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Maurice Amiel

Maurice Amiel

Maurice Amiel, M. Arch. (U.C. Berkeley) is retired professor of Environmental Design at the School of Design, University of Quebec at Montreal, where he was involved mainly in environment-behaviour teaching and applied research projects. In order to promote environmental awareness, he has turned after retiring to documenting and writing about various physical and human agents contributing to a sense of self, place and sociability.

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The Wet and the Dry

By Maurice Amiel on March 18, 2020

Context At the threshold of old age, albeit a relative notion, my memory seems to bring back images and experiences of places of particular... Read more →
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Wintering

By Maurice Amiel on February 26, 2020

From outdoors to indoors and in-between Winter climatic characteristic of cold and snow establish a particular set of relationships between the... Read more →
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My left hand

By Maurice Amiel on February 12, 2020

Selection from a photographic exploration of my left hand in various contexts When in search of photographic subject, we seem to forget our own... Read more →
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Ephemera

By Maurice Amiel on January 29, 2020

Dawn streetscape …  … involves an experience of the world the directness of which allows it to address certain perceptual registers, such as... Read more →
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Here Comes the Light…Again!

By Maurice Amiel on January 15, 2020

 A “solar harp” I coined that expression to describe the perceptual ambiance of a building on my university campus that has a multistory... Read more →
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Here Comes the Light

By Maurice Amiel on January 1, 2020

Setting, scene and situation Setting, scene, situation and light at a coffee shop If most Cartier-Bresson’s photographs bear the unmistakable... Read more →
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In the Fullness of Life

By Maurice Amiel on December 11, 2019

“The lost sequence in a life, they say, is the thing we always search out.” (Michael Ondaatje, Warlight, M&S, 2018)   The best years... Read more →
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At Yani’s Café

By Maurice Amiel on November 20, 2019

Not your usual eatery To say it all we refer to Yani’s café as the Greek’s. A blend of student and neighborhood hang-out, a blend of family... Read more →
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Experiencing “Placelessness”

By Maurice Amiel on November 6, 2019

"Stare (…) pry, listen, eavesdrop (…)  You are not here long." —Walker Evans   Two benches and two potted plants do not a “place”... Read more →
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When autumn leaves begin to fall

By Maurice Amiel on October 23, 2019

“Il y avait quelque chose dans l’air, ce matin-là. Ça ne s’explique pas. ( … ) Ça vient ( …) quelquefois à la fin de l’automne.... Read more →
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