J.A. Martin, Photographer was enthusiastically received by the public, especially for its exquisitely photographed evocation of Québec at the turn of the century and the superb performance of its leading actress, Monique Mercure.
It is the story of the life and times of a pioneer-photographer, one of the men who first used a camera to produce art. But it is also very much a woman's story, that of his wife of 15 years, at a period when a woman's role in the home was unquestioned.