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Seen In Vancouver #361: Virginie & Bastien Go Looking For Strathcona With Fresh Eyes

Virginie Lamarche and Bastien Desfriches Doria are two photographers from France currently hosting awesome film photography workshops in Vancouver. They’re also exploring/shooting our neighbourhoods with the fresh eyes of keen imports. Bastien uses black and white films in various formats while Virginie focuses on colour negative films. For their second Seen In Vancouver session with Scout, they ventured around our own neighbourhood of Strathcona…

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If you’re into learning more about film photography, the pair offer everything from a basic 4-hour crash course to darkroom skills and intermediate courses in documentary photography. The workshops are held at the Cineworks space in Railtown, so dust off the old manual and get going!

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