Month: <span>September 2022</span>

Published September 9, 2022 by

When I’m Sixty Four – 2022_09_09

Self Portrait, Yonge and Dundas, Toronto, 1985 – © Avard Woolaver

When I get older losing my hairMany years from now

– When I’m Sixty Four, by The Beatles

I may have sung this song back in 1985 when I took this self portrait, but never could have imagined the year 2022, or what it is like to be sixty four. Losing my hair, and slowly losing memories. But still feeling happy, alive, and creative.

The future is unknown to everyone, and the best we can do is make good choices in the moment hoping that they will have a positive outcome in the future. In every moment of time we make a choice. Words to live by.

This photo appears in the book: Toronto Days, available at Blurb Books.

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Avard Woolaver film photography self portrait sixty four street photography The Beatles Toronto

Published September 8, 2022 by

Bloor and Parkside, Toronto, 1984 – 2022_09_08

Bloor and Parkside, Toronto, 1984 – © Avard Woolaver

Baking Mixes brings to mind recipes. The recipe for this photo comes via  Lee Friedlander. That is: organize a large amount of information in a dynamic composition. Friedlander is a master of this approach. For documentary photography, it seems the more information, the better. It tells us a lot about the culture and society of a specific time and place. I shall keep on photographing the social landscape with a few different recipes, and hopefully learn some new ones before I’m done.

 

 

Documentary Photography Toronto

1980s Ektachrome film film photography Lee Friedlander photography street photography Toronto

Published September 7, 2022 by

Parade in West Toronto Junction, 1983 – 2022_09_07

Parade in West Toronto Junction, 1983 – © Avard Woolaver

Parade in West Toronto Junction, 1983, featuring the Malta Band Club. The area still has a significant Maltese population.

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1983 film photography Malta Band Club parade street photography The Junction Toronto West Toronto Junction

Published September 6, 2022 by

Eat and Get Gas – 2022_09_06

New Minas, Nova Scotia, 2022 – © Avard Woolaver

This scene reminded me of a sign I saw as a child at a restaurant beside a gas station. It read: Eat and Get Gas. I found the double meaning quite amusing and never forgot seeing it. Some fifty years later I saw an opportunity to illustrate that sign.

I plan on spending more time on my blog and will be posting a photo every day–recent photos like this one, taken yesterday, and also older images from my archives. And if you haven’t done do already, please subscribe to the Image Journey. Cheers!

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colour photography eat and get gas lol Nova Scotia social landscape

Published September 5, 2022 by

South Maitland, Nova Scotia 2022_09_05

South Maitland, Nova Scotia, 2022 – © Avard Woolaver

The road goes on forever.

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black and white new topographics Nova Scotia roadscape South Maitland