Spare a Quarter?
A Bell phone booth sits at the water’s edge by Gibraltar Point under moody skies. Official Ontario provincial government satellite data shows the water 140 feet further out – a stark reminder of just how high the water levels are heading into 2020. Click image to view larger.
Waterworld
Floodwaters reflect trees and the skyline after sunset. This is the scene from the middle of Olympic Island, where the water was deep enough to kayak clear across the island. Click image to view larger.
Balance of the Seasons
A mini glacier melts atop a groyne by the Centre Island pier. Click image to view larger.
Last Bollard
Derrick barge T.H.C. 50 has completed her work removing the crumbling portion of the eastern gap. This panorama was shot on her last night moored just off of the cove. Click image to view larger.
Seneca Pump Reinstated II
Seneca Ave after sunset during the Flood of 2017 and again in 2018. Click image to view larger.
Equinox Bonfire 2018
Another fantastic night on the beach, celebrating the spring equinox in true Island style.
Seneca Pump I
Soon their voices will be silenced: the big red pumps have droned on for over a month now, working hard to keep the lake at bay. This pump graces Seneca Ave during a late June twilight. Click image to view larger.
Equinox Bonfire 2015
A few images from the Spring Equinox bonfire of 2015, another lovely night on the beach.
A Wintery Inglis
Islanders wait to board the William Inglis in a December snowfall. Click image to view larger.
Willow Square 2012
Volunteers and organizers come out to celebrate the unveiling of the magnificent Willow Square mosaic, marking the transition from what was often a garbage transfer station on Wednesdays to an exceptional public space. Thanks guys, the WIA has never looked so lovely.
One Foggy Night II
The Toronto skyline floats in the sky, sandwiched between dense cloud and fog, in 2008. Click image to view larger.
Cello Fan & Picnic Setting
A trumpeter swan joins in the picnic-like setting at Sunfish Cut for Jacquey Malcolm and Anne Bourne’s cello performance for Luisa Milan’s Hydro-Glyph.
Day Ice
Scrubbed clean by high winds, the inner harbour is nothing but black ice all the way to the city.
Phoenix Rising
Bruce Smith’s stunning Phoenix becomes a blazing beacon for the new year at the AIA’s 2009 New Year’s Eve Dance (Thanks Bruce!).
Conflagration III
Spring equinox, and the humans come out to perform their annual rituals on Ward’s Beach. Oddly, the trees had a different burning pattern this year: their thermal columns were much shorter. Compare to this tree at last year’s equinox bonfire (thanks Alice!).
Smoke on the Water
A long exposure (somewhere on the order of two minutes) turns the raging whitewater of the outer harbour into mist on a stormy fall night in 2009.
Smirnoff Snowman II
A close view of the boardwalk’s Smirnoff Snowman, and his novel way of staying warm on cold winter days.
Bro Men
Tigger and Marble wile away a long summer afternoon, dealing with their stressors as only felines know how.
Empty Spaces
Shooting this panorama from my perch on Centre Island, the changing shape of the skyline struck me: I could count 22 construction cranes in the sky, and within a couple of years many of the empty spaces currently visible will be filled in by new development. As recently as 2003, there was almost nothing to […]
Solstice Sunset
The moon sets on the Toronto skyline, the entire panorama lit evenly as the sun sets east of the Harbour Castle on the longest day of the year.