Avard Woolaver

The Language of Signs
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A Question of Scale

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Toronto 1981
After a year under my belt in the big smoke, I felt a little more settled and Yonge Street (just steps from the Ryerson photography building) was ripe with photo potential.

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Paris 1993
I spent about a week in Paris in 1993, on my way back to Nova Scotia after 6 years in Japan. I took the east to west route via the Trans Siberian Railway, and flew back from Paris. It's the first time I've seen these in 32 yrs!

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Thank you, Maureen!

Toronto 1980

Moving from Wolfville, NS to Toronto in 1980 to begin studies at Ryerson was a major turning point in my life. Getting used to city life was challenging, and I'm glad I had a camera to help me adapt to the new environment.

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Perception/Deception

"We have art so that we shall not die of reality." - Friedrich Nietzsche
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These days I'm not a fan of McDonalds, but when I was a teenager and fast food was a novelty in my life, I ate there as often as I could. So, there is a bit of nostalgia in these photos, and also an attraction to the design of the yellow M.

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Thank you!

My Favourite Light
I first discovered this light in Halifax in 1980 (see first photo in set) and have been enamored with it ever since. Back light on pavement is my favourite light and works best when the pavement is wet.
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Thank you!

Semi-Crazy

Yeah, I'm semi-crazy, I gotta be half nuts
To keep running up and down the road in these semi trucks

Junior Brown "Semi-Crazy" (1996)

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Wonderful illusion in this one!

5th Avenue and East 36th Street, New York, 1983

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West 35th Street, Street, New York, 1983

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Ellershouse, Nova Scotia

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Cheers, Fred!

Thank you, Marian. Yes, a little nippy.

Windsor, Nova Scotia

All we need is music, sweet music
There'll be music everywhere
There'll be swinging, swaying, records playing
Dancing in the street

Martha and The Vandellas "Dancing in the Street" (1965)

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Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down

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Approach of Typhoon Flo, Nagoya, Japan, 1990

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Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan, 1987

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Thank you, Jason!

Nagashima Spa Land, Kuwana, Japan, 1991

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Thanks!

Kanayama Station, Nagoya, Japan, 1987

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Thanks for clarifying that. I’m getting old!

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I had to look up the meaning of idgaf, then I realized that you dislike the photo and would have rather I hadn’t posted it. Oh, well. I guess the past ain’t what it used to be.