In Focus: Faces
December 24, 2009
I’ve had the idea of doing wide angle, unflattering portraits for a while now. It’s an interesting way to see a version of yourself.
Statement and Photos by David Denofreo
In Focus: Buildings and signs from the Downtown East Side and Vancouver
December 3, 2009
These photos are my favourite buildings and signs from the Downtown East Side and Vancouver.
Statement and Photos by David Denofreo
In Focus: A note to let you know I got this far - Postcards, West End
September 30, 2009
A visual essay looking at the associations between the physical environment and memory within the West End.
Statement and Photos by Dave Semeniuk
In Focus: The Built Landscape
August 13, 2009
Statement and Photos by Sean Orr
I’m not a photographer who readily predetermines defined areas of focus or themes, however since I always have my camera with me, those areas tend to reveal themselves with any change in my daily routine. Ergo, after getting a new job in the downtown core, my focus has shifted away from the back alley bricks of Gastown and towards the curious spaces found in the CBD. Read more
In Focus: Photos of some of Vancouver’s fountains at night
August 6, 2009
Statement and Photos by the Fountainman
Many, if not most, of Vancouver’s fountains have their own lighting which can really change their appearance after the sun goes down, sometimes quite dramatically. Read more
In Focus: Ivan Oyarzun/Selected Images
June 25, 2009
“…the sectors of the city are to some extent decipherable but the personal meaning they have had for us is incommunicable…we are seperated from the city by our own non-intervention.”
- Guy Debord
(Critique de la Seperation: Paris 1961)
You can approach the city as a Flaneur, capturing images and engaging with the city in a way that places the changes you see in a ‘romantic’ light. Navigating through spaces with some visual intention gathering ’scenes’ to define the city in your own image or you may feel that the city should be understood anonymously as a ‘passer-by’ creating a visual language that forms a narrative of urban life: As a ‘Usager de la Ville’ who acts similarly to the Flanuer. Read more
In Focus: Van Refuse & Bricolage
June 9, 2009
Statement and Photos by Alex Witko & Courtney Hunt
Our environment is increasingly becoming a landscape of which waste is an integral part. We tend to ignore it but refuse of many kinds is, and always has been, part of the human realm. Read more
In Focus: Diversity
May 27, 2009
Statement and Photos by Philip Tong
In Vancouver, we are fortunate to be able to interact with so many diverse cultures and people. There is always something interesting going on in this city. Read more
In Focus: In Between
May 13, 2009
Images and Statement by Rick Forgo
Vacant lots, abandoned fields, fenced off rights of way, and so on, in the context of the urban environment. I find these landscapes fascinating, their boundaries defined by urban structure, yet remaining wild and out of context. In cities everything has a carefully defined purpose framed by zoning, bylaws, and property ownership. These in-between areas however, come as a small exception as though they may have a designated purpose they sit fallow.
In Focus: Picturing Commercial Drive
April 22, 2009
Comparative images and statement by Jason Skladan
Commercial Drive is dependant on its history. Much of the street has been built in short phases of financial success and subsequently renovated to accommodate changing needs. Read more
