Just on the fringes of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver one can view the gentrified nostalgia laced coffee shops just around Abbott Street. The man in the window wearing shorts and out for lunch eating a bowl of onion soup seems content and resigned to who he is. Anyone wearing a broad hat in a photograph is interesting. The car in front is actually a speed cycle underneath. This gives the image a retro look as does the metal chair in the room. As Gary Winogrand and his like have always said there are photographs everywhere, just waiting. I agree with that. This one was there only for a second however.
Commentary on photography, and my current photographic projects. I published the book, A Room in the City, Anvil Press 2010 and operate a photographic studio and gallery in New Westminster, BC. Currently working on a documentary film on aging drug addicts, No Way Out.
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Just on the fringes of the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver one can view the gentrified nostalgia laced coffee shops just around Abbott Street. The man in the window wearing shorts and out for lunch eating a bowl of onion soup seems content and resigned to who he is. Anyone wearing a broad hat in a photograph is interesting. The car in front is actually a speed cycle underneath. This gives the image a retro look as does the metal chair in the room. As Gary Winogrand and his like have always said there are photographs everywhere, just waiting. I agree with that. This one was there only for a second however.
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The man in the window wearing shorts and out for lunch eating a bowl of onion soup appears to be substance and surrendered to his identity.
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