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There’s no challenge too great for Johany Jutras; no obstacle, she believes, that can’t be overcome.

The Montreal photographer, 31, drove across Canada, alone, during the 2015 season, stopping in every Canadian Football League city for her first publication as a photo-journalist: Our League Our Country.

On Wednesday, she received copies of Together, her second book, a 288-page journey of the Toronto Argonauts’ 2017 Grey Cup-winning season, captured through her lens.

While Jutras received financial help from benefactors allowing her to publish her first book, this time she struck out on her own. Together is self-published, with the assistance of printer Transcontinental, meaning the project was self-financed.

Jutras, who lives in a modest east-end studio apartment, used her life’s savings — close to $25,000 — to print 500 copies of her limited-edition book; each one is signed by her, each copy costs $85. She must sell close to 300 books to break even but believes, with the Grey Cup slightly more than a week away and another CFL season coming to a close, the book will sell out.