John's Ghost Town

Moving

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I'm transferring this blog to johnpackman.blogspot.com.

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Benson Auto Parts, Cornwall, Ontario. My friend Katie came to visit me in Toronto while on vacation from Inuvik. I drove her to Cornwall and we drove around there.

Bethany

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A shot of my friend Bethany.

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A couple on Lake Shore Boulevard.

Roll 3

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Roll 2

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Roll 1

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These pictures are from film my mom never used when she took a photography class in the nineties. She found two rolls of black and white and one colour roll and I stuck them in an old Nikon point and shoot. These were shot in January and I got the pictures back today. I've haven't used film since I was a kid and I'm pretty pleased with the results.

Mother's day

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I took these pictures on mother's day at my Aunt Ruth's farm near Wellesley, Ontario.

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Street portrait, Lisbon, November 2009.

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King Street, Toronto.

Ride along

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Over the last two days I've been on a ride along with Canadian Press photographer Nathan Denette. These are the best shots. Above is Raptors GM Bryan Colangelo at press conference trying to explain why the Raptors didn't make the playoffs.

It was 4/20 so we went to the pot protest at Dundas Square. The guy being tackled pulled a gun, got kicked in the head by the guy on the left and was then arrested. I missed the kick shot.

To finish the day, we went to the baseball game against Kansas City.

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Street portrait, Berlin, October 2009.

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Berlin, October 2009.

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Berlin, October 2009.

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Street portrait, Große Freiheit, Hamburg, October 2009.

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Berlin, October 2009.

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An old restaurant on Highway 7.

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A defunct gas station outside Kaladar, Ontario.

Pat!

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My friend Pat on College Street, Toronto.

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Ghent, October 2009.

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Brussels, October 2009.

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Puerta del Sol, Madrid, November 2009.

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Nice, November 2009.

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My Grandma Jean at Easter, Kitchener.

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King's Noodle House, Chinatown, Toronto.

Tom

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My friend Tom came down from Montreal for the long weekend.

Cousins

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These are some shots of my Easter visit to my mom's side of the family near Kitchener. We had it at my aunt Joy's house, which is in a suburb that's still being built. The neighbourhood looks different every time we go but there's always a huge pile of sand to play on.

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Late bus, Toronto.

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Church elder James Eliopoulos rearranges candles lit by worshippers at the Good Friday mass at Metamorphosis Greek Orthodox Church, April 2. This was a cool assignment for Toronto Community News. I've only attended Presbyterian church and one Catholic mass and it's always interesting to see other religious ceremonies.

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Lagos, November 2009.

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Seville, November 2009.

Photo group

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Here are Nicole and Issa, two of three high school students in my photo class. I'm teaching a four-week mentoring/after-school program for Pathways in Lawrence Heights.

We went out to the field behind Bathurst Heights School.

They've done some good work. You can see their finished project at pathwaysphoto.blogspot.com.

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Barcelona, November 2009.

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Ain, France, November 2009.

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Marseilles, November 2009.

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Virieu-le-Grand, November 2009.

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Belley, November 2009.

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Late bus, Toronto.

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Courseulles-Sur-Mer, Juno Beach, November 2009.

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Virieu-le-Grand, November 2009.

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Koreatown, Toronto.

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Marseilles, November 2009.

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Lyon, November 2009. I recently read Mary Ellen Mark's Twins. It's pretty awesome.

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Paris Metro, November 2009.

Family portrait

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Lyon, November 2009.

Street portrait 10

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Paris, November 2009.

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Paris, November 2009.

Street portrait 9

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Bayeux, November 2009.

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Paris, November 2009.

Street portrait 8

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Paris, November 2009.

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Paris, November 2009.

Street portrait 7

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Paris, November 2009.

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Paris, November 2009.

Street portrait 6

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Antwerp, November 2009.

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Some pictures of my visit the country for a family get together a few weeks ago. My mom's family lives in the Kitchener/Waterloo area and it's nice to get out of the city and see rural Ontario once and a while.

My cousin James (above) and my cousin Cameron with James (below).

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Paris, November 2009.

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Brussels, October 2009.

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Lawrence Heights, Toronto. I'll be working on a photography mentoring project in the area for the next few weeks. We'll see how my role as volunteer educator goes. It should be fun.

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Bergen, October 2009.

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Ghent, November 2009.

Street portrait 5

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Ghent, October 2009.

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Amsterdam, October 2009.

Lit schedules

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Ghent, October 2009.

Street portrait 4

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Bruges, October 2009.

Flower seller

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Berlin, October 2009.

Yellow Mercedes

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Berlin, October 2009.

White-gloved mailman

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Stockholm, October 2009.

Reclining

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Berlin, October 2009.

Smoke break

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Oslo, October 2009.

Street portrait 3

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Stockholm, October 2009.

Pier painter

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Hamburg, October 2009.

Street portrait 2

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Copenhagen, October 2009.

Park bench

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Berlin, October 2009.

A skinhead and his dog

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Hamburg, October 2009.

Berlin grid

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Berlin, September 2009.

Reeperbahn Portrait

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Hamburg, October 2009.

Saturday night

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Shot in Berlin, October 2009.

Passing subway

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Shot in Berlin, October 2009.

Bus stop women

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Shot in Ypres, Belgium, November 2009.

Stand out

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Shot in Berlin, October 2009.

S-Bahn #1

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Shot on the S-Bahn, Berlin, October, 2009.

Portrait sitting

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Shot in Berlin, September 2009.

U-Bahn performer

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Shot in the Berlin subway, October 2009.

Bike Stand

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Shot in Berlin, September 2009.

Berlin window washer

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Shot at Berlin's main train station, October 2009.
I'm back in Canada and have a lot of photos to publish.

Born 1907

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Shot in Athens.
I've been working on a portrait project as I've been traveling around Europe. I try to shoot at least 5 portraits of strangers per day. This is a recent one. I'll be able to post more when I get back to Canada on January 20th.

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I'm in Europe for the next four months and won't be able to update until I find a computer with Photoshop. Sorry.

Beck taxis

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Shot on Bloor Street, Toronto.

Blue washer

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Shot on Victoria Street, Toronto.

Barefoot outside the Eaton Centre

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Shot in Toronto.

Outside the fish and chip shop

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Shot on Harbord Street, Toronto.

Subway sitting

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Shot on the Toronto subway.

Talking in the park

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Shot in Parc Jeanne Mance, Montreal.

Condos on the pond

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Shot in High Park, Toronto.

Biodome pictures

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Shot in the Montreal Biodome.

Siding cleaning

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Shot on Church Street, Toronto.

Bowtie

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Shot at U of T, Toronto.

Fuzzy caterpillar

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Shot at my cottage.

Swing look

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Shot in Toronto.

Teepee building

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Shot outside Perth, Ontario.