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Tag: Canada

Urban Scenes: Montréal

Posted on August 11, 2016October 16, 2022 by David Barker

It’s been a long time since I was last in Montréal. Decades, in fact. As a kid, I’d go at least once a month with my parents to visit my grandparents. One of my earliest memories comes from Montréal: Expo ’67. I don’t remember much about Expo ’67 except that I got my hand smushed by the monorail door. I was staring out the door’s window, hands pressed against the glass. When the monorail pulled into the station, the doors retracted into their slots and dragged one of my hands with them. I remember screaming and screaming.

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Skating at Nathan Phillips Square

Posted on March 9, 2016October 16, 2022 by David Barker

Here is a handful of skating related photos from Nathan Philips Square shot throughout the winter. It includes a Zamboni which in my estimation is one of the most important, yet underrated, facets of the Canadian winter experience. I can’t imagine where we’d be as a nation without the Zamboni.

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Trudeaumania

Posted on October 20, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

Congratulations to Justin Trudeau and the federal Liberals for their stunning election victory last night. To celebrate the ouster of King Stephen, I offer a bit of nostalgia: some photos I took of Justin’s father, Pierre Elliot Trudeau. I think it was during the 1979 election campaign.

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Abandoned Grain Elevator – Thunder Bay

Posted on October 1, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

While in Thunder Bay, I paid a visit to the former Saskatchewan Wheat Pool 4A and 4B elevators on Shipyard Road by the waterfront. I have no idea which elevator is 4A and which is 4B. I went in both and climbed onto the roof of the red one.

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Panamania Scrapbook

Posted on July 27, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

Last night saw the close of the PanAm Games in Toronto. Photographically speaking, they’ve been kind of hard to miss; they’ve formed part of the city’s backdrop for months now.

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I Will Never Be As Good As Araki

Posted on June 4, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

I like to think of the Japanese photographer, Araki, as (among other things) the grandfather of the modern selfie. Photographers have been taking self-portraits since the camera was invented, but Araki makes a regular habit of including himself in his images, and was doing so long before digital photography became a thing.

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Victoria – Animals

Posted on February 24, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

The 7th in a series of 10 posts featuring photos of Victoria, B.C. This time: animals. (It was too wet for whale watching. Maybe next time.)

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Victoria’s Shoreline

Posted on February 23, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

Photos taken while walking alone the shore below Dallas Road between Cook Street and the Ogden Point breakwater.

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Victoria – Architecture, Style, Design

Posted on February 20, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

Victoria is unique to Canada in that it enjoys a cool-summer Mediterranean climate. That fact is reflected in the materials, colours, and design of many homes and other buildings.

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Shopping in Victoria

Posted on February 19, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

My favourite place to shop in Victoria is Renaissance Books in Bastion Square, a used and antiquarian bookstore by the inner harbour. However, in deference to my wife, who has more “normal” shopping habits, I thought I’d share photos of destinations other than book stores.

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Victoria – The Inner Harbour

Posted on February 17, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

While the rest of Canada descends into a deep freeze, things stay balmy in Victoria. There’s a calm that settles over the waters of the inner harbour, broken from time to time by the sea planes, then still at night.

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Victoria, B.C. – The Tourist’s View

Posted on February 16, 2015October 16, 2022 by David Barker

I just got back from a week in Victoria, B.C. It’s the first time I’ve been out there with my 5D Mark III, so (in between downpours) I spent a lot of time shooting the town.

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Investing in Cultural Infrastructure

Posted on September 23, 2013October 17, 2022 by David Barker

I feel like a Ferengi from Star Trek: The Next Generation, you know, one of those aliens who can only measure value in terms of profit.

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Instant World: a report on telecommunications in Canada (1971)

Posted on April 2, 2013October 17, 2022 by David Barker

I can’t remember in what bin or bag I found this report, written under the auspices of Allan Gotlieb and submitted to then Minister of Communications, The Honourable Eric Kierans.

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A Christmas Message

Posted on December 25, 2012October 17, 2022 by David Barker

There were two sisters who lived in Yarmouth. One was missing a finger and the other had a squeaky whisper of a voice. The story goes that when they were young girls, they had a conversation that went like this:

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