Following my first post about Montreal under confinement, I wanted to explore other districts of the city. Although I shot a series of images on April 4th in downtown Montreal, I felt like sharing this series here first, which was shot in Old Montreal on Saturday...
Who would have thought that I would open 2020 on this blog with this photos from Montreal under #COVID19 confinement. Although I stay at home all the time, only going out to the grocery store, I felt a sense of duty to go and capture the...
As a photographer, I love dusk and blue hour. As a photographer, I also love public art and more specifically murals. So when I read that, starting June 12, 2019, the Leonard Cohen mural located on Crescent Street would be illuminated, I had no choice but...
Whenever I walk around a city, one of my favorite things to do is to discover new murals to photograph. This is why I was so enthusiastic when I got a call from the Public Art Department of the City of Montreal to shoot the latest...
Earlier this year, I was contacted by First Capital Realty to create a series of the Place Viau Supercentre located in St-Leonard on the Montreal island. This shopping centre was built in 2014 and designed by the Montreal based architecture firm MSDL. For this specific project, the client...
Following my assignment involving the photography of The Source artwork, the Dendrites artwork by Michel De Broin is the second project I photographed on the newly built Project Bonaventure for the Public Art Department of the city of Montreal. As usual for this type of project,...
One of the most exciting thing about editorial photography is that they allow you to discover new places and new perspectives on a city. When The New York Times contacted me for a story about the construction of the brand new Four Seasons Complex in...
To complete this series of corporate architecture photography projects photographed for Montoni Group in 2017, I thought I would share pictures of a new Capital One building located in Montreal. Shooting the facade was straightforward, I arrived on location late afternoon to capture the sunlight illuminating the...
With a good part of 2017 spent working on documenting new projects for the public art department of the City of Montreal, I had to share with you this new series of photos of Parc De La Promenade de Québec (e.g. Parc Carrefour Pie IX), which features...
Another definite highlight of this summer was getting the opportunity to photograph the new Lumenpulse headquarters in Longueuil (east of Montreal). I already had the opportunity to collaborate with The Montoi Group earlier this year and I was thrilled to be chosen for their latest...
After a really really busy summer and fall, I am happy to finally get the chance to share with you some photos of the most interesting projects I've shot in the last few months! One of my highlights of 2017 is definitely the Source sculpture by...
There is no secret to architecture photography. It's all about being there at the right time, no matter how early it has to be. Although in most cases, I shoot blue/golden hour photos at dusk, it does happen once in a while that I have to...
Although most architecture photography revolves mostly around capturing pictures of institutional, residential, commercial and industrial buildings, it also includes public art photography. Public art takes many forms, it can be murals, sculptures or paintings. In the past few years, I've had the chance to work with...
Finally, winter is gone! Time to rejoice and go out and shoot and enjoy the nice weather shooting some architecture. Our stop for today is Place des Arts. Located in Downtown Montreal and inaugurated in 1963, Place des Arts is the central hub of the cultural...
I'm very pleased to announce that my new architecture, interiors and travel website is now live! Le site est aussi disponible en francais! davidgiralphoto.photoshelter.com will now be used exclusively as a images library where you'll be able to license stock photos and image gallery from previous projects. Feel free to...