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The Daily Photoist: On The Buses
We’re experimenting with a new daily photo posting. Each weekday morning, we’ll pick a recent image from the Torontoist Flickr Pool and feature it here on the site. It’s our way to give the many excellent photographers in our pool the attention they deserve!
Most photographers try and light their subjects well — but here it’s the shadows that draw us in. The silhouetted family in this transit scene is an almost flattened, abstract shape. The way the light falls on the figures, highlighting just the tiny details, is what makes this image so great.
We’ve got three boys wrapped up in a story, a father and his sleeping son equally entertained, and the whole tableau framed by two disinterested commuters on the extreme left and right. Note the kid in the exact centre wearing the only red — the only bright colour — in the photo and how the action circles back round to him and the story he’s telling. Indeed, his profile is the only fully-visible face in a the shadowy group.
Today’s photographer, Dzgnboy (Mondo Lulu), has an amazing eye for composition. It’s evident in a quick look at his other work on Flickr. He’s always in the midst of a new photo project and always posting something new. (If he snaps you on your cell phone, it might be for his Women Going Mobile series. If he follows you into a public bathroom, do not fear — it’s likely for his ongoing CONTACT 202 set.) A regular figure in the Toronto photo scene — there’s hardly a meetup without his engaging presence. We’re glad that he regularly contributes to our Flickr group.