Antiques

Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 11 January 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

[College & Crawford, Toronto]

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Comments (15)

H.O from Victoria, Canada

you made it ! Cool shot again Damon-san. Nice b&w image.

11 Jan 2007 7:46am

@H.O: Thanks, Hiro! I'm really attracted to colours, but when they don't add value for me, when I prefer stressing light and form, B&W is it!

Stu from Kyoto, Japan

The triple whammy! sign, van and old guy. nicely done.

11 Jan 2007 8:05am

@Stu: Thanks, Thanks, Thanks, Stu!

Duncan Galbraith from kyoto, Japan

Man, we both get a walk by up on the same day...must be fate trying to tell us something I reckon. Yours batters mine into submission though. The stride of the gent (man he's got some purpose!), the beat up yet really quite beautiful van (Im a sucker for anything old) and the sign, which seems to be saying what it sees. If it had eyes that is. Which I dont think it has.

11 Jan 2007 10:47am

@Duncan Galbraith: Thanks, Duncan! No battering, needed: I'm sure all our pedestrians can get along without resorting to violence. I was actually photographing the van. I circled it, tried it from many angles and so on, but yeah, this is the one were the magic happened.

Martin from Krems, Austria

A timeless shot. The b&w is very good and the blur of the man passing by excellent. That van looks antique itself. It all goes so well together. Great photo.

11 Jan 2007 3:29pm

@Martin: Thanks, Martin! The van was antique in a way. Loved your thermometer today by the way.

Craiger from Vacaville, California, United States

Really a good street scene!

11 Jan 2007 4:01pm

@Craiger: Many thanks, Craiger!

Martine Lapointe from Québec, Canada

Beautiful shot!

11 Jan 2007 5:51pm

@Martine Lapointe: Merci, Martine!

Kerstin from Paris, France

Nice scene.

11 Jan 2007 6:35pm

@Kerstin: Thanks, Kerstin!

objectif-plume from Belgium

la combinaison du tout fait que cette photo est absolument magnifique

11 Jan 2007 7:07pm

@objectif-plume: Merci, O.P. I'm trying to capture the wit of Cartier-Bresson.

Maoya from Rolle, Switzerland

That guy is on a mission! He makes a nice opposition with the antiques.
p.s Thanks for the cute video.

11 Jan 2007 7:48pm

@Maoya: Thanks, Maoya! He's on a mission, I think, to get out of the way of my camera.

jc from Ireland

love all the elements here playing together, Damon. and it's fresh to see such a shot taken from this position - ie without the building facades behind, but rather from the buildings out across the sidewalk. i feel like the guy should have a for sale sign around his neck as well. great stuff!

11 Jan 2007 9:56pm

@jc: Thanks a lot, John! I hadn't really thought of the perspective as unique. I suppose it might be different from usual. As I mentioned to Duncan, my intent was to photograph the van, and the antique shop was at my back. You're completely on a roll with your excellent Ginza night shots.