One Hundred Foot Line
Oct.03.11 | No Comments
Tucked away behind the National Gallery on Nepean Point is one of the Gallery’s more interesting pieces. The massive (100′ tall!) assemblage of stainless-steel pipe reaches skyward in a contorted, almost impossibly thin spire. Its million dollar price tag caused the usual kerfuffle over arts spending and the inevitable debate over what is art (apparently [...]
Continue reading »YYZ
Oct.03.11 | No Comments
Like most Canadians I harbour a special hate for Toronto’s Peason Airport (YYZ). It’s a reminder of everything wrong with Canada’s airline system: dull, ugly, designed for the convenience airlines rather than passengers. The airport is often a perfunctory midway point, a No Man’s Land between where you were and where you are going marked [...]
Continue reading »Stranger no.54
Feb.08.11 | No Comments
Kim Usan has been photographing strangers in Ottawa for a bit over a year now. I had never met Kim—or her husband & lighting assistant D’arcy—until our Saturday shoot at the GCTC Theatre in Hintonburg so I suppose I qualify well enough as her 54th stranger. As an avid portrait photographer myself it always feels [...]
Continue reading »Rien ne va plus
Oct.17.10 | No Comments
Any game where the croupier needs a rake to collect losing chips is a horrible game to play at the casino. Roulette is a game of pure chance and poor odds.. However, it is a beautiful game to watch and even listen to (that clacking noise the ball makes as it drops onto the wheel is suspense-building).
Continue reading »California Street Inception
Aug.06.10 | No Comments
I was lucky enough to participate in Virgin America’s launch promotion via Klout and garned two free tickets from Toronto to San Francisco. A great airline wih great service, and San Fran isn’t too bad either. Full image on Flickr Tweet
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