Photo Essay

The Shops of Main Street

November 4, 2008

Exploring the shops and storefronts between Little India and Chinatown on Main, November 2008. Autumn canopy. Main & 53rd. Black market typeset. Main & 52nd. Star sign. Main & 52nd. Ten Digit Dialling. Main & 51st. Fancy. Main & 50th.…

North America

Team Colours

October 16, 2008

I don’t obscure these pages with issues-oriented coverage often, so when I do it’s nice to think the issues might count for something. Yesterday’s snap federal election, called five weeks earlier by Conservative PM Stephen Harper in a bid to…

Burma

In the Mouth of Madness: Burma after Cyclone Nargis

August 24, 2008

Pictures and text: ©Austin Andrews / ZUMA Press For a region that four months ago witnessed one of the worst humanitarian disasters in recent memory, the waterlogged highway descending into Burma’s Irrawaddy Delta reveals little of what it saw. Uniformed…

North America

Misery Road: Vancouver's Third World

April 6, 2008

Pictures and text: ©Austin Andrews / ZUMA Press Vancouver, to many people, is paradise found. An oasis of snow and sand set in Canada’s most comfortable climate, it boasts a calibre of natural splendour and rugged good looks matched by…

North America

Tractlands

December 29, 2007

Words found in sales brochures for various planned community, circa 1951-1959. “The Budgeteer. This is a brand new idea in duplexes. Each house rents from $65 a month. They are not for sale. Available only to employees of designated defense…

Australia

The Winged City

December 20, 2007

Mechanics and Protocol The Skytrain is approaching the platform. Please stand clear and make way for alighting passengers. Open twenty-four hours. Gates open three hours before scheduled departure time. Follow the signs to customs clearance and immigration. Photography of the…

Australia