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Nagoya, Japan, 1987
Well, the first days are the hardest days, don't you worry anymore...

1. Kanayama Station
2. Platform at Kanayama Station
3. Street maintenance
4. Tamanoi-cho
5. Teaching English at Berlitz
6. Performers in Central Park
7. Game Centre in Sakae
8. Train Platform
9. Takakura-cho
10. In my backyard in Takakura-cho by @avardwoolaver

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8 months ago

Up on the Roof

I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space

The Drifters "Up On The Roof" (1964)

In my younger days, I used to climb fire escapes and get access to rooftops to get a different vantage point. Strictly speaking some of these photos are not taken on the roof, but you get the idea. All photos were taken in Toronto.

1. From rooftop at Yonge and Elm
2. Rooftop of Sam the Record Man
3. From fire escape in Dundas Square
4. From 3rd floor, Queen and Portland
5. Frm rooftop of Sam the Record Man
6. Ontario Place
7. Fire Escape at Parliament St.
8. From rooftop at Yonge and Elm
9. Strathmore Boulevard
10. View from CN Tower, 1982 by @avardwoolaver

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7 months ago

The Language of Signs

1. Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia
2. Scotch Village, Nova Scotia
3. St. Catherine St., Montreal
4. Yonge and Dundas, Toronto
5. New Minas, Nova Scotia
6. Bayers Lake, Nova Scotia
7. New Minas, Nova Scotia
8. Briar Island, Nova Scotia
9. Brooklyn, Nova Scotia
10. Label on antique fruit crate*

*Mount San Antonio (also called Mount Baldy) is the highest peak in Southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains. by @avardwoolaver

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7 months ago

Montreal, 1984
Some hippie dude looking for a sofa to crash on. Photo by mon ami Stephane Desjardins. by @avardwoolaver

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2 days ago

Watching the Detectives

1. Toronto, 1981
2. Paris, 1993
3. Shanghai, 1993
4. New York 1983
5. Shanghai, 1993
6. Osaka, 2020
7. Shanghai, 1993
8. Toronto, 1997
9. Shanghai, 1993
10. Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, 2024
@moments_by_monique at work! by @avardwoolaver

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5 days ago

Two of my diptych images on display at @viewpointgalleryhfx this month as part of the B&W Group Show.

1. Eye Road
2. These Eyes taken in ViewPoint Gallery by @avardwoolaver

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8 days ago

✨1982/July 12, 2026 – Looking east across Yonge St, between Dundas Sq and Shuter St, in the Downtown Yonge area of Toronto.

✨A few of the establishments in the archive photo (taken by @avardwoolaver), from right to left, include Pastificio Restaurant, Saxon Restaurant & Tavern and a portion of Chapman Bros Ltd jewellers.

Archive Photo Credit: City of Toronto Archives, Fonds 620, Item 64 - Avard Woolaver photographer

#torontojourney416 #downtownyonge #yongestreet #yonge #torontostreets taken in Yonge & Shuter by @avardwoolaver

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12 days ago

@avardwoolaver has been kind enough to let us use his photo of Bloor and Dufferin in the 1980's as our album cover. His photos of old Toronto are a treasure trove and we were grateful to choose one. They are now part of the TPL archive.

Track: "Wasted Nights" from "So What, What?", out November 6.

Pre-order in bio. by @avardwoolaver

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17 days ago

Liege, Belgium, 2020

I spent a week in Belgium in 2020, just before the pandemic. It is the land of Rene Magritte and his surrealist influence seems to be everywhere. I've always enjoyed his paintings--playful and witty, always teetering on the brink of absurdity. He challenges our preconceived ideas of reality, and I'm totally down with that.

I was fortunate enough to visit the Magritte Museum in Brussels, and it was a joy to see his work up close. And just so you know, this is not a table.

1. River Meuse
2. Moon shot
3. Outremeuse
4. Rue Roture
5. Inner Light
6. Mirage
7. Liège-Guillemins railway station
8. Lonely teardrop
9. Off ramp
10. "Le Pot au Lait" surrealist bar by @avardwoolaver

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17 days ago

Good day, eh! The Great White North is a beauty way to go.🍁

Some random photos of Toronto in the 1980s by @avardwoolaver

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Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2026

I grew up in the country, but lived the city for many years (twenty years in Toronto, and six years in Nagoya, Japan.) I grew accustomed to the urban environment and it felt like home. Now, after having lived in the country again for over twenty years, the city is starting to feel like a novel place once more. When I pick up a camera I am immediately drawn to all of the lines and shapes and geometric forms that I don't see when I look out my windows at home. Also, there is a sense of anonymity in the city and a sense of freedom that relaxes me--no one cares that I'm taking photos. by @avardwoolaver

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a month ago

Late Summer by @avardwoolaver

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a month ago