Author: Richard Huang
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Impressions of The Butchart Gardens, 2021
Turning away from The Butchart Gardens’ familiar postcard views, I focused instead on pandemic signs, visitors’ gestures, and chance encounters—recording a travel experience unique to that moment behind the beauty.
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Impressions from the Victoria Ferry, 2021
A ferry ride to Vancouver Island during the pandemic, capturing fellow passengers in the cabins and on deck, the seascapes along the way, and the sense of motion created by tilted compositions.
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Vancouver Impressions: Lynn Canyon, 2021
From a morning stroll around the neighbourhood to the forest and suspension bridge of Lynn Canyon, then on to a shopping centre and residential streets in West Vancouver—a glimpse of the city’s rhythms between nature and everyday urban life.
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Vancouver: First Impressions, 2021
Flying in from Toronto, I explored Granville Island, Stanley Park, and the Vancouver Public Library before ending my first glimpse of the city with a sunset at Spanish Banks.
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Toronto Impressions, 2021
A day spent walking and photographing—from downtown landmarks and morning runners to streetside benches—captures life returning to Toronto’s public spaces during the pandemic.
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Impressions of Graduation, 2021
A chance encounter with the quiet remnants of a school’s graduation celebrations—an empty campus, colourful decorations, and traces of ceremony from an extraordinary year—evokes the youthful farewells that could not unfold as usual.
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Vicki Barron Lakeside Trail
An eight-kilometre walk around Orangeville’s Island Lake, where shoreline, woodland, and seasonal scenery meet on a trail suited to hiking, cycling, and cross-country skiing.
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Fragments of Memory: 99 Roses 🌹
A vaguely worded request during a business trip unexpectedly turned into ninety-nine roses delivered home—and inspired a colleague to send the same anniversary gift, leaving behind a warm and funny family memory.
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A Man-Made Autumn
After missing the autumn leaves in the woods, I went looking for vivid colour in a hotel, Halloween decorations, and the town of Orillia—turning a rain-soaked disappointment into a journey through a man-made autumn.
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Voices from the Pandemic #2
Continuing this oral history of the pandemic, a second set of eight unedited recordings captures the experiences, anxieties, and reflections of people from different professions and family circumstances—a polyphonic record of an extraordinary time.