Seeing Double: Talking Look-alikes with Francois Brunnelle

The Photo Detective

This week on the podcast, Maureen Taylor, The Photo Detective is joined by Francois Brunelle. Francois is a professional photographer and author, who resides in Montreal.

Francois and Maureen discuss his fascinating project “I’m Not a Lookalike” where Francois photographs individuals who look similar – and then compares them. These individuals are not related and typically have never met. The idea is to show how sometimes we can have physical similarities to someone we don’t even know.

Francois has been working on this project since 2000 – making it 23 years since he first began. It’s a critical look at something that many who collect vintage photographs and work on their family photographs may not realize – that sometimes people look alike – but aren’t always your ancestor. Just like today.

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About My Guest:

Photography is François Brunelle’s chosen medium of artistic expression. Born in Sherbrooke, Canada, he discovered photography through the works of André de Dienes and Richard Avedon, two photographers who look at the world sincerely and authentically.

He wrote a book titled The 7 Essential Tools for the Creative Photographer published by Éditions du Trait. He has been working on the I’m not a look-alike! project since 1999. François Brunelle lives and works in Montréal, Canada.

About Maureen Taylor:

Maureen Taylor, The Photo DetectiveÒhelps clients with photo related genealogical problems. Her pioneering work in historic photo research has earned her the title “the nation’s foremost historical photo detective” by The Wall Street Journal and appearances on The View, The Today Show, Pawn Stars, and others. Learn more at Maureentaylor.com

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