Old Habits

The first photograph I took of this apartment building was about ten years ago the first time I lived in Vancouver. I recently revisited it for my last project which can be seen here:

My Daily Image 151

I think it's the architect in me that keeps me coming back to this building. It exists in a fairly populous part of Vancouver against a typography of development almost like a case study for a different model of urbanity. I don't think this design would be effective if propagated ad infinitum but it's somehow inoffensive in its uniqueness. So here it is again. I think this one captures the building better than the last one. The ivy creeping up the wall is much more apparent in this image and despite the trademark green of the building it looks better in black and white.

Longing shots

Two of a similar theme but the tone is too different to be of the same set. The ironing board one makes me smile.

MONUMENT/monument

Paris, August 24-30, 2007.

Monument/monument is a series of five photographs that work to subvert or undermine the scale and sociopolitical impact of significant buildings in Paris, France. It also questions outmoded ideals of societal hierarchies while respecting how they have positively affected the current state of affairs.

There is no attempt to detract from the architectural significance of the structures (each is indeed still a monument) and the beauty of each is left in tact. The context of each monument is, however, manipulated to a point where it’s significance is re-scaled. The human element (which is essential in classification as a monument) is either removed or adjusted. The constructs responsible for the mere existence of these buildings are completely removed. They each become whimsical haphazard entities that either co-exist in a different context to which they were conceived or completely removed from its context to the point of becoming follies.

home

I'm back in Calgary for a couple of days. I miss this little girl.

Sunny Day In Vancouver

I've not had much time to play with cameras lately since being mid process in moving to Vancouver and trying to get the shop open but I did take this one. There's something to purporting to be a photographer and moving to a city where light is so rare. It would be a shame if I were to waste a rare sunny day in Vancouver and so I managed to find these pictures.