When the pandemic reached the Acadian Peninsula in northeastern New Brunswick, photographer David Champagne decided to capture portraits reflecting the new reality facing essential workers.
He took a photo of a cashier at his local grocery store in Maisonette, N.B., 23 kilometres north of Caraquet, and shared it on social media.
“It was behind the window to respect the restrictions at that time. And then I began to make more portraits of essential workers during the pandemic at this moment,” he said.
Champagne’s work caught the attention of the Réseau en immigration francophone du Nouveau-Brunswick, an organization that helps support French-speaking
