CANADA
Two shots I got while biking up Elgin Street last night. Ottawa was pretty calm overall.
99 for 2009
Last year was pretty wicked and I’ve got some exciting projects coming down the pipe for 2010 too. Before those though, here are ninety-nine photos from two-thousand and nine, in chronological order.
If you still haven’t seen it and you’re still in the mood for some Christmas cheer, check my mini Santa video.
July Tour Recap
Recently, I went on a 20-day tour with a band I mention on here perhaps more often than I should. We left Ottawa on Canada Day (July 1, Yanks!) and left Winsdor back to Ottawa at 3:30am on July 20 morning. Even as a passenger, this was the most painful 8-hour drive ever.
Besides driving, there isn’t much to do on tour except watch bands and eat so here are some highlights.
Best eats of tour:
The Naam (Vancouver)
Pizza Luce (Minneapolis)
Mondragon (Winnipeg)
French Meadow Bakery & Café (Minneapolis)
Budgie’s Burritos (Vancouver)
Best bands of tour:
KENmode
Battlefields
Hewhocorrupts
KENmode (again)
Frontier
Portraits of Past
Crossing into the USA was nuts. Long story short, despite having visas and the necessary papers (uh, you know, uh, papers, business papers…), the whole ordeal took about 12 hours and a pair of two-hour searches to get six Canadians into the United States. Yikes.
We stopped in Grand Forks, ND for a bit and after spending some time in a cafe, I crossed a river by foot to East Grand Forks (Minesota!) to see The Hangover at a theatre with a snackbar that looked like a log cabin. Crossing the bridge, I’m pretty sure I witnessed a police boat searching for a dead body too. Thanks also to the girl with the green hair at the organic coop for hanging out and feeding us.
Here are a few photos. See more by clicking the banner at the bottom…
Camping near Swastika, Ontario.
Swastikas on top of The Royal Albert in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Driving in Saskatchewan.
Mike and Tweedy got thirsty. The only swimming of tour.
We thought this house was vacant so we parked in its backyard.
We were wrong.
Kamloops was awesome (no it wasn’t…but this dude was)
F(r)actions of Buried Inside enjoy Beyoncé
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Man on Wire + The Bridge
Been catching up on a few movies lately. First, The Bridge, which came out a few years ago. I didn’t really think it was super awesome but still I found it to be pretty challenging and brave. Next up was Man on Wire. Someone told me a few months ago that while the trailer was good, the movie didn’t add much to it. Wrong wrong wrong. Man on Wire was really well edited and everything from the expressionistic re-enactments to the talking head interviews were executed in a way that made you feel like you might as well have been watching The Usual Suspects.
What impressed me most though was the archival still photography. I was initially impressed by the photo used on the movie’s poster but being able to see a collection of similar photos throughout the movie is awesome. Here are a few examples.
look closely and you can see Philippe Petit as a black speck floating
can you see him now?
On that note, if yr in Toronto this month, check out Contact and Hot Docs festivals. Tonnes of stuff happening.
U.S. Election
On November 4, 2008, residents of Ottawa, Canada celebrated Barack Obama’s victory in the United States presidential election at the East Africa Restaurant. Here are some photos from that.
Animation Festival sneak peak
After interning at the Ottawa International Animation Festival a few years ago, they asked me this year to cover a bunch of the events that have been going on since Wednesday. I’m sick sick sick now but it has been a good week and I’ve met a lot of interesting people. Tomorrow’s awards gala at the Museum of Civilization should be pretty amazing. The winning films will also be shown at Ottawa’s Bytowne Cinema at 8pm.
Here are three photos from the last few days.
Seth Green (Robot Chicken)
Animation party people.
Richard Williams (Who Framed Roger Rabbit)
Seriously, the screenings at the Bytowne and at the Museum of Civilization tomorrow will be awesome.
EXHIBIT: Active Absence
From September 18 until October 31, my photos will be hanging on some walls in Sandy Hill.
It would be very nice if you were able to come to the vernissage this Thursday from 5 – 9 pm.
This will be taking place at Bodé Spa (17 Marlborough, Suite 100 – near Strathcona Park)
To see more details and RSVP, here’s a link to the Facebook event
http://www.facebook.com/p.php?
In related news, Festival X, the Ottawa Photography Festival is also kicking off this Thursday. Visit FestivalX.ca for more info. Between this, covering the Animation Festival and planning the exhibit of photos taken by Kenyan kids, things are really really busy these days!
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