Don Richardson
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The Wishing Tree
October 24 2016 Street Photography by Denis BouvierAs the name implies, this is a tree associated with wishes. This one is located on the south edge of a park at Jervis St. in the West End between Burnaby St. and the alley which eventually becomes …

Ovoidism
October 11 2016 Street Photography by Denis BouvierCommissioned by the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG), Ovoidism is a 2016 work located at the former site of Vancouver’s old bus depot, west of the Canadian Forces Beatty Street Drill Hall and east of …

A neighbourhood memorial
September 26 2016 Street Photography by Denis BouvierAlthough the West End’s Sex Workers Memorial has broad implications, the Sept. 16, 2016 unveiling was still a prideful neighbourhood event. It was inspiring to listen to stories of people’s …

Steam Engine 3716
September 12 2016 selectedThis 104-year-old steam engine pulls a vintage train along the remaining 10 km (6 miles) of the famed Kettle Valley Railway (KVR). It’s a 90-minute tourist ride and well worth it. Skirting through …

Rainbows abound at Bute and Davie
August 29 2016 Street Photography by Denis BouvierThis is the beautiful Pride sign, in rainbow colours at Bute & Davie in Vancouver’s West End. It stood in the new Jim Deva Plaza during Pride weekend. The sign was an initiative of Young Ideas,…

Steam rolling prints
July 11 2016 Street Photography by Denis BouvierWhat we are seeing is collaborative public art in action to produce a 4’ by 8’ woodcut print using a genuine steamroller, ordinarily employed in paving streets, as a press. This event, BIG PRINT …

Paddling to the future
June 27 2016 Street Photography by Denis BouvierIn this incredibly beautiful setting on Cowichan Bay, B.C. on Vancouver Island, we see three canoes paddling in the bay on June 15. They are filled with 2016 Aboriginal graduates from several …

A Perfect Storm
June 13 2016 Street Photography by Denis BouvierFive years ago on June 15, 2011, this massive crowd on Georgia St. near Hamilton St. was the main proponent in what would become a perfect storm creating the devastating riot after the Stanley Cup …

Sweet Leilani
May 30 2016 Street Photography by Denis BouvierThis is a strange name for the 86-metre-long boring machine we see depicted on this cake. Ten years ago on June 10, 2006, this cake was part of the celebration to christen this machine that would …

Expo 86 – the bubble that never burst!
May 2 2016 selectedThis remarkable photo was taken just outside Olympic Village, on southeast False Creek. The bubble was generated by the man standing on the wharf to the left. Through it we can see the iconic Telus…