This is weird... faces buried in lap tops, magazines and far away thoughts...

Forgotten expresso bar in east end Ottawa
Nikon F2, 85mm F2.0 lens, Kodak TriX 400 film

Let see 3 kinds of milk... where is the sugar?
Balzac's coffee in the Distillery District, Toronto

Nikon F2, 85mm F2.0 lens, Kodak TriX 400 film

Coffee and lap tops, together but alone...

Image 1, Bridgehead Coffee in the Glebe, Ottawa, Nikon FE2, 85mm F2.0 lens, Kodak Tmax 400 film.
Image 2, Starbuck's on Grandville, Vancouver, Nikon FE2, 85mm F2.0 lens, Kodak Tmax 400 film

Coffee, the drug of choice for most urban and rural dwellers alike, has spawned a cafe culture, where we often go to be alone in a public place. For me, an urban irony... and an endless visual essay...

Image 1 and 2, Bridgehead Coffee in the Glebe, Ottawa, Nikon FE2, 50mm F1.4 lens, Kodak Tmax 400 film

The day after... June 16, 2011
Thousands of people came to the scene with brooms, buckets, scrapers and rubber gloves to clean up, both the physical and spiritual mess. And many left their thoughts and prayers behind...
I have never seen anything quite like it

Image 1,  On hands and knees in front of Holt Renfrew,  Leica M6, 50mm F1.4 Canon lens, Kodak Tmax 100 film
Image 2, As the day wore on, step ladders were needed to find empty space on the plywood walls covering the Bay Store's windows, Leica M6, 50mm F1.4 Canon lens, Kodak Tmax 100 film

One year ago, Vancouver went from joyous street celebrations during the hockey playoffs to a nasty drunken riot when the Canucks lost the last game at home. One of my son's, a number of his friends and I were downtown that night and watched, rather felt, the sudden shift from a happening to a riot in a matter of minutes. The normal street people we see daily sensing trouble all disappeared, which turned out to be a sign of trouble to come. Ducking flying bottles and gangs of drunken young men, we decided it was time to head home. Crossing the bridge we could see black smoke rising above the downtown...

Image 1, wandering hockey friends wondering what to do, Nikon FE2, 85mm F2.0 lens, Kodak TriX 400 film
Image 2, coming trouble, the street guy had just made an exit, Nikon FE2, 85mm F2.0 lens, Kodak TriX 400 film
Image 3, watching and praying for one more victory, Leica M6, 50mm F1.4 Canon lens, Kodak Ektar 100 film

And in North Vancouver, wall art like all things, slowly loses to constantly growing things...
Leica M6, 90mm F2.8 Tele Elmarit (Canadian made), Kodak Ektrachrome VS 100 (Now discontinued)

The alley ways have eyes! Here's looking at you kid.... (Gastown, Vancouver)
Image 1 and 2, Leica M6, 40mm F2.0 Summicron lens, Fuji Velvia 50 film
Image 3, Leica M6, 35mm F2.0 Summicron lens, Kodak Ektar 100 film

The never ending battle between street art and anti graffiti laws is reduced to red paint and a long pole paint roller...
And tomorrow it will start again, at least this guy has a steady job!
Leica M6, 35mm F2.0 Summicron lens, Fuji Velvia 100 film