North America
A Trip on a Washington State Ferry
Limited service from Anacortes, June 2008. Terminal lattices. Jeans in the side mirrors. Follow the man. Follow the man. Hold. Shooting postcards… …on a ghost ship. Slide in the arcade. Land. Disembarking.
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Interstate City
Idle worship. Stalls 4 thru 7. Billboard gospel. Small town, big box. Profit margins. Fresh. Ace.
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Canada Day at Canada Place
Vancouver celebrates July 1. Series previously unpublished. Flag cheeks. Canada Place, Vancouver. Maple leaves. Noses. Ballot stuffing at the face painting booth. Volunteers at an info booth. An aboriginal boy writes a protest slogan in chalk during a land rights…
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Oakland Scraper Boys
A chance encounter with an inner-city bike crew on the streets of Oakland, CA. The Scraper Boys are a revolving group of urban youth carrying messages of peace around town on colourful, decorated bikes. Their city has seen over 200…
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Freedom Booth
Protestors on a sit-in for Tibetan freedom outside the Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China on Granville Street, Vancouver.
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A Night at the Chinatown Markets
Smoke break on a balcony overlooking the Chinatown Night Market. For three nights every week between May and September, a one-block stretch of Keefer Street is cordoned off from traffic and opened up to vendors, hawkers and buskers, each selling…
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A Lion on Hastings
A group of well-rehearsed schoolchildren and their adult leaders/percussionists toured their lion dance routine along Hastings Street this morning as part of Burnaby Heights’ annual Hats Off Day festival. “Picking the lettuce” in front of a local greengrocer. The tradition…
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