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1shot #214-echo

Never looked up on Queen Street before. At St. Peter’s Lutheran Church, this is Kitchener.

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1shot #213-hey, take my picture!

“Hey, take my picture!” Ok. “I know these pictures are going to the people, right?” They are. “Hey, you got 85 cents?” All I got is a toonie. It’s yours, brother. “This is going straight to the soup kitchen.” Ok. … Continue reading

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Kick-ass photog Barbara Davidson rocks FLASH 2015

Friday was like a wedding: all the people you like in one place, a great party, and then it’s over far too quickly. Pulitzer prize winning photographer Barbara Davidson came all the way across the continent from LA back to … Continue reading

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FLASH traffic—in the pipe, ready to rock

Tonight is, in fact, the night. We’ve got everything hooked up at The Tannery Event Centre, our headliner Barbara Davidson is in town, videos are cued up, and open call photos ready for projection. Help us increase the awesome:• Have … Continue reading

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1shot #212-sky geometry

On the way to meet some friends this morning for breakfast in UTW I saw this crane building condos where we used to cosmic bowl. Seemed like a giant compass scribing lines in the sky. From Princess and Dorset, this … Continue reading

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FLASH traffic—faces of FLASH

Only two more days until the big FLASH photo show on Friday night. We are super-excited to deliver the show we’ve been working so hard over the past several months. I thought it might be a good time to introduce … Continue reading

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Hub Haps #014-build

Looking out the front door toward 1 Victoria construction, this seemed like a solid visual metaphor for what’s going on here at Communitech. Build on, hubsters! DW

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1shot #211-Boathouse. Open. Go.

The Boathouse, a local joint in Victoria Park renowned as a music venue, lit up again last Thursday after a long process of ownership change and renovation. Bill McTavish, whom we love as the driver of Imbibe over on King, … Continue reading

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Maker’s artist Michelle Bellemare kills at UWAG

It’s not a trick photo. It is the amazing work Casket (2006/2007) by Toronto-based artist Michelle Bellemare with my good friend Melissa Doherty’s feet in frame for scale. The opening reception at UWAG for this show When push comes to … Continue reading

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FLASH traffic—got a handle on hand stamps

Anything worth doing is worth doing four more times. So fresh from my kwartzlab laser training, I was back at the lab solo yesterday to laser more FLASH hand stamps and fab some wooden handles. A few pics from that, … Continue reading

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