Shorelines

Canada Day seems just the right day to introduce ‘Shorelines,’ a new portfolio of photographs, the photographic product of a recent visit to Vancouver and Vancouver Island.

The real reason for our trip wasn’t to make photographs, mind you, but to see old friends, people we hadn’t seen since long before Covid hit, not we didn’t want to visit but because we were in South Africa, continents and many miles away, and working for a living.

Now that I am retired, and we are back in Canada, and travel has again become possible - possible, though not exactly easy, as you will know if you have been at Toronto’s Pearson Airport recently! - a visit out to British Columbia became imperative. Nora (96) was a particular motivation, while Barb’s generosity and kindness and offer of a place to stay in Victoria were added reasons not to delay.

We were in BC for about ten days in total, but only a few of those days yielded photographs worth sharing - the rest of the time was dedicated to friends and sightseeing.

The first shots in the series are from a long walk I did, along the sea wall in Stanley Park, all the way round from English Bay to the Totem Poles; there are shots taken from the BC ferries as we sailed back and forth through the Gulf Islands between Vancouver and Victoria; there is a series from a day drive up the coast of Vancouver Island, through Sooke and beyond; and a series taken on a walk that Barb led us on, through beautiful forests to the fjord-like jewel of Tod Inlet.

I took many more photos of course - of Nora, and Barb, and Rob, my wife; even some holiday snaps, for the record. But these are the images that I thought were particularly worth making, that I took some time and care in framing and processing, and that I hope you will enjoy and share.

Happy Canada Day!