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FLASH traffic—stamp of approval
Photo: James Bastow Hand Model: Darin White Subtitle: The delightful Venn diagram intersections of my life here in Waterloo Region I’m working on the big photo extravaganza FLASH while at the same time serving as artist-in-residence at the ever-awesome makerspace … Continue reading
FLASH traffic—radio check
Last night Tony Reinhart and I headed down King Street to chat about FLASH with Jen Gough (say “off” with a ‘g’, here sporting her new red rig) for this week’s New Art Radio show on CKWR 98.5FM. Tune in Thursday … Continue reading
1shot #210-church clothes
At the bottom of Bramm Street is the Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Transfiguration. I walk down this road every week day from my parking spot in the municipal lot. I’m more a man of science, but I enjoy how … Continue reading
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FLASH traffic—pics picked
Hard at work, I found our FLASH 2015 curation panel reviewing open call submissions on a very frosty Wednesday night last week. From left, Catherine Bischoff, Shirley Madill, Gordon Hatt, and Mark Walton were camped out in the boardroom of … Continue reading
1shot #209-evidence of human life
On my photo walks, I often give myself a challenge to help focus (ahem) the work. The Saturday I shot this image, my self-direction was “What accumulates.” Statement. Not a question. I roamed my usual stretch of UTW King Street … Continue reading
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1shot #208-riding backwards
Yeah, more bus. The real trick to shooting these is to not permanently lose the use of your hands due to extreme cold. –23C windchill. Buses arrive about every 12 minutes and dwell for about 9 seconds. At King and … Continue reading
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1shot #207-more dirty bus
I can’t tell if ballcap dude is looking at me or out the window. This ambiguity is intriguing. Especially because I’m only about four feet from the bus. I reckon there’s some analogy to be made between bus grime and … Continue reading
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FLASH traffic—300+ photos received from open call
Well, we threw it down and you picked it up! Over 300 photographs were received by the time the gate dropped on our open call deadline yesterday at midnight. We created this FLASH photography event with a belief that there … Continue reading
FLASH traffic—last chance for romance
A little less than 10 hours left to submit your best image to our kick-ass FLASH photo event. I posted the countdown timer yesterday along with links for submitting. Get some skin in the game. And then grab a ticket … Continue reading
1shot #206-never quit
Caught this fellow while on a random walkabout shoot. Ride on, brother! I hope you all are pulling together your best photograph and submitting it to the FLASH photography show right here http://flashwr.ca/submissions/. The open call deadline is Sunday at … Continue reading