Just about 50 years ago I began to take photographs with more purpose than simply to record what was in front of me. I was inspired and influenced by images from a wide range of other photographers, both historical and contemporary, and from a wide range of photographic genres. What…
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I first saw Alfred Stieglitz’s “Equivalents” in the early 1970’s and they have stuck with me ever since. Taken between 1925 and 1934, Stieglitz’s B&W images of clouds were among the first photographs intended to free the subject from literal interpretation. Many thousands of photographers have experimented with cloud pictures…
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Rocks in my head is what many people think about my obsession with the forms, textures and details one finds in rocks — whether in a rocky landscape, or in a close up. From the smooth rocks scoured by glaciers, to the fractures and forms created by enormous pressures, to…
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The south shore of Nova Scotia is predominantly rocky. In sheltered coves, one finds fishing communities and wharves. And, here and there, beautiful, sandy beaches appear. The weather here takes its toll upon the landscape – the salt air and drying sun, and the high winds and waves during storms. You…
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I took several photos of Quebec City’s la redoute Dauphine (or, The Dauphine Redoubt, in English), including some wide angle shots that show the building as a whole. Built on a hillside overlooking the St. Charles River, it is an interesting building to be sure. But it was the lower wall that…
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We used to live on the edge of Don Mills in Toronto. Our particular subdivision was built in 1959, and a small strip plaza was built close by to service the community. Almost 50 years later, it still held the original barbershop (and original barber), and a burger joint that supplied…
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Outside of an old warehouse in downtown Toronto, I stumbled across a trove of cast-off recreations of gods and myths. Cherubs and Sphinxes sat among lions and dragons. And there sat Mercury, looking the worse for wear, the wings on his helmet clipped, his winged feet gone. Perhaps these had…
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The Rouge River winds its way to Lake Ontario at the eastern edge of greater Toronto. The river valley is host to a variety of wildlife, and fish – including large salmon – can be found in the river, especially during spawning season. This specimen had been caught in the…
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Full disclosure: I am not a street photographer, and certainly not one given to taking spontaneous, candid portraits of strangers. The first image – The Saucy Groom – was taken during the 2004 Pride Parade in Toronto. I happened to be downtown photographing buildings, when I realized that there seemed…
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If the success of an image can be gauged by how many comments it receives, then this one ranks very high among the photographs I have taken. It sat on the wall of our living room in a small grouping of black and white photos, for about 10 years. During…
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