Happy Bleeding: A Photo Collaboration with No Joy
Earlier this fall, we sent No Joy's Jasamine White-Gluz a disposable camera with the vague instructions of documenting whatever she felt inspired to. She returned 19 colourful snapshots filled with props, cats, and instruments. Turn on Motherhood and take a peek into how the musician is passing pandemic life in Montréal.
Motherhood, by No Joy
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No Joy
"As fall was quickly becoming winter, I started documenting my daily "get-outside-while-you-still can" walks through Montréal, always aiming to find locations that I wouldn't likely encounter another person. That included Montréal construction sites covered in trash and the hills around a man-made pond. The rest are mostly photos of my cats and I at home and some of my attempts at being a musician during lockdown. BYE 2020!"
- Jasamine White-Gluz (No Joy)
- Jasamine White-Gluz (No Joy)
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