To travel in the dark, but never leave it,
in a hole where the sun is just a rumour.
The tunnel endless as the night.
Rolleiflex 3.5E3
Ilford HP5+, developed in Cinestill DF96 monobath
Tag: TTC
TTC Open House
This is my last film photo blog for a couple of weeks, but maybe there will be some digital/smartphone shots rom Croatia.
Recently, the TTC held an open house at one of its maintenance facilities. A fascinating tour!
All images taken with my Nikon F2A and 20mm/f2.8 Nikkor lens on Eastman Double-X film.
The Subway Tunnel of Memory
Two more images from the rail museum in Halton. In one of the barns they have two old TTC subway cars. I remember riding these models when I first came to Toronto in the early 1980’s. Now they live on in a permanent twilight. Weird, and a bit sad to see them empty.
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Voigtlander Bessa T, 15m/f4.5 Superwide Heliar lens
1/8th second @ f4.5
Ilford HP5+ film
2018
My first post for 2018. I thought this image worked for the first day of the year. Hoping things are looking up.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 25mm/f4 Snapshot Skopar lens
Kodak Portra 800 film
Gleaming Ghost Town
I was checking out some of the new subway stops in Toronto the other day. The phrase that comes to mind is “gleaming ghost town.”
Hasselblad 500CM, 50mm/f4 Distagon lens
Cinestill 800 filk, converted to greyscale in post.
Above the Subway
I’ve always found the outdoor/above ground subway stations in Toronto fascinating, especially ones (like Rosedale station below) on the oldest part of what is now called Line 1.
Voigtlander Bessa R2M, 35mm/f.17 Voigtlander Ultron lens
Kodak TMax 100
Waiting for the Train
Museum Subway Station, Toronto.
Nikon F2, 50mm/1.4 Nikkor lens
JCH StreetPan 400 film @ E.I. 320
developed in HC-110 Dilution B
Surreal
The bus stop where I catch the bus to work every day is in front of an apartment building, and sometimes discarded furniture is found in the general area. For the last few days this old vinyl chair has been sitting at the stop, almost inviting people to have a seat waiting for the bus. This morning at 5:45 am it was covered in frost.
Taken with iPhone 6+ and Hipstamatic app
Is This It?
On the bus, going to work in the dark at 6:30 in the morning. I so often see the hollow fatigue of those around me. Are they wondering if this is the totality of their existence?
iPhone, Hipstamatic App
Two Interesting People on the Bus Home
Interesting people on the 87 Cosburn bus this afternoon. Taken with iPhone 6+ and Hipstamatic.
My Third Eye 