That's pretty crazy actually!
17.09.2025 01:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0@hardmonochrome.com.bsky.social
Hi I'm Simon and I take pictures with too much contrast. I'm not expecting mutual follows. Unless you really like this high contrasty stuff and pictures of concrete staircases. All photographs I post, I have taken.
That's pretty crazy actually!
17.09.2025 01:15 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 1 ๐ 0Graffiti-covered brick wall with security camera, "No Love" tag, and street view.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 10/28/2011 10:45:38 AM
The Portland St. Tree Banksy ; defaced by another street artist soon after it appeared. It looks like it may have been restored since but it may be totally gone now. https://hauntedwalk.com/news/torontos-hidden-banksy/
Black and white photo of a City Sightseeing double-decker bus on city streetcar tracks.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 10/28/2011 10:34:59 AM
Dundas St. in #Toronto
#blackandwhite #urbanphotography
Street scene: Travel agency and Scientology center next door; person stands near garbage bins.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 10/28/2011 10:13:36 AM
Broadview in #toronto I believe
#urban #photography
Dooo eeet! It's interesting to see how these pictures have aged over time so I love seeing pics of Toronto from even a few years back.
15.09.2025 22:22 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Black and white photo: Anonymous mask-wearer stands in city crowd at night.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 10/15/2011 7:46:56 PM
Dundas Square protest, 2011
#occupy, #anonymous, #protest, #toronto, #blackandwhite
Black and white photo; blurred motion of a nighttime protest; person with megaphone.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 10/15/2011 7:45:43 PM
#toronto #streetphotography #protest #occupy #monochrome
Black and white photo of a protest sign reading "Corporate Greed Sucks!" held aloft at night.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 10/15/2011 7:21:43 PM
Corporate Greed (still) Sucks! #toronto, #protest, #blackandwhite, #urbanphotography -- I think this was a Toronto variant of the #occupy protests. A more hopeful time.
Nighttime city street scene; two police officers on bicycles stand near a busy intersection with bright billboards.
Camera: Canon Canon EOS REBEL T1i
Date Taken: 10/15/2011 7:43:23 PM
Breaking with tradition, I was out with my EOS REBEL T1i (rest in peace). Dundas Square #toronto, #Canada, #urbanphotography
Discarded spray paint cans on gravel.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 10/13/2011 11:39:06 AM
Graffiti on a concrete wall near train tracks. Features a large blue piece and a stylized bird.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 10/13/2011 11:38:35 AM
In the train tracks near Ikea North York. 2011. #toronto #graffiti
Black and white photo of a weathered street sign pointing right, city buildings, and parked cars.
Camera: PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2
#toronto
Black and white photo of skyscrapers; low angle view.
Camera: PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2
Gotta be 2012
#toronto #grainy #blackandwhite
This goes on the list!
15.09.2025 21:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0An excellent pairing.
15.09.2025 21:07 โ ๐ 1 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Black and white photo: classic convertible on city street, pedestrians in background.
Camera: PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2
I have to take more shots with this camera, it's just too fun and I don't use it enough. Toronto in 2012 likely. This is probably King St. again but I could be wrong #blackandwhite #monochrome #grainy #lowfi
Black and white street scene: pedestrians, parked cars, and buildings. "Erected A.D. 1929" visible on a building.
Camera: PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2
King and something. Probably 2012 #blackandwhite #streetphotography #grainy #lowfi #monochrome
Black and white photo: Dramatic clouds, tall light pole, silhouetted buildings and bare tree.
Camera: PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2
Another one out of the Harinezumi. On paper a terrible camera, but it truly has some sort of character to it I can't describe.
Black and white photo: silhouetted buildings against a partly cloudy sky.
Camera: PowerShovel Digital Harinezumi 2
Somewhere in Toronto. Taken with the Harinezumi 2 so date and time are unknown, but probably 2012. #toronto #monochrome #grainy #blackandwhite #urban
Black and white street scene: man in coat viewed from behind, cyclist with backpack in foreground, city buildings in background.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/26/2012 1:55:16 PM
Bay St. I think. Not sure what happened moments before this. #toronto #blackandwhite #streetphotography #monochrome
Black and white photo: blurred view driving under a highway overpass.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/24/2012 9:15:15 AM
Black and white photo: a person walks past a large plume of steam rising from a city street.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/22/2012 12:52:18 PM
Location: 43.651900, -79.381300
Bay and Dundas again I think #toronto #monochrome #blackandwhite #street #urban #photography
Two people walking on a city street shrouded in steam, winter scene.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/22/2012 12:50:58 PM
Bay and Dundas I think. #toronto, #canada, #streetphotography #urbanphotography
Black and white photo: snow-dusted street between two brick buildings; one says "Cafe," the other "Captain John Fish & Chips."
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/21/2012 10:21:32 AM
Black and white street scene: cyclist at intersection, damaged road, Daniels building visible.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/18/2012 9:48:09 AM
Nighttime street scene: graffitied construction wall under temporary lighting.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/17/2012 7:41:02 PM
Aperture: f/1.9
Location: 43.652700, -79.400197
FUN SHIT
#toronto #graffiti #urbanphotography
Night street scene: parked cars, illuminated Buddha banner, colorful flags strung along a fence.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/17/2012 7:32:21 PM
Location: 43.652700, -79.400197
#toronto #urbanphotography
Nighttime street scene: illuminated restaurant with diners visible through windows, wet street reflecting lights, and a whimsical chair sculpture on a pole.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 1/17/2012 7:27:32 PM
Location: 43.654200, -79.399197
#toronto #urbanphotography #chinatown #spadina
Nighttime street scene: pedestrians crossing, city buildings, and traffic. A "Tim Burton" mural is visible.
My photography has come a long way since I started. IN retrospect I'm not even sure why I bought a Ricoh GR, I think I started getting really into Daidล Moriyama *after* that.
Camera: RICOH GR DIGITAL 3
Date Taken: 11/12/2010 7:31:13 PM
#toronto #urbanphotography