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Occupied and preoccupied

24 Monday Oct 2011

Posted by Ricky Leong in photography, photowalking, politics, urban

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alberta, calgary, canada, Occupy, OccupyCalgary, photowalk, random, urban

The Occupy Calgary tents at Olympic Plaza remain up as of today.

They are the 99%

Temporary housing

Garnering at-tent-ion

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Falling for beauty

23 Sunday Oct 2011

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An awesome view of Calgary’s downtown core, seen from the zoo side of the 12 St. bridge.

Falling for beauty

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From street to meadow

22 Monday Aug 2011

Posted by Ricky Leong in fun, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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New York, NYC, photowalk, random, urban

A surprising find in Lower Manhattan. Grass growing freely is not what you’d expect here!

From street to meadow

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Street math

25 Tuesday May 2010

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alberta, calgary, canada, graffiti, photowalk, random, urban

A bit of random sidewalk multiplication:
It just doesn't add up

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Burning the midnight oil with sparks

19 Monday Apr 2010

Posted by Ricky Leong in fun, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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alberta, calgary, canada, construction, night, photowalk, random, sparks, urban

Let’s just say … I’m not accustomed to seeing construction sites busy at 10 p.m. on a Sunday.
Burning the midnight oil with sparks
These guys were working on 3 St. between the old Holt Renfrew building and Eaton Centre.

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Old school photography

22 Monday Mar 2010

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berkeley, california, photowalk, random, U.S.A., urban

Here’s a passerby who stopped to take a look at Jeremy Brooks‘ antique Rolleicord camera. Jeremy, Mik and I were in Berkeley Sunday for a little photowalk.
Show and tell

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It’s a dry kinda cold … Yeah, right

16 Tuesday Feb 2010

Posted by Ricky Leong in photowalking, random, video

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alberta, calgary, canada, fog, frost, photowalk, random, urban, weather, winter

Shot a couple of weekends ago at Prince’s Island Park:
Shrouded city

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Bow rising

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, photography, photowalking, random, urban

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alberta, bow, building, calgary, canada, construction, night, photowalk, random, urban

The Bow building, still under construction in downtown Calgary, is slowly rising to become the tallest skyscraper in western Canada.

18, 19, 20 and more

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Life imitates art

09 Wednesday Dec 2009

Posted by Ricky Leong in montreal, photography, photowalking, random, sports, urban

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Seen at Place Victoria in Montreal this weekend:
Life imitates art

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Evil cul-de-sac

10 Sunday May 2009

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Evil cul-de-sac

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Journalist by trade, photographer for fun. I help make multi-platform content at Postmedia in Calgary. Opinions expressed here are my own.

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