''It is an illusion that photos are made with the camera... they are made with the eye, heart and head.''

-Henri Cartier-Bresson

''What makes photography a strange invention is that its primary raw materials are light and time.''

-John Berger

''Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.''

-Arthur C. Clarke

"Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards."

-Soren Kierkegaard

''Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats.''

-Diane Arbus

“Nothing that is worth knowing can be taught.”

-Oscar Wilde

About me:

Fixing a moment in time, hounding its true nature, seizing the beauty and ugliness of it all is my way of taking it all in.

Clients and partners:

Ministère du tourisme du Québec, Radio-Canada (radio première chaîne), McCord Museum (Montréal), OXFAM Québec, Croix-Rouge canadienne (Division du Québec), FICUSM (Revue Dire), Edition Marc Coté Pouliot (Regards du Québec), Century Media (Cryptopsy), Galerie Mistral de l’Édifice Belgo (Exposition ‘‘ Univers Singuliers’’), Panzini démolitition, BURRN! (Japan), UNRESTRAINED! (Canada), VAMPSTER Heavy Metal Magazin (Germany), Centre d’Histoire de Montréal (Exposition ‘‘Chronique d’un non-événement’’), FilmAffair SRL (‘‘SQIZO’’, a documentary about Louis Wolfson, Italy), Cosina Voigtländer (info page for the 15mm Super Wide Heliar Asph. III VM lens), Focal.mtl (Exposition ‘‘Les enjeux sociétaux de Montréal’’ Gallery Parfois).

©opyright information:

All photographs are © David Kopytko. These photographs may not be used without prior permission. That means no photographs may be downloaded, copied, republished, manipulated, altered, transmitted or distributed, in any way without David Kopytko's written permission and a payment of a fee or other arrangement. These images are NOT ROYALTY FREE and are NOT WITHIN the PUBLIC DOMAIN. All photographs are the exclusive intellectual property of David Kopytko. The photographs are protected by Canadian and international copyrights. You may only view the photographs for personal, non commercial use. Use of the photographs for any other purpose, including but not limited to use the photograph as the basis for another photographic concept or story concept, is a violation of copyright law. Those interested in licensing images seen here can reach David Kopytko, Montreal QC at (514) 993-9296. In the event that an infringement is discovered you will be notified and invoiced at the minimum 10X standard fee for unauthorized usage and/or prosecuted for Copyright infringement in Canadian Federal court.