Chapter 01
From The Cockpit
2023 · 17 frames
I started training as a pilot in 2023, and my passion for photography met my passion for flying. These are the photographs from the cockpit.
There’s a lot of beauty in ordinary things
I’m Jp Valery, a self-taught photographer from Montréal. I document places and the people in them, mostly across North America. Each chapter below is one body of work.
Chapter 02
A Gaspesian Getaway
2021 · 25 frames
A long weekend on the Gaspé Peninsula in August 2021, from Parc du Bic and Rimouski to the Matapédia River and Carleton-sur-Mer.
Chapter 03
Look But No Stopping
2019 · 27 frames
Driving across Newfoundland in 2019 with Aurélie Boucher. A collaborative series, also told as an interactive story at lookbutnostopping.com.
Chapter 04
Mystic Mists of Massachusetts
2018 · 36 frames
When the fall fogs roll in on the New England shores, a unique atmosphere settles over Massachusetts, the birthplace of the United States.
Chapter 05
No Sleep Till Brooklyn
2017 · 24 frames
New York in 2017, from Brooklyn to Manhattan to Coney Island: a series about the grandeur of the urban jungle.
Chapter 06
An American Road Trip
2016 · 36 frames
Montréal to New Orleans and back in 2016: over 7,000 km through 17 states and 2 provinces, photographed without pretension or judgment.
Chapter 07
Down The River
2015 & 2017 · 16 frames
An ongoing exploration of the shores of the St. Lawrence River: always heading north, always further, looking for the end of that colossal power.
Chapter 08
Double Expos
2019 – ongoing · 6 frames
Landmarks of Montréal layered over portraits of Montréalers: an ongoing double-exposure project, and the one series where I alter the image.
Chapter 09
Timberland x Unsplash
2018 · 24 frames
Photoshoots for the Unsplash × Timberland collaboration celebrating the 45th anniversary of the Yellow Boot, on the theme of global urban hikers.
Chapter 10
Analog
2019 · 14 frames
Medium-format film shot on a Mamiya RB67, developed and scanned at home.
Chapter 11
Violent Delights
2016 · 12 frames
Amateur fighting in 2016: everyday people who spend their weekends punching each other in the face, for fun and for the love of the sport.
The archive
Contact sheets
1,175 frames · 2015–2021
