1980 TO THE PRESENT
Toronto Street
Being in Toronto
A photographic journey from 1980 to the present, exploring memory, distance, attachment, and the uneasy space between being somewhere and belonging there.
Canada's largest metropolis captured through a documentary lens, highlighting fleeting human moments against the city's backdrop. The work points to a deeper call for empathy and the acceptance of differences required to navigate a place where so many points of view collide.
Father and child seated against a pole waiting
A man spins continuously around a pole
Construction workers with an Asian man passing
A blonde woman and a bicycle delivery cross the street
An epic eagle adorns the entrance where a tattooed man collects cigarette butts
Neon lights under the light of day at a tattoo supply store
A fish and chips shop on Queen Street
A mural with a man in a cap is passed by a man in a cap
Three forlorn telephone booths
A woman in a sleeping bag watches the pigeons on and around her
People entering the subway, a collection of faces
A young boy poses for a portrait on the subway
A woman sits waiting on a subway platform
A child runs in play
Clothing in a value store window
Girls share a moment strolling after school on a spring day
A man on a scooter unwittingly echoes graffiti
A shop mannequin and subway cars
A man crosses an elegant entrance with pigeons
A man carries furs out of a sundry shop
Girls in a park observed by a crow
A child alone in her world on the beach
A weathered street pole with hundred of staples from former messages
A door ajar, in or out
A girls with a painted face looks at the camera, combining with the background of a grain elevator being demolished
A couple enjoys chocolate ice cream in winter
A portrait of the photographer by Oksana Szostak