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Portrait Project: At Your Beck and Call

By Sarah Lazarovic

Sarah Lazarovic—curator of the garage-based Montrose Portrait Gallery of Canada—is painting a portrait of a Torontonian every day. Each Monday, we’ll feature one of those portraits here.
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Half the time we don’t even see the cabbie’s face. It’s dark, we’re tired, he’s on the phone, and we want to get home. But every once in a while, you have a good chat, and the driver actually rotates his neck a few degrees so you can meet the person who has couriered your person.

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  • _V

    I’m sure we’ve all had our share of crappy cab experiences, — but to be honest, do you not find more often than not that Toronto cabbies are pretty great? Friendly, funny, quirky. I hope I’m not alone in that. I’ve had some of the most hilarious random convos with cabbies — especially really late at night or early in the morning.

  • sarahL

    yup, i’ve had generally great cabbies. once, i told a cabbie my name and he proceeded to freestyle a song with my name in it for the duration of the ride. sounds creepy, but was mostly hilarious.

  • spacejack

    Hey, this is probably my favourite of your portraits so far. Good dimensionality on the head! It’s got the essence of a real person, even if you only got a glimpse his face over his shoulder.