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Gore Park from the East
I do reflect on my town a lot. Sometimes I fear that you get sick of it but what can I do? It’s not like I’m going to shut up about my city anytime soon. I like to show off “The Hammer”. It gets a bad rap from outsiders and citizens alike.
I once had a small exhibition in which some guy in his twenties was absolutely shocked about the picture I made of Hamilton’s Gore Park fountain. He was a lifelong citizen but he never saw the beauty that the city of Hamilton actually has to offer, especially in the downtown core where this fountain is. This is the inner city where people expect nothing but loss and degradation but there are substantial efforts by citizens and City Council to improve all of the downtown areas, starting with the core.
If I were a tour guide , I think I would make it a point to show off Hamilton’s core, as some already do. I’m pretty sure that the core is my favourite part of this city, other than my own home. There are times when this town can really dazzle you.
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I love what you do and hope you keep at it. We hear so many bad things on the news from that area, it will be nice to see another side to it!
Thank you, and all that bad stuff is really overblown. It really is. That’s one of the reasons why I do the Hammer Home street photography project.
I want to do stuff like you do in our area.
Go for it!
I missed an opportunity but now keep my camera with me at all times! Maybe I will get lucky.
So much beauty right in your own back yard if only you the the time to look for it. Looking forward to this series ❤️
With new challenges, and new plans it’s actually getting harder to devote the time but I’m definitely still in the effort to tell the story of this city for the long haul.
I love the balance of light and fog in this image.
I absolutely love how fog can bring out such low light aesthetics in a city. I really love it.
I like it as well but feel that it can be hard to catch in a photograph. I would say this is something you do very well.
Thank you!
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Nice photo Allan! As a kid I played in a hockey tournament in Hamilton…years ago..Ha!
Really? When?
Early 70s.. team out of Bay City, MI
I think the best we can do as photographers are photographing what we love, like you do with your city. Particularly since you present a different aspect than the usual news does.
Thank you. I so hope so.
Wonderful image Allen!
Thank you Keith.
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Great mood 🙂
Thank you, Joshi.
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Keep them coming!
well I hope they can revitalize fully and such a niced shot, I call it “3 a.m.”
I like it, although all of the shots to make the composition were taken at 5:54 am.
wow (and very cool)
Appreciating one’s own backyard can be difficult sometimes. The good, the bad, the ugly – it’s all part of the makeup of a place.
Yes, and as a photographer I find to shoot my most familiar surroundings purely as landscapes. There are too many social and political factors that impact the job at hand. I’m compelled to shoot my city this way.