3 years ago on a cold, cold day exploring Cherry Beach I wandered with friends around Cherry Beach, T&T, Polson Pier, and lower Jarvis (I think!). It was a crisp and perfect winter day for shooting. It was also the day I found an abandoned and exposed roll of film in a derelict house featured in Archive Issue #1. [gallery columns="4" link="post" ids="983,984,985,986"] I'm working out kinks...
Every year the TLR Club celebrates the first day of the new year meeting early in the morning for some photographic action. This year we visited the Junction Triangle to check out Solways Metal and Cadet Cleaners. When I've recovered I'll post some more photos!
On Saturday (November 24), 3 photographer friends from the Residue Group (link no longer is valid), Peter Brickell, Rimma Skeini, Kevin McBride, and I accepted an invitation to photograph the Harvey Woods Building on Vansittart Ave in Woodstock ON. Authorized opportunities to shoot vacant buildings are rare and stranger still we were given unlimited access! We were only asked to mind the broken glass and to not lock...
Last year, on a rainy Sunday afternoon, by chance the TLR CLub and I photographed what was left of Casa Mendoza, the Beach and Shore Breeze Motels on Lake Shore Blvd. It turns out it was the only weekend to photograph the motel strips' infamous Casa Mendoza because on the Monday it was literally gone. The Shore Breeze and Beach Motels were sealed up for another demolition day(s)...
Join the TLR Club Friday November. 2, from 7-10pm at Balluchon Raymond Inc. for cocktails, killer coffee and snacks. Photography by Richelle Forsey, Martin Helmut Reis, Alejandro Valencia, Kevin McBride and Colin Savage. Balluchon Raymond Inc, 221 Sorauren Ave, Toronto, ON Oct 12 – Nov 15/ 2012 Operating Hours: M-F 6:30am – 3pm, S&S 9am – 3pm