There’s been a lot of talk in Toronto about the practice of “carding” where police stop people on the street and ask for ID. A number of events have converged to make it a hot-button topic.
Tag: Toronto
Trainspotting
I’m not a trainspotter. I don’t know why people do it. But photographically speaking, a train can be an interesting subject or piece of background. I’ve noticed a pattern in my own shooting: trains pop up all over the place, so I offer some samples here.
More #wallnoize
Sunday night, after everyone had finished in the tunnel by the Glen St. exit from the Sherbourne subway station, I went back with my tripod and a wide lens to document the results. Here are some samples of the #graffiti from wallnoize7.
#Wallnoize7
On Saturday morning, it’s as if the graffiti army showed up: kids (am I showing my age?) lined up on either side of the tunnel, traffic cones at either end of the tunnel, ladders, boxes of spraypaint, and a guy with a clipboard doling out paint and telling people where to go.
#Wallnoize6
I saw Spudbomb doing his thing under the Bloor West Go Rail overpass. I don’t know if Spudbomb is a person or a collective. Or an aspiration. Or a poltergeist.
The Baldwin Steps
The Baldwin Steps climb the Iroquois shoreline which was the shore of Lake Ontario when ice age melt water made the lake significantly larger than it is today. The steps rise from Davenport Road to Casa Loma and offer a great view of the city to the south. Climbing the steps serves as a pointed reminder that, no, the city isn’t flat.
Bathurst Street Bridge
For the first time in years, I walked under the Bathurst Street Bridge. This is the old iron bridge that goes over the rail lands south of Front Street. Now, a chain-link fence blocks access, but there’s a gaping hole in it that looks to me like an invitation.
Men At Work 2
More men at work to supplement a January post on the same theme:
College/Spadina Streetcar Track Repair
The College/Spadina intersection was blocked this month for streetcar track repairs/upgrades so I went over a couple times to catch the mess.
Splashing through Nathan Phillips Square
What a difference seven weeks makes! After February’s Icefest 2015, I walked south to City Hall and shot people skating on the ice rink in Nathan Phillips Square. Seven weeks later, I caught a little girl splashing in the water that remains after all the snow and ice has melted. City workers were cleaning things…
People In Yellow Creek
Despite the luridity of Toronto’s literary imagination (I know there’s no such word as luridity but it seems to work), its ravines aren’t always the dark repositories of our unconscious desires.
Court House Skateboarders
Shot some kids shooting video of themselves skateboarding by the University Ave. court house. Part of the reason they were skateboarding there is that it has some of the city’s last remaining benches that don’t have slats to keep skateboarders from doing grinds on them.
First Weekend of Spring
This weekend was, at least for Toronto, the first real weekend of spring. The sun was bright, the sky was clear, the temperature was comfortable, and people poured into public spaces to enjoy the change. Their happiness was palpable and I was fortunate to capture some of that with my camera.
Brick Road Beside St. Lawrence Market
I shot this in the morning as people were going to work. I’m looking south from Front St. beside Toronto’s St. Lawrence Market. They’ve recently replaced the pavement with brick and when it’s a little wet, it produces a lovely reflection.
Frozen Playground
This is (I hope) my farewell to winter for this year. I took these shots a couple weeks ago, but haven’t got around to posting them until now when the snow and ice are thoroughly melted. I took these shots early one morning in East Riverdale. I liked the way the colours of the play…