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10,000 photos: How a Caraquet woman reeled in the photography opportunity of a lifetime
Three decades, 10,000 pics and a deep respect for the fish on her evening meal plate: That’s what Julie D’Amour-Léger, a photographer from northeastern New Brunswick, walked away with soon after exploring a major financial sector in her location — the fishing market. D’Amour-Léger is in Fredericton till Saturday performing as an artist-in-residence at the Beaverbrook Artwork Gallery developing her experiences into a book. And not like through her study, this residency is on land. In the course of her time on the h2o, D’Amour-Léger, who is from Caraquet, would generally explain to the fishermen that she was an artist-in-home on their boats. She got started on the project by contacting fishermen, inquiring if she could join…