Author: Richard Huang
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Let’s Dance at the Winter Garden Theatre
A visit to Toronto’s historic Winter Garden Theatre for the locally produced musical Let’s Dance—from its garden-in-the-sky decor to the audience spilling out after the show—becomes a fond look back at a lighthearted night on the town.
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Toronto’s First Chinese Anime Convention, 2023
A chance encounter with Toronto’s first Chinese anime convention—from parking-lot stalls, young entrepreneurs, and customized cars to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean cosplay—captures the fledgling energy of a new community event.
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Notes from the 2023 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
Walking among the hundreds of tents at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair, I photographed everything from paintings, sculpture, and photography to the artists, visitors, and pets—all part of the open exchange that art created in the city square.
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Toronto Street Impressions, 2023
On Canada Day, I walked from the Art Gallery of Ontario to City Hall, photographing Toronto’s layered realities amid the wildfire haze, holiday crowds, food couriers, and slogans on city walls.
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The One-Eared Wolf
Through photographs, writing, and cyanotype prints, The One-Eared Wolf explores the return of wolves to France’s Aubrac region. Rather than taking sides, it observes the tangled relationship among wildlife, livestock farmers, and political debate.
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A Visit to MURAKAMI vs MURAKAMI in Hong Kong
A chance encounter in Hong Kong leads me into Tai Kwun, a former prison transformed into an arts complex, where Murakami’s dazzling flowers, characters, and merchandise offer an introduction to Superflat art and its tensions with commerce.
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Street-Level Hong Kong, 2023
A midsummer day on Hong Kong’s streets, observing porters in the heat, open-air food stalls, workers resting in back alleys, and people of different classes and ethnicities—a brief glimpse of everyday city life.
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Impressions of Newmarket, 2023
A stroll through Newmarket, Ontario, takes in its historic Main Street, waterfront trails, and community spaces—plus an unexpected classic car show that brings a little unplanned excitement to small-town life.
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Impressions of the 400 Market
A visit to the 400 Market near Barrie, tracing its roots as a flea market and observing its unattended stalls, centralized checkout system, eclectic collectibles, and equally varied clientele.
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Big Brother
Through photographs, medical records, and manuscripts, Louis Quail tells the story of his elder brother Justin, who lives with schizophrenia, preserving beyond the label of illness his passion for birdwatching, the hardships of daily life, and a family’s enduring care.