Today, I am standing in a local Toronto shop called Soop Soop with a guy I just met. It is a beautiful store- bright, white, simple, minimalist, humorous almost in its decoration, light-hearted in its feel. He is a nice guy- easy and interesting to talk to. Engaging, with a pink North Korea hat. I just met him, and I listen to his conversation with the store clerk/ owner. I am flipping through a C-Heads Magazine. Issue #33, entitled Summer. Lovers and Strangers.
The magazine is beautiful. It is dedicated to summer, to the lovers and strangers we meet during the warm, sunshine months. I realize I am not photographing, hardly documenting.
Last summer, I met a man, I was reintroduced to California, I sat in backyards and drank too much beer. I was learning what it was to live, to love, to be part of an adventure.
Photographs are a great way of remembering, linking yourself to the past but also bringing people and experiences to your future. I need to return to this form of documentation.
Pictured in the above are: Amanda, Hilary, Aleen, Jennifer, Andrew, Phil, Shivam, Devonte, Taylor, Adam and myself.
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