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Views from Above
By: Colin Edwards
“You see that crane behind you?” Simons said. “I climbed that last week.”
When Jordan Simons isn’t in his high school classroom he’s likely on top of a building or crane in Toronto. “I started climbing schools and exploring abandoned places in my neighbourhood when I was in grade 6,” Simons says.
The Collab Project
By: Sanjeev Wignarajah
Josh Mankz, 23, a Toronto-based photographer, remembers collaborating with Samantha Kim Dean, a model and photographer. Mankz and Dean were on a parking garage near Church Street and The Esplanade on the sixth-floor roof waiting for an hour for the sun to set.
Courtesy: Jordan Simons/@sxifty
Making Connections through Social Media
By: Jonathan Yue
Photographer Justin Boruta sees this on an everyday basis. Seeing people in Toronto with big DSLRs in their hands, he believes that’s where a problem lies. Becoming a well-known photographer in Toronto is not as easy as it looks.
By: Nathan Vaz
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On Toronto’s busy Queen Street East, a small store with a bright yellow banner stands out among the high-rise buildings. Hundreds of people pass by it every day – those who choose to open its doors, do so with a certain gleam in their eyes. The store itself looks like it has been there for a while, but more importantly it looks like it belongs.
Photo by: Sanjeev Wignarajah/ @sanjay28w
By: Sanjeev Wignarahjah
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​It wasn’t long ago that professional photographer Supendra Chandrakumar, 23, was learning to take pictures.
UForChange: Mentoring the Future
DSLR vs. MOBILE
By: Jonathan Yue
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John Tran just shoots photos for fun. He doesn’t own a big fancy camera, or a computer. All of his photos are taken on his iPhone 6 Plus and he has a large following by the Toronto photography community for those photos.
Home Away from Home
By: Nathan Vaz
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Nine thousand and sixty-two kilometres.
That is the distance that Sami El-Sibaey travelled when he immigrated to Toronto from Aleppo, Syria in 2002.
At the age of 17, El-Sibaey selected a school in Toronto over a school in the U.S. to pursue his education.
Scanning the City at Night
By: Colin Edwards
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Victor Biro is what many people call a “nightcrawler,” but that nickname doesn’t represent what he does at all. “I hate the term nightcrawler,” Biro says. Call him a photojournalist, instead.
Taking a Shot at Photograph
By: Colin Edwards
Two years ago, Ori Raynai was sitting in a college classroom scrolling through Instagram. Raynai noticed a picture taken from the top of a building his friend works at, so he decided to check it out himself.
Through the Tourist Lens
By: Jonathan Yue
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The Kamthunzi family - Chad, Sabrina, Sara, and Sam - travelled from the Netherlands for their first visit to Toronto.
The Kamthunzi family are able to see Toronto is a different perspective.
Behind the Lens
By: Nathan Vaz
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When 21-year-old photographer Luke Galati was first granted access to photograph Toronto FC as a professional, he didn’t know what to expect.
“I was like a kid in a candy store with my camera,” Galati said. “Everything was new to me. Everything was interesting. Everything was a picture.”
The Art of Photo Editing
By: Sanjeev Wignarajah
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Half-man, half-tiger. It can’t be real or could it?
It was near the end of October when photographer Tudor Stanescu, 26, and a model went to Evergreen Brickworks for a portrait session. However, they got there too late and it was dark.
