Margret [2/4] Muzzled

Posted by Damon Schreiber (Toronto, Canada) on 12 July 2009 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

[Lansdowne & Bloor, Toronto]

Shame about the dark smudge on her face; graffiti artists never seem to rest. Artistically for the purposes of this photo, though, I think it works. Obscuring her smile allows us to experience her expression as more neutral or even severe than we would otherwise. I still feel bad, even though I don't know who she is.

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Comments (11)

Daryl Johnson from Farnham, United Kingdom

Raw urban scene... nice neighbourhood!

12 Jul 2009 8:59am

Ronnie 2¢ from Atlantic Shores, United Kingdom

Not so sure about the neighborhood now I see it better ! The effect of the blot on Marget does change her 'character' - reminds a little me of images I made of left-left and right-right versions of portraits . . the people were completely recognizable seen that way.

12 Jul 2009 9:07am

Vink from Grasse, France

Superb poster and grafitti ! I like it !

12 Jul 2009 9:39am

Zahai from Berlin, Germany

great composition and colors - very cool :)

12 Jul 2009 11:17am

Chris from South Jersey, United States

what a fabulous image - so much to look at and the graffiti contrasts with the poster, and then encroaches on it as well.....I have no idea who Margaret is - what an odd poster.....

12 Jul 2009 11:52am

R.J.Dee from Ettlingen, Germany

Margret doesn't need her mouth to speak - she speaks with her eyes ...

12 Jul 2009 1:42pm

one way photo / Mark from London, United Kingdom

This works brilliantly, mainly because of the way you've included in in context of its surroundings

12 Jul 2009 7:32pm

Rags from Plano, United States

nice image. I like your comment on the picture.

13 Jul 2009 3:30am

luwi from Innsbruck, Austria

great image great colors great contrast, (is she responsible?)

13 Jul 2009 7:36am

Lucca from Cologne, Germany

I'd like to see more to this series. It works very well.

14 Jul 2009 9:30pm

Curtis from Toronto, Canada

May I ask where this location is exactly? I live just a few streets down from the Lansdowne Subway Station and wouldn't mind seeing this place in the flesh. Great juxtaposition.

31 Aug 2009 3:54pm

@Curtis: Thanks, Curtis! For some reason, I didn't see your comment until now. I'm afraid grafitti has changed things a bit, but basically this is how you get there if you haven't already figured it out: If you walk west on Bloor from Lansdowne, before you get to Dundas West, there's an underpass where the train tracks are. You'll see stairs from the sidewalk on the north side which will lead you to the Dundas west Go Station. Take these to find the trail that runs parallel to the train tracks. The north end of the trail is Cariboo St. (north of Dupont),and the south end is Sterling Ave. at Dundas West.

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