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1shot #018-he just appeared
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1shot #017-the only joint left in town
Loving my 50mm prime lens all over again.
DW
Looking Down–beginning a series
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For the last few months I’ve been doing experiments with point-of-view (POV). I want to photograph people/places/things from above. Looking Down is intended to explore the many associations we have with this simple change in point-of-view: fragility of the species, parent to child, child to toys, the religious notion of a god to the people, monarch to subjects, the sci-fi notion of aliens to earthlings, and increasingly the Orwellian pervasiveness of the watchers to the surveilled. The viewer of these images assumes a role, perhaps unwillingly, that is unfamiliar and quite different from the “peer” role of the typical facebook photograph taken level at 4 feet off the ground.
I’ve constructed a number of rigs to achieve different POV’s and will continue capturing images in this series until it is ready to show. The strip shown above is a sample from the series thus far.
Happy making,
DW
Decay and renewal on Dupont St.
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1shot #016-remembering
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Hittin’ the bricks–Lego show in Mississauga
I stopped maturing at age 11. Ask anybody. But you don’t have to be a kid to love Lego. There are some *serious* makerly Lego creations on display over in Mississauga today and tomorrow. Attended my first every Brickfête today at the Hilton on Airport Rd. where I learned that “AFOL” == Adult Fan Of Lego. I also learned that when you have the resources of an grown-up and a vision, you can crank out some kick ass Lego creations.
Like I said, the show continues tomorrow (Sunday) 10am-3pm. A few pics follow…
Ottawa: C’était fantastique!
Spent 8 days in our nation’s capital last week on pure va-ca-tion. 7 awesome venues/tours/shows in 8 days, including a Canada Day that totally blew my hair back!
Hit up Canadian War Museum, Canadian Museum of Civilization, tour of Parliament + Peace Tower, Royal Canadian Mint, National Gallery of Canada, Canadian Museum of Nature, and a great light show by Mosaika, projected on Parliament (above).
Staying right down in the Byward Market provided lots of good eats and wildlife, and illustrated what a very pedestrian/bicycle/arts-friendly city Bytown is. This worked out perfectly because I just wanted to eat/drink/laugh/walk/ride/learn/shoot for a rest.
An unreasonable number of pics follow.
