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Toronto Maker Festival 2017 coming this weekend!
Hey WR, the very excellent Toronto Maker Festival is coming this weekend to the other end of the Waterloo Region/Toronto *maker* corridor. You should go. 9-5Sat/10-5Sun, free-no-pay, tons of hands-on making at the fantabulous Toronto Reference Library on Yonge north … Continue reading
1shot #246-rare drugs
Friday on Spadina, I looked up. This is Toronto. DW
Repost: MakeKW visits hacklab.to
Well, it is Throwback-Thursday, so I’m bringing back some old stuff from the deep web after seeing a comment from my friend and hackerspace meta-maker, Seth Hardy. He worked hard helping to build hacklab.to in Kensington Market and then Site … Continue reading
1shot #202-Red letter day
One month ago, I was eating breakfast with my peeps at Fran’s on Shuter Street in Toronto. I looked out across the road to see the most beautifully-dressed wedding party roll up in front of Massey Hall for a photo … Continue reading
World Press Photography exhibit in TO for 1 more week
Before leaving Toronto on Monday, I hit the World Press Photography exhibit at Brookfield Place on Bay Street. The show blew my hair back. If you have doubts about whether still photos can move people, see this show. It is … Continue reading
Kick-ass photog Louie Palu kills it at Ryerson
World-class photog, Louie Palu, spoke at the Ryerson Image Centre in Toronto last night and frickin’ blew me away. I was positively sizzling with inspiration when I walked out of there two hours later. Louie (above right) gave this talk … Continue reading
Toronto and Ai Weiwei
A local photographer said last year that it is in our best interest to fight the pull of parochialism in how we regard/support/evaluate the arts of Waterloo Region. Use a global yardstick, and collectively aim higher. At the time, we … Continue reading
Toronto ascending, but mostly descending
“Well?”, I said to myself on Monday. “Well, what?”, I shot back. “Well, are we taking the polecam to Toronto for this 3-day trip?” Sigh. “1. Cumbersome. 2. May not use it. 3. How tolerant of downtown DIY surveillance did … Continue reading
Toronto’s alien landscapes
Underground parking between York and University. Got this green from the fluorescent lights.
1shot #046-Toronto heavy lifting
A fire alarm during the conference this afternoon kicked us all out of the MTCC south building into the misty rain. So… shoot. DW