I never saw a single movie at the Westwood Theatre. I lived in Toronto off and on with my mom throughout the 80's and she favoured the downtown theatres: The Uptown, Cumberland, Eaton Center Cineplex and Carlton. When I finally moved to Toronto to attend school in Etobicoke in the 90's I was off moving pictures and the love for a movie and some over-buttered popcorn never returned....
news clippings about cats rescued from hydro poles, vintage Fisher Price toys, pizza boxes, harmonicas, thread spools, clothes pins, paper clips, pint glasses, purses, shoes, pet rocks, ziplock baggies, unicorn statues, Beatles memorabilia, 45's, matchbooks, books about the science of metamorphosis and psychic powers, typewriters, cat stickers, note paper, pencil, feathers, scarves, signs, lightbulbs, slippers, fake mustaches, eye liner pens, 2x4 ends, mirrors, tissue paper, beach balls, scuba...
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)...
It's been a while but a few members of the TLR Club finally got together to go out shooting today! We were hoping to go somewhere exotic like Buffalo, but we couldn't get enough people together to make the trip worth our while and then we received several terrific tips on places in and around the Toronto Stockyards neighborhood to check out. Sadly we encountered security, limited access,...
In a few short weeks my first exhibition with Flying Rooster Contemporary Projects will open at De Luca Fine Art Gallery. The exhibition features seven Flying Rooster artists: Manuel Bujold the co- founder of Make Art Public, award-winning sculptor Scott Eunson, architect and photographer Dieter Janssen, Montreal artists Jessica Wee, Michelle Bui and Scott Harber and me! I am exhibiting several pieces from the Urban Remains/Modern Canadian Interiors...