The work of a professional photographer requires a lot of care such as lenses, lighting, tripod, etc. , which give each tone of particularity to each image that he takes during his life, so each album can be considered unique, invaluable and losing that material. I would almost like to take that person’s life.
And, unfortunately, that’s what happened in the city of Montreal, Canada, with an internationally renowned photojournalism professional.
- According to reports from Canadian television CBS News.
- Le Devoir’s manager Jacques Nadeau noticed that the bandits broke into his house while he was away and stole the hard drives containing all of Nadeau’s work.
- Since you didn’t do any kind of?Support?of these images.
In addition to digital work, printed copies of one of the most famous photos from the photojournalist’s 1981 career were also taken, showing Quebec Prime Minister René Lévesque playing pool, one of the few moments of personality relaxation that wanted the region to be separated from the rest of the country.
The calculation made by the victim of the crime would be that there would be between 30 and 50,000 photos recorded on the hard drives taken, all in Jacques’ 35-year career in photojournalism.
Emotionally during the interview recounting what happened, delivered to CBS itself, Jacques Nadeau showed how much he appreciates his photographs:
“People can take anything from my house except that, not my pictures
No information has been released about the direction of the investigations or if there is any idea who might be involved in the assault on the photographer’s residence.