An outsider’s eye. A colorist’s hand

Fine art photography of the world’s living cultures, made in signature colour, held before the moment shifts.

James Issam Mengad

Group of children sitting on the ground, praying, with one girl smiling and carrying a large basket of pink and white flowers on her back.

“Souls cannot be manufactured, photos serves as a gateway to culture.”

The layers of culture are non-superficial, access to details of human interactions and architecture is my style of photography.

- James Issam Mengad

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A person riding a bicycle on a city street during daytime, casting a long shadow, with buildings and storefronts in the background.
Young girl with dark hair wearing a red and white Christmas dress, standing partly behind a white wooden door, looking directly at the camera.
A person with long hair and a headband is sitting in a wooden hut, with lush green foliage visible outside. The scene is backlit, creating a silhouette of the person. Items like a water bottle, a bowl, and a lit lantern are on the table inside.
A woman in a pink outfit and white headscarf walking through a colorful street with blue shops and a display of painted ceramics, with buildings featuring orange and white walls and a tower in the background.
Two young boys with dark hair and dark skin, shirtless, are on a wooden dock near a body of water. One boy is leaning over, looking at the camera, and the other boy is turning away, holding onto a rope. There are boats in the background under a partl
A man sitting on the edge of a large clay or brick construction with multiple circular open reservoirs filled with water. He is wearing a wide-brimmed hat, a dark shirt, and shorts, with his feet in the water. There are shoes and some cloth or paper

Photography collections

Explore a curated collection of our work. These collections are limited, produced with care with a signed certificate of authenticity, each work is numbered and released in strict quantities.

A boat on the water at sunset with a city skyline and foggy haze in the background.

L'Heure Bleue
The Blue Hour · Cities, streets, and architecture in the quiet edge of day.

A person wearing a conical straw hat and a blue shirt is preparing to get into a wooden boat painted blue, with a pineapple visible inside. The boat is on a river or canal, and the person is stepping onto a wooden dock.

À Voix Basse
In a Low Voice · Portrait and cultural photography, made slowly, on invitation.

Ten years of unreleased fieldwork.

First public editions, 2026.

The studio's first release

This site releases the first public editions from our ten year archive. Early collectors and trade partners are working with the studio at the start - receiving first-edition prints from a body of that has, until now, only been shown privately.

Meet the photographer.

Born and raised in Montreal, raised between two homes. Trained by a cross-cultural household to see what people who live inside a place have stopped noticing.

About The Artist
About The Artist

Licensing and prints.

Editorial, commercial, and fine-art use - quoted per project. Signed, numbered editions available through the studio.

How The Studio Licenses
How The Studio Licenses

For the trade.

How the studio works with hospitality groups, interior designs, art consultants, and curators - directly with the artist.

Read The Studio's Terms