Being There

My friend Melanie has a favorite neigh­bor­hood cof­fee shop, The Com­mons, on Col­lege street in Toronto West. It’s a cozy lit­tle inde­pen­dent place, com­plete with edgy baris­tas, well-worn benches, and fine young things. It has four long tables, and a good vibe. Like most local cof­fee shops, the reg­u­lars here know each other. In this […]

I just got home from a short trip to Toronto. It was a whirl­wind few days. I filled up on good cheap food, caught up with old friends, and made a few new friends too. I even picked up a half day of work (thanks Rémi). I ran out of time, and didn’t get to […]

This Sum­mer, I had the good for­tune to pho­to­graph the Sec­ond Annual Time Squared event for Gallery 101. Artists are crazy folk, and per­for­mance artists are a spe­cial breed. I had a lot of fun, even though I was soaked through and through by pour­ing rain at the end of the day. Per­for­mance art is a […]

Sat­ur­day evening last week I went to see the Car­leton Uni­ver­sity wom­ens’ water polo team play McMas­ter Uni­ver­sity. As I was watch­ing, the mother of one of the girls on the Car­leton team struck up a con­ver­sa­tion. She was proud that her daugh­ter had made the team in her first year, even though she wasn’t […]

It was early, very early. It was also far too late, and the game was already lost. I arrived at the recep­tion hall at 8:30pm, when the polls were still open for another hour. Bet­ter too early than too late, I said to myself. I was excited to be finally get­ting some action again after […]

It was freez­ing. Cold and wet, the kind of chill you just can’t escape. It pried its way through the folds in your jacket, wound its way up your pant legs, and seeped its way into your bones.

My pho­tog­ra­phy will be part of a block­buster show with The Enriched Bread Artists in the sec­ond annual “Fes­ti­val X” Ottawa pho­tog­ra­phy fes­ti­val. I’m very excited to be tak­ing part again this year, and hon­ored to hang my work with some very tal­ented artists. I’d be happy to see you there, and tell you all […]

Walk­ing down Lis­gar Street toward City Hall, I heard the band play­ing “Here Comes Santa Claus.”  I was con­fused. Did I come to the wrong place?  Had Christ­mas been moved to Sep­tem­ber? Maybe peo­ple had finally seen the folly in hold­ing the Christ­mas parade in Decem­ber!  A cou­ple hun­dred marchers were cued, wait­ing to begin […]

A few weeks ago I had the plea­sure of pho­tograph­ing a street ded­i­ca­tion. The Sil­ver Fox started work­ing at the Hong Kong race track when he was 14. Nobody knows how old he really is, but the best guess is 91. He still shows up to the track, to groom and  train the horses. It […]

“When this is over” I said to George, “I am going to Paris.”