Street Photography by Denis Bouvier

A New Face for an Old Icon

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Facelifts typically don’t restore our former glory, especially after 60 years of hard living, and this is the case for the iconic Dal Grauer Substation. [Read more…]

Calm

Street Photography by Denis Bouvier

Photographed from the third floor of the Shangri-La Hotel, we are looking down upon the opening ceremony of the Vancouver Art Gallery Offsite’s latest exhibition, “Calm.” Situated to the left of the attendees, we see what appears to be a common enough site in Vancouver – a pile of rubble at a construction site before [...] [Read more…]

A Spirited Past

Street Photography by Denis Bouvier

Looking forlorn and derelict, a sign in a window of this abandoned building at Richmond Ave. [Read more…]

A Hidden Symbol?

Street Photography by Denis Bouvier

Off the main path along the waterfront of the Olympic Village, barely visible amidst the new spring growth, is “Canada’s North Star. [Read more…]

Happy Birthday Pauline Johnson!

Street Photography by Denis Bouvier

A party simultaneously solemn, respectful, spiritual, and whimsical – with singing, chanting, dancing, poetry readings, weathergrams from well-wishers, tobacco ritual and food sharing – what more could Pauline want on her birthday! [Read more…]

Facing Arizona’s Past

Street Photography by Denis Bouvier

Traveling through Arizona is nothing less than astounding. [Read more…]

Midnight in Paris

Street Photography by Denis Bouvier

Midnight in Paris was the last screening at The Ridge Theatre on Arbutus St., February 3, 2013. [Read more…]

Asphalt Renaissance

Photo by Denis Bouvier

The sidewalk is Nikola Vujasinovic’s 2 ½ m² canvas. In white and pastel chalks, he is recreating the face of Botticelli’s Birth of Venus outside the Robson Street entrance of the former Sear’s building. [Read more…]

Trompe-l’oeil

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This photo of The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver depicts the Georgia St. entrance. If you look in the centre of the photo you’ll notice a lighter colour, and it appears that perhaps the building surface has been sandblasted. [Read more…]

Eyes on the Future

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We have a tendency to become reflective at the beginning of a new year and the juxtaposition of these images readily lends itself to reflection. [Read more…]