Author: Richard Huang
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Impressions of the 2021 Toronto Outdoor Art Fair
A day spent moving between the Yorkville Mural Festival and a North Toronto outdoor art tour reveals the energy of art returning to the streets through encounters among public spaces, artists, and viewers.
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Impressions of Toronto’s Kensington Market, 2021
A walk through Toronto’s Kensington Market, looking for the old neighbourhood’s vitality in its eclectic shops, colourful streets, and local characters, while observing the changes left by the pandemic.
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Toronto in Roses, 2021
At a rose show in Yorkville, flowers, luxury storefronts, and passing pedestrians share the frame, capturing a fleeting summer spectacle in the heart of the city’s shopping district.
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Vancouver Street Impressions, 2021
Through reflections in shop windows, street art, and passing figures, Vancouver emerges as both dreamlike and faintly lonely—a city of pandemic-shuttered shops and unhurried streets.
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A Visit to the AGO’s 2021 Andy Warhol Retrospective
The Art Gallery of Ontario retrospective traces Andy Warhol’s journey from a working-class immigrant family through commercial illustration, the Factory, and the imagery of Pop, revealing the identity, desire, and anxiety behind his fame.
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Impressions of Fort Langley, 2021
From Richmond’s Winter Olympics venue to Fort Langley’s historic site, antique shops, and old-town streets, I traced British Columbia’s past before making a detour to White Rock to continue my wanderings along the coast.
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Impressions of Toronto Malls in 2021
After businesses reopened, I returned to Toronto’s malls to observe how retail spaces were cautiously resuming everyday life through discounts, foot traffic, window displays, and pandemic precautions.
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Impressions of Victoria, 2021
A day spent exploring Victoria’s Chinatown, Market Square, Fisherman’s Wharf, and the Parliament Buildings, with lighthearted yet perceptive observations spanning tourist landmarks, city commerce, and details of street life.
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Joffre Lakes Provincial Park
Hiking the Joffre Lakes trail past glacial lakes, rushing streams, and steep slopes, I discovered—in my fellow hikers and the details along the way—the perseverance it takes to reach a place of such beauty.
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Impressions of Joffre Lakes, 2021
Rather than photographing only the turquoise waters of Joffre Lakes, I turned my gaze to tree rings, roots, stones, and dappled shadows, searching along the trail for traces left by time, wind, and light.