Montreal’s The Man from the Ministry appeared in many pictures during the 1960s. He is only seen in parts – a leg, an arm, a coat just in the frame. Another gallery featured found photographs of people looking away from the camera. Other than a handwritten name or a date stamp, there was no information about the subjects or the photographers. These images were found in the flea market. These accidental mysteries invite us to imagine stories around and between the pictures.
Jean-Marie Donat (born in 1962), a collector of vernacular photographs, compiled the pictures in the book Predator. Below are some mysterious photographs from the book. There is a shadow of a figure wearing a hat in each.
