I recently had an opportunity to photograph the interior of the Wellington Destructor (mental note: return this winter for tree free exteriors!). Near the end of my shoot, after just listening to the squeals and screams of pigs entering the neighboring slaughter house (not awesome), I quite literally stumbled on the remains of this artifact from someone's childhood that had found it's way into the collection inside...
Next week, the group exhibition An Inventory of Local Ruins, photography by The TLR Club: Richelle Forsey, Kevin McBride, Martin Helmut Reis, Colin Savage and Alejandro Valencia opens at 3030 Dundas St. W. The opening reception on Sept. 8, 2012, 7pm-late is also also 3030's "Bring Your Own Vinyl Night" with DJ Nick Bandit and DJ Oh Sixteen. I'll be showing new work and we'll have will have...
Last month I had the chance to photograph Detroit's abandoned Packard Automotive Plant. It is 3.5 million square foot photographers playground. Of course we only saw a fraction of the site as we were trying to see and shoot as much of the city as we could during our 3 day "tour". That and after a couple of hours, 3.5 million square feet of vandalized, burned, burning, crumbling,...
Modern Canadian Interiors, the first book by the TLR Club (Richelle Forsey, Martin Helmut Reis, Alejandro Valencia, Kevin McBride and Colin Savage), is a photographic journey of abandoned spaces in Ontario including the Gravenhurst TB Sanatorium, the Old Don Jail, New York Pork, Firestone Tire, St. Clements Church and more… Is now available in four bookstores and galleries! the Art Gallery of Ontario shop EYELEVEL Gallery in Halifax...
This poster was a submission that wasn't accepted. It appears here with the printers bleed. Chairs are the most often abandoned piece of furniture. This poster features my photos of my favourite abandoned chairs as they were found. People often design entire environments around a chair to illustrate the function or status of a room. Nothing changes when they leave. The chairs are now a suggestion of...