Montceau-les-Mines. With his camera, Boston is Montceau’s eye

How can we say that a person is Montcellian? To the fact that Boston at least once took her picture. We meet him in the city center, along the canal, or, even more certainly, near the lake of Plessis. In hand, his camera. On the shoulder, a bag containing albums filled with his shots. To each, he offers to make a portrait and leaf through a selection of his prints. His passion for photography dates back to his adolescence. His friends go to a photo club and introduce him to this art. “My brother lent me his camera, a silver Canon, the top of the range, at the time”, recalls Boston, without departing from his eternal smile.

Today, the technique has evolved but Boston remains faithful to its way of practicing photography: black and white is only in film, because “it’s not the same as digital, it’s not is not the same charm. When you use film, you can’t immediately discover the result. You have to wait for…

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