*UPDATED* About Me


Hi! My name’s Gabriel Landriault, and since I was thirteen I’ve been a stone picker, farm hand, fishing guide, street punk, daycare manager, bouncer, large-installation landscaper, photographer, award-winning newspaper columnist [link] and reporter [link] — mostly I covered Internet Privacy Issues. Currently I’m mostly an amateur photographer and father to my 16-year old son, Victor, and my eleven-year old son, Quintin.

I was born in Montreal and since then I’ve had more than fifty addresses. A loooooong long time ago I signed my first book deal and quickly spent all three pre-published advances on hockey tickets, rent, whole wheat bagels and some very nice towels so consider this my resumé. I’m usually about six feet tall.

My advice to anyone who asks: spend at least three years between high school and university; drink a lot of pure orange juice; learn one song on the harmonica; never take nude photos of the woman you love, and; for at least a year live somewhere a thousand miles from where you feel safest.

I started this site in 2011, but a long time ago I was the primary photographer for a monthly technology newspaper in Ottawa, and my photos also ended up in some national magazines. ‘Photography’ was also part of a two-year program I took at Algonquin College in Ottawa, and I was kind of the Assistant Photo Editor for the journalism program’s newspaper for about twenty minutes… probably less.

Mostly I take photos in and around Vankleek Hill [Wiki], a lovely Canadian village of 2,100 mostly interesting people 70kms from Montreal, Cornwall and Ottawa [Google Maps]. But I’ve taken photos for a lot of weird events and in some weird places… one time I was paid to take photos backstage at the Lilith Fair in Ottawa [here]. Seriously.


Favourite Stuff [links open in new tabs]:

Movies: ‘The Americanization Of Emily (1964)’ [Wiki], ‘Bladerunner – Director’s Cut (1992)’ [Wiki], ‘Phil The Alien (2004)’ [Wiki].

Books: ‘Mockingbird’ by Walter Tevis [Wiki], ‘Sticks & Stones’ by George Bowering [Wiki], ‘The Boomer Bible’ by RF Laird [Wiki].

Albums: The Cure ‘Disintegration (1989)’ [Wiki], Pink Floyd ‘Animals (1977)’ [Wiki], Daniel Lanois ‘Acadie (1989)’ [Wiki].

Songs: ‘One Day In Your Life’ 54-40 [YouTube], ‘Wild World’ Cat Stevens [YouTube], ‘Summer Dress’ July Talk [YouTube].

Bands: Blue Rodeo [home], Tool [home], Yeah Yeah Yeahs [home].

Comic Books: ‘Maus’ by Art Spiegelman [Wiki], ‘Persepolis’ by Marjane Satrapi [Wiki], ‘Sin City’ by Frank Miller [Wiki].

Restaurants: Nate’s Deli (Ottawa) [closed], Thai Kitchen Restaurant (Hawkesbury) [menu], Shawarma King (Ottawa) [menu].

TV Shows: Rick & Morty [IMDb], Harley Quinn [IMDb], The Fifth Estate (CBC) [home].

Streaming: Star Wars: Andor [RotTom], Solar Opposites [RotTom], Invincible [RotTom].

Photographers: James Nachtwey [home], Edward Burtynsky [home], Fred Herzog [home].


…and now some random photos from my life. If you’re down with it, just click any photo to get the carousel going — comments are always welcome.



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