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Toronto Days

Photographs by Avard Woolaver

by Avard Woolaver

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About the Book
Documentary and street photographs taken in Toronto, spanning the years 1980 -1995. "Toronto Days" is a follow up to Woolaver's first two books:"No Money Down - Toronto (1980-1986)" and "Toronto Flashback (1980-1986)".

Woolaver grew up in rural Nova Scotia and moved to Toronto in 1980 to study photography at Ryerson. He did a lot of street photography in those years, capturing street scenes with fresh eyes. Derek Flack writes in blogTO, "Woolaver's work is so fascinating--a record of Toronto with a soul."

From the introduction: "I spent several years in the '80s and '90s doing street photography in Toronto. The negatives lay dormant until 2016, when my journey of rediscovery began."
Author website
http://www.avardwoolaver.com
Features & Details
  • Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
  • Project Option: Standard Landscape, 10×8 in, 25×20 cm
    # of Pages: 60
  • Isbn
    • Hardcover, ImageWrap: 9781388830212
  • Publish Date: Feb 26, 2018
  • Language English
  • Keywords Toronto, photography, 1980s
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About the Creator
Avard
Avard Woolaver
Nova Scotia, Canada

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, and elements of surrealism found in everyday life. My work is firmly planted in the documentary tradition, getting photos through observation rather than through set-up and image manipulation. In my younger days, I studied photography at Ryerson (now TMU) in Toronto and did freelance jobs, and street photography. My rural upbringing allowed me to see the city with fresh eyes. Blurb books: "Toronto Flashback (1980-1986)," "No Money Down – Toronto (1980-1986)", "Toronto Days", "Toronto In Colour: the 1980s", and "Toronto in the 1980s" which was released in April, 2025. Also: "Wish You Were Here" (2018), "Colourville" (2019), "Found Fields" (2023), and "Colour Dreams" (2025). The City of Toronto Archives has a collection of 1150 of my photos (digital images).

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