Posts Tagged ‘photographers’

surrounded by the colours of Kensington

Posted: April 19, 2015 in graffiti and street art, locations, people
Tags: , , , , , , , , , ,
0

On a warm sunny Saturday in April.
People out and about in Kensington enjoying the day.

Two women are posing in front of a mural in a Kensington lane while a man takes a picture and another man watches.

In a dead end Kensington lane with a car parked at the end of the lane. There is street art on both sides of the alley. One man is leaning against the wall on one side, taking a photo of a man who is leaning against the other wall.

Reflections of people walking on the sidewalk, reflected in the side windows of a red vehicle.

A couple is posing for engagement photos. She is sitting on the hood of a red and white Mini Cooper. He is leaning against the front of the car. The car has big eyelashes over the front headlights. The car is parked on a street in Kensington.

A couple is sitting on the sidealk outside a row of boarded up houses. The houses are brick and are painted in bright yellow, orange and red.

A couple is sitting by a window inside a restaurant. The exterior wall of the building is covered in a mural of brightly coloured little monsters. A woman is standing outside by the window as she checks her phone.

je suis Charlie

Posted: January 12, 2015 in events
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
0

#jesuisCharlie Toronto version.
Rally & march, Sunday 11 January.
Nathan Phillips Square

Close up photo of two small flags, one Canadian and the other French, on the end of a guitar.

flags, music and people

Close up of a sign that says 'Je suis Charlie Toujours en vie! I am Charlie' in black letters on white paper. The sign is being held by someone who is wearing red mitts with big CAN on them in white.

One of the many Je Suis Charlie signs.

Overview of Nathan Philllips Square in front of Toronto City Hall showing a large number of people gathered on a winter day in January to rally in support of Je Suis Charlie.

The crowd part way through the rally.

Part of a crowd of people at the Je Suis Charlie rally. Many are holding signs that say Je Sui Charlie. Most are dresssed for winter weather.

Crowd scene, listening to speeches.

A man is wearing yellow clogs and holding a sign that says Je Suis CHarlie. Ik ben Theo Van Gogh

Theo Van Gogh was a Dutch film producer, writer and actor.   He helped create a short film depicting the mistreatment of  Islamic women after which he received death threats.  In November of 2004 he was murdered in Amsterdam.

A large TV camera is filming a reporter from CP24. People behind the reporter are holding Je Suis Charlie signs.

Many TV reporters were on the scene, including CP24

crowd

Je Suis Charlie signs and a few flags

A crowd in front of the stage at Nathan Phillips square on a January day when the Christmas tree in front of City Hall is still there.

The view from behind the stage.

A man is holding a sign that says Ich Bin Charlie

German participants too

Crowd at a rally in the winter

more crowd scene

A man is holding three signs. One says 'Je Suis Charlie' and two are in arabic. He standing behind a large white sign withblack letters. The words can't be read in this photo. An Iranian flag is being held by someone standing behind him.

There was also a group there with a large sign that said ‘Free all Political Prisoners in Iran’.  A number of Iranian flags were being carried, but they were the flag with the lion in the center.

People are walking through the intersection of Queen and Yonge streets as they march in the Je Suis Charlie rally. A policeman in a yellow jacket is standing in the intersection to help prevent the cars from interfering.

The crowd walked from Nathan Phillips Square to Dundas Square.

Two women. One is holding a Je Suis Charlie sign in one hand and a Starbucks cup in the other. THe other woman has a large pencil shaped sign.

at Dundas Square

.

return of the zombies

Posted: October 26, 2014 in events
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
0

….. they keep coming back!
  Zombie Walk 2014, Nathan Phillips Square

 zombie woman with scratch marks on face and blood dripping down her chin. Close up of just her head and shoulders. Long red hair.

.

pale zombie with curly lught auburn hair, bloody chin and white dress. She is glaring at the camera with her hand poised to reach for it. .

screaming woman zombie lunging for the camera but she is restrained by chains.

drooling zombie face

.

zombie boy who is staring straight ahead

.

zombie from Toronto zombie walk - white face and pearl neck lace
.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk - auburn wig and very bloody face, man
.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk - a woman with very bloody face, vacant stare, and long dark hair

.

zombie man sneering. there is a small hand behind his ear that is dangling from a fake zombie baby he is carrying on his shoulders (but that you can't see much of in this photo)

.
A hite haired, grey faced zombie holding a pink stuffed animal, and wearing a gold crown is posing for pictures for a guy with a large camera. Another man is holding a light source beside the zombie.

blog_zom_eating

.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk - white hair, white face, vacant stare and holding her hand up in front of her chest
.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk - close up of zombie clown with yellow curly wig and a big red nose .

zombie with a zippered face
.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk, woman with large bloody gash on her cheek, blood running down her chin and eyes of different colours
.

Three clown zombies are posed over a man who is lying on his back on the ground and holding a camera. There is a small crowd around them, many with cameras.

.

close up of a male zombie with reddish sunglasses. He is screaming with his mouth wide open.

.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk
.

close up of zombie nose, eyes and forehead. Eight safety pins are keeping her forehead together.

.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk, woman with pink sunglasses and skull earrings.

a girl is taking a selfie of herself after she has had a handprint of fake blood put on her neck
.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk, four guys with very bloody misshapen faces. One has an eyeball that is popping out
.

a zombie with a large gash in her face is having fake blood applied to her face by a zombie enabler.

blog_zom_three.

blog_zom_touchup
.
zombie from Toronto zombie walk, woman giggling as she poses beside a young man with his face made up to look like a zombie
.
dog, zombie from Toronto zombie walk with a cone around it's head.
.

gallery hanging

Posted: October 20, 2014 in galleries
Tags: , , , , , , , ,
2

Preparing for the Toronto Photowalks Exhibit

20 October – 2 November

Art Square Cafe & Gallery, 334 Dundas St. West (across from the AGO)

 

blog_show_arms
.

blog_show_jenn.

blog_show_dom
.
blog_show_lights
.
blog_show_sally
.
blog_show_sasha
.
blog_show_genie
.
blog_show_j_g
.
blog_show_ladder
.
blog_show_mark
.
blog_show_david_walksin

Toronto Photowalks Group Exhibition

Art Square Cafe & Gallery

ford love-in at City Hall

Posted: November 13, 2013 in events
Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
0

Anti Rob Ford protest

A cold but clear November afternoon at Nathan Phillips Square.

people, signs, cameras, writing, chanting, speeches, media.

Protesters at a rally, from behind. Two people are holding signs. One sign says Step Down and the the other sign says Or Fall Over

Step down or fall over.

.

A man is writing with chalk on a grey concrete wall.

The city’s budget has gone up! Every year Rob has been in office.

.

Nathan Phillips Square from the upper walkway, looking down at the crowd that has gathered for the protest

Nathan Phillips Square about 1:00 p.m.

.

A couple is holding an orange sign that says Councillors fix this mess now. P.S. I vote.

There was a good mix of people there, young and old.

.

A large group of protesters

View of the crowd from part way up the steps just before they moved towards the front door of City Hall.

.

A woman is holding a sign that says Sh*!show RoFo has got to GO. In the background there is a man who has a sign with a picture of the man from the Monopoly game showing that his pockets are empty.

Many creative signs.  RoFo, the man from Monopoly, gravy train…..

A protester is holding a sign that says It's not about the drugs, it's about the lies. In the distance, a security guard watches from above

It’s not about the drugs, it’s about the lies.

.

Two people are writing words in chalk on a concrete wall. A woman is standing on a garbage bin so that she can reach higher up on the wall.

Writing on the wall, about 12:40. I am not sure when the writing started, but when I first got to Nathan Phillips Square there wasn’t too much on the wall yet.

.

A man is walking past holding up a sign that says Gravy Train? What about Leadership? In the background people are writing on the wall.

Of chalk and signs

.

A man is writing words on the concrete wall beside the ramp at Nathan Phillips Square.

A little bit later, a few more words on the wall as well as on the ground.   Sashay away!  Fraud Nation.  No to Drugs.  Harper + Ford = Corruption.  Help yourself & help Toronto, Step Down.

.

A man is writing in orange and blue chalk. Old City Hall is in the background.

You smoked your own pipe.  More writing on the upper wall.

.

A woman is writing Get Help in purple and yellow chalk, on the ground

I assume that it became “Get Help”

.

A man is writing on the concrete ground as part of the crowd watches him.

Etobicoke, Ford Co. most wanted.

.

Protesters holding signs.

another view of the crowd

.

Two woman are holding bright orange signs.

…finally!

.

A man and a woman are holding a very large sign with a picture of Rob Ford's face on it.

Resting on the Archer

.

Two people are writing on the wall, a woman has stopped to watch them and a man is taking their picture.

Protesters, spectators and photographers.  There were a lot of photographers!  A lot of media, print, radio  and television, were there too.  Newstalk 1010 (where the Ford brothers had their radio show) had at least one person walking around with a microphone.

.

A man holds a megaphone in one hand and a sign that says Say No To Corruption in the other hand.

Leading the chants

.

A picture of the cafe that is beside Nathan Phillips Square. There are people sitting inside who are looking at the protest. The protest can also be seen reflected in the glass.

Looking at the ones inside while the ones outside are reflected back

.

A man with a sign with lots of words on it is talking to a woman wearing a grey scarf.

wanted, A new Mayor!  asap

.

A woman is writing Pathetic Leave Toronto in coloured chalk on the concrete ground in the middle of the square.

Writing in the square.

.

A man in a bright orange hat and holding a protest sign, is taking a photo with his phone.

I got him and he got me (I probably got the better photo!)

.

#savetoronto  #topoli  #robford

With thanks to the Starbucks at Queen and Victoria where I was able to park myself and my laptop while I put this blog together.   Wifi and an electrical outlet for the price of a tall coffee, can’t beat it.

Newer Entries