Hamilton Sunset (April 20, 2007)

Taken on Queen Street South in the Durand neighbourhood, looking West towards Locke Street.

On the Road (March, 2004)

Attila the Stockbroker and David Rovics, on tour in Michigan.

CUPE Flag (10 November, 2008)

Taken on day 5 of the nearly-three-month-long strike at York University, which happened in the middle of year 2 of my PhD study (last year). It hadn't yet gotten really cold, of course.

Fundy Mud (July, 1997)

Continuing the theme of water, in this case its absence. The Bay of Fundy is pretty bizarre at low tide. I remember getting a sense of it as this expanse of land that you just couldn't walk over (I'm sure of course this isn't the case, really), possibly because your feet would start sinking in and you'd just keep going down, as if in quicksand... or you'd get stuck, and the tide would come in again. I think there's a distaste that I have for mud that is governing my feelings here, since if all this were sand (as in many places in New Zealand) I know I wouldn't feel the same way.

Water, Île des Sœurs (July, 2001)

One of a series that I took that day at "Nun's Island". Something I've always loved about Montréal is the combination of parks and fresh water (the city proper is on an island, not unlike Manhattan). There are a good number of urban parks to begin with (and "nature parks", as mentioned in this earlier post), and quite a few of them seem to incorporate the river as a central feature, including Parc Jean Drapeau (formerly the more-attractively-and-appropriately-named Parc des Îles), Île de la Visitation, and Pointe-aux-Prairies.
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Natsuki (Spring, 2000)

Waiting for GK (November 14, 2008)

This photo was taken on a trip to parliament Hill in Ottawa for Gerard Kennedy's "swearing-in" ceremony as Minister of Parliament for Parkdale-High Park (Toronto). I think this was another of those occasions where a lot of people were photographing, so I tried to find ways of getting less stereotypical shots.

We waited for a while in this room, I think because they took our lunch to the wrong room and it had to be carted back over to this one. After lunch we headed to a different part of the building for the actual ceremony and photography, during which I did not (ironically) actually get any pictures worth showing (!).

Milan Airport: Transit Info (May 12, 2007)

This was one of the first things I saw at the airport in Milan (and therefore, in Italy I suppose--since this was my first trip). A sign covered with public transit information in Italian (and with the equivalent of English sub-titles)! This is both wonderful and terrifying, I can tell you. As was the transit system, one I started using it. Fortunately I had Juliet to guide me through the basics.

Self (December, 2000)

Taken in the side-mirror of the rented car on the drive from Whakatane to Rotorua.

Outdoor Film Screening: "Citizen Kane" (August, 2005)

Place des Arts, Montréal, a fine summer evening and a classic film. This was fun--like watching TV outside with a bunch of strangers.