Argentina, Anthony
Posted: August 1, 2012 Filed under: Argentina | Tags: Argentina, fans, football, jersey, Montreal, photography, portrait, soccer, sports, street Leave a comment »
Argentina. Anthony. De Maisonneuve/Guy, Montreal, 2012
Why Argentina? I asked.
“This shirt was a gift. Nothing to do with soccer.”
He told me I could have a minute of his time. Anthony, an Italian Canadian from Montreal, doesn’t follow soccer, or any sport. Which was curious since he looked to me as an athlete. He doesn’t have any interest in Italian, not even in Canadian sports. He told me: Why would I? Tell me a good reason why would I follow any sport? But my time was up and he walked away.
Argentina, Yasir
Posted: September 1, 2011 Filed under: Argentina | Tags: Argentina, fans, football, jersey, Montreal, photography, portrait, shirt, soccer, street 1 Comment »
Argentina. Yasir. Claremont/Sherbrooke, Montreal, 2011
Why Argentina? I asked.
“My friend gave it to me as a gift.”
I was turning around a street corner occupied by a bank (it almost always is) when through the dark glass, inside, I saw an Argentinian shirt at the ATM machine. As I was waiting I thought how all the national team shirts I met so far are South American. But out came Yasir in his No. 10 Messi jersey. Yasir is from Pakistan and was presented with the Argentinian shirt from a friend who is from Morocco, talking to, and photographed by, a Bosnian guy, here in Canada. Canadian immigration officials shouldn’t be taking all the credit for this meeting of five continents since large responsibility lies in what’s known as Messi magic.
