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Mono, Mono. Take The Mono, Mono…
Jeff Chapman may have passed away in 2005, but Pete Forde is keeping his legacy of urban infiltration alive. Inspired by a Torontoist article on the deserted Canadian Domain Ride at the Toronto Zoo, Forde and two friends who wish to remain anonymous trekked from one end of the line to the other. An amateur photographer, Forde has decided to document the ongoing journey for a project he’s titled 40 Days on the Monorail. Every weekday, he uploads a new picture portraying the rail line in a different way. The pictures are stunning: Forde captures the sense of dereliction through a combination of Polaroids, digital and analog shots, and an awesome video. He wants to showcase an aspect of the city that isn’t—and shouldn’t be—accessible to everyone, sharing the wonder he feels without promoting it as an alt-tourist destination.
But it doesn’t stop at the end of the forty days. Forde intends to keep this going as much as possible, publishing books on demand from Blurb.com, selling prints off the recently launched website, and throwing a massive party when it’s all over. He says it is the most ambitious thing he has even done on a whim and is eager to show people something beautiful.
Keep up with the remaining fourteen days of 40 Days on the Monorail on Flickr, Facebook, LiveJournal, and Twitter. You can also check out two Torontoist-exclusive photos in the gallery above.
All photos by Pete Forde.