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Rickshaw, Vancouver. When photographing that city I was drawn to the less affluent areas just like Depardon was when he photographed Glasgow. The glass towers, yachts and chocolate box landscapes that define modern Vancouver were pretty but boring.
When a hotel feels the need to advertise itself as clean, quiet and secure you can be pretty certain it is none of those things.
The Country Music Pub on West Hastings, described to me as an epic dive bar and they weren’t wrong.
One thing you can’t beat about this part of Vancouver is the back alleys which all look like film sets from a 1970s crime drama.
Gum Wing, Vancouver. I had been looking for the Vancouver of Herzog but found only ghosts.
Save on meats. Indeed.
I never knew there was such a thing as an Ovaltine Cafe.
You won’t believe what’s in store...
I thought this looked quite poignant and reflective of the mood of the area.
Student housing...
Gassy Jack Cigars.
It wasn’t supposed to snow in Vancouver
Ghost sign and stranger, early morning on New Year’s Day in Vancouver.
King Rooms, Lion Hotel. Vancouver.
Local handmade goth steampunk corsets. Vancouver.
One year 72 days, First Nations protestor occupying unceded territory in the snow, outside Hastings Urban Farm, Vancouver.
Downtown Eastside Vancouver, the poorest district in Canada. It felt like a great shipwreck of humanity.
Poster of a dictator a snip at only $8.99, Chinatown, Vancouver.
There are bus stops and then there are bus stops in Downtown Eastside Vancouver. Not all bus stops are born equal.
Payday loans, cheques cashed, Vancouver. It is the same all over the world, vultures feeding on the bad fortunes of the poor.
