
very true, people are hard to figure out at times... but most on DA are good folks and always pretty cool.
i guess in the end we can only hope for the best.
cheers and thanks again.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
your photos are like a beautiful melody, dear. :]
congratulations on this amazing portrait.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you very much my friend, very nice of you to say. : )
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
You're most welcome, my friend.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
thank you very kindly. : )
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Beautiful! The story you tell of the quiet morning, and this portrait of the violinist (Mathieu, I guess?) compliment each other beautifully. I hope that the music he played was as lovely as the concentration and apparent grace portrayed here make it appear.
I love your portraits, they always manage to capture the individual's personality, rather than fitting snugly into a stereotype.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you my friend, and very good to see you.
his music is at the least, twice as good as the photo might suggest... he's a pro.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
Ahh, I'm here and gone very erratically this last week or three. I'm still trying to find a place to move into.
Yay for beautiful music! It must've been a truly lovely morning, then.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
cheers, to taking care of business. : )
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
my only comment to the photo: an absolutely GREAT portrait !! 
composition, light, moment, focus, model... all perfect. a masterpiece, indeed, ken. my best congratulations for it.
again, 
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you so much my friend, i always enjoy your detailed critiques, always such fine observations from your keen eye.
thank you again.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
That is beautiful! I love how he is in focus while everything else is gone. I especailly love how you got him at the right moment
All your muscian pictures are all so wonderful, you'll have to do me someday
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
hi raven, thank you my friend.
i thinking it must be something about musicians when they are doing their music, they just seem to relax and let all the natural energy flow.
i would love to take your photo!
lets hope fate brings us together at some point in our lives, that would be great. : )
thanks again my friend.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
you're very welcome!
that's the best part, my favorite part
it would be! and so much fun. . .been wanting a real muscian's portrait for a bit now ^_^
you're always welcome!
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
You've captured a great moment here! Wonderful shot!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you lynne, it will always bring me back to that day.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
Remarkable portrait. What beauty and emotion you've captured!
You're a very good people photographer.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you very much.
i find people to be very interesting subjects... so much depth and life in every face.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
People are indeed very interesting.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
many amazing musicians hail from 2 hours away in Quebec...
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ah, no surprise really, the french are a very passionate people, and the eastern part of this country has some good musical history.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
funny thing about Quebec, Montreal is about half English speaking and where most of the good music comes from...don't even get me started about how different the rest is once you move past Quebec city...
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
The story with this piece makes the picture absolutely perfect. I love the music from Braveheart... I can almost hear it. He looks so intent on what he is doing. Artists get in an almost trance like state when they are working on something that they love and you can see that in his expression. I love how the focus is on his face.
Very well done.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
it was a good Sunday for a little story. : ) very happy you enjoyed it.
i really enjoyed the music too, sets a great atmosphere and even the interruptions of cars and such kind of add to the feel.
thank you kindly my friend.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
This is great, he certainly seems absorbed into his music, and the fact that you take the time to find out his story makes it so much more special! Another great one!
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
hi my friend, and thank you.
people are just so interesting... and we all have some experience to share.
always great to see you.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
mindboggling DOF here..
just, incredible..
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you mr fox, i love this lens 70 - 210... best buy thus far.
and it was you that pointed out that i'd know it was the right one as soon as i picked it up.
you were right... again.
cheers
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
ah, shucks.. im only right like 90% of the time
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
hehehe, have you peaked... well, we'll see. : )
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
nah, this is rock bottom for me
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
thank you, and he's a very cool guy for the shot.
he keeps playing and playing as i get closer and closer... then we both look at the lcd, and laugh. : )
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
I have friends who play viola and violin, so I'm always trying to get shots of them playing.
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
I love this picture and the visualization in the description. Thank you for posting.
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
and i thank you for the comment and the visit. : )
thank very much. : )
👍: 0 ⏩: 1
oh no problem. 
👍: 0 ⏩: 0
