City Notes
Record the daily life and accidents that travel through the corners of Toronto. Between the streets, festival gatherings and suburban walks, those fleeting fragments and stories are captured by the lens here, leaving traces of temperature, light and shadow that are unique to this city.
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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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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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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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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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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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At Canada’s historic Aberfoyle Antique Market, my camera turns from tools, furniture, mirrors, and curios from around the world to the families and treasure hunters who fill its weekend aisles.
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After missing the St. Patrick’s Day parade, I happened upon Toronto’s fan convention and watched from outside as cosplayers moved between assumed identities, imagined worlds, and everyday reality.
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An unusually mild winter left the Yorkville ice sculptures melting—and some even collapsing—so the camera turned instead to children, passersby, and the surrounding architecture, capturing a neighbourhood crowded once again after the pandemic.
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At Serena Gundy Park, simple portraits and candid scenes preserve the easygoing moments of a LOHAS group gathering outdoors in early summer.
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A visit to Toronto’s Jin Art Centre, moving through its classrooms, studios, student work, paints, props, and lounges to document the everyday life inside an art school.
