Andrew Willis
Montreal
the photo and video portfolio
with words
"I don't need it to make sense for it to feel right."
The Montréal vibe
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Montreal
official playlist curated by andrew willis
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Words by Andrew Willis
Montréal feels like a city where the music is always louder than the money. There is something dirty, European, and beautifully unpolished about it — basement venues, cigarette smoke, battered leather jackets, cheap beer, flyers stapled to poles, bands playing too close to the crowd, and people who seem more interested in making something real than making something marketable. The punk energy is not just in the music; it is in the way the city resists being cleaned up too much. Montréal feels worn-in, political, sexual, artistic, noisy, imperfect, and alive. There is a kind of freedom in that roughness — a sense that you can look strange, sound strange, make ugly things beautiful, stay out too late, fall into somebody’s apartment after a show, and not have to explain yourself the next morning. It feels closer to Europe than North America in the best way: older, messier, less corporate, more romantic, and more willing to let culture happen in the cracks. Nothing works quite right, and somehow that is exactly where the life is.
Gallery
All giclée photo prints are museum-grade archival quality and come in editions of 5 signed by the artist.
Moments
Susanne Bartsch
Boom boom — Standard Hotel
Meat Packing District
June 25, 2026
Helmut Newton x Steven Klein: On The Dark Side
Staley-Wise Gallery
Soho
March 19, 2026
The Hives / The Chats
Live at the Brooklyn Paramount
Brooklyn
March 18, 2026
Chris Habana
Chinatown
March 15, 2026
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