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Recent Oddities that Appeared in my Viewfinder

I’m always on the lookout for quirky, whimsical scenes. Photographer Elliott Erwitt, who passed away last year at age 95, was a master of capturing ironic and absurd situations within everyday settings. He’s certainly been an influence on my photography. Here are some recent oddities that appeared in my viewfinder. In the words of American clergyman Douglas Horton, “Smile, it’s free…

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Yonge Street, Toronto, 1982 from the book: Toronto Flashback (1980-1986) https://goo.gl/Ryu1xN

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Bedford, Nova Scotia

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Windsor, Nova Scotia

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Eastern Avenue, Toronto; 1983      photo by Avard Woolaver

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Windsor, Nova Scotia, April 2018

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From my new photo book: “Found Fields” now for sale at Blurb Books. You can preview it there, and also buy it as a PDF.

https://www.blurb.ca/b/11840587-found-fields

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From my new photo book: “Found Fields” now for sale at Blurb Books. You can preview it there, and also buy it as a PDF.

https://www.blurb.ca/b/11840587-found-fields

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Belted Galloways, Mt. Denson, Nova Scotia

From my new photo book: “Found Fields” now for sale at Blurb Books. You can preview it there, and also buy it as a PDF.

https://www.blurb.ca/b/11840587-found-fields

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Nova fucking Scotia, Avard Woolaver

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ViewPoint Gallery Featured Member, February 2024

My “Featured Member” exhibit at ViewPoint Gallery is a selection of photos covering my photographic journey from the late 1970s to the present day. The exhibit runs from Feb.1 – March 3, 2024. I do social landscape photography and am interested in New Topographics—the human-altered landscape–recording how human behavior and activity has affected the world. I also look for whimsical scenes, as…

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Bedford, Nova Scotia

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Fossil Fuels, Stewiacke, Nova Scotia

From my new photo book: “Found Fields” now for sale at Blurb Books. You can preview it there, and also buy it as a PDF.

https://www.blurb.ca/b/11840587-found-fields

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And the forests will echo with laughter, Hantsport, Nova Scotia, 2011

From my new photo book: “Found Fields” now for sale at Blurb Books. You can preview it there, and also buy it as a PDF.

https://www.blurb.ca/b/11840587-found-fields

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Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia - photo by Avard Woolaver

From my new photo book: “Found Fields” now for sale at Blurb Books. You can preview it there, and also buy it as a PDF.

 https://www.blurb.ca/b/11840587-found-fields