architecture
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Nature of Things.
The L.A. government has put a budget in place to assist and encourage its citizens to get rid of their water hungry lawns and replace them with drought tolerant California native plant gardens. Beautifully designed landscaping is no longer just for the wealthy with the average rebate running around $6,000. This has given the landscaping…
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Viola Gardens.
I had the pleasure of shooting this stellar, permaculture, drought-tolerant, landscape design by Viola Gardens at a Malibu Beach residence today. Viola introduced me to the design philosophy that is permaculture and I’m hooked. The most poetic permaculture lesson I learned was to keep a focus on the edges of things, as it is often in…
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Hard Candy Fitness Hits Toronto.
It’s not very often I get the opportunity to do interior shots so when Madonna’s new gym on Yonge Street, Hard Candy, called me up and requested my services I eagerly agreed. This place is a playground for big kids and somewhere to get seriously ripped. The trainers are smoking hot and the massive images…
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Location Hunting in P.E.C.
Wanted: One Muse.
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A Recent Trip to Versailles.
I had the great opportunity to travel to Versailles on contract this past May. The palace is the best proof I have seen of that great sin, Gluttony. King Louis XIV had 10,000 workers on staff just to keep the palace running for the luxury of himself, his ‘favourites,’ and his close family. It…
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Sept. 2012: City Views
Toronto, ON
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