Spring Lightning
A bolt of lightning illuminates the sky at sunset to the west of Vancouver, Canada on April 21, 2022. Lightning is a rare occurrence for us here in Vancouver and when it does appear the city, for a moment, takes a break from the hustle and bustle and is entranced by Mother Nature’s artistic fury.…
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Urban Angles
Like any rapidly growing city, the running joke here in Vancouver, Canada, is “It will be a nice city … once it’s finished.’ Until the spring of 1986, Vancouver was a sleepy, somewhat shy and perpetually overlooked resource-focused city located on a gorgeous spot of Canada’s west coast. Initially settled by Canada’s first settlers, the…
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On Ambient Photography
In 1917 the composer Eric Satie created a tectonic shift in how people listened to music. Rather than taking the in-your-face approach of the previous musical masters and creating a piece that demanded your full attention, Satie designed lyrical themes that would occupy the background of a person’s soundscape. A work that would lend a…
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