A few days ago, I read that this winter has been the darkest Toronto has seen in 73 years. I suffer from seasonal affective disorder, so needless to say it’s not been a great winter, but I went on about that already in my previous post here, so I won’t repeat myself. I recently got film scans back from my usual photo lab, a roll of black and white Kosmo 100 that I had popped into my tiny Fuji Natura Classica in autumn. I only shoot black and white in autumn/winter and that camera is small enough that I can pop it into a bag or even in my pocket once in a while. Because I don’t shoot a lot of black and white, I would love to be able to say that I was challenging myself but the truth is it’s just a way to make sure I shoot something other than my Christmas tree between November and April. Here then is a series of black and white random photos of my Toronto neighbourhood through the darkest winter in 73 years.
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And now, back to trying to decide which cameras to take to France on Monday. Hopefully when we come back spring will have arrived in Toronto.
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Oh my gosh, Valerie – we’ll have to meet up sometime when I’m back home in Toronto! Love these photos!
That would be awesome!
And thank you!
These are so timeless. Big love.
And I hope that France is lots of fun and that Spring has sprung in Toronto!
Thank you.
Spring is slowly arriving in Toronto.
I am so ready for everything to burst back into life.
Wishing you a great trip to France and a speedy arrival of spring in Toronto!
Thank you Maïte!
B/W – yay! I need to shoot more of it. Love this set!
Thank you very much Chinwe.
I have another roll of black and white in my AE1 right now… it was my last roll of film in France and with no time to go hunting for film, I decided to pop it in… we’ll see…