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Firmly in winter’s grip

04 Tuesday Feb 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in Canada, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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canada, montreal, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, snow, Travel, urban, Westmount, winter

Westmount enneigé

This scene is seemingly typical of so many places in North America right now. As it happens the photo was shot in Westmount, one of the municipalities on the Island of Montreal.

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Happy Year of the Horse!

31 Friday Jan 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in montreal, photography, photowalking, Travel, urban

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canada, Chinese New Year, CNY, montreal, photography, photowalk, quebec, Travel, urban

Le rouge porte bonheur

To all those celebrating the lunar new year, I wish you a happy and healthy Year of the Horse!

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Chinatown gate

18 Saturday Jan 2014

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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art, canada, Chinatown, montreal, night, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, urban

Quartier chinois

Reaching into the vault … this is one of the two gates welcoming people to Montreal’s Chinatown, as seen back in April 2012.

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Trust no one

03 Friday Jan 2014

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

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canada, graffiti, iPhoneography, montreal, photography, quebec, Travel

Méfiez-vous

Found scrawled last month on a wall in Montreal.

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It’s showtime! Theatre marquees

03 Saturday Aug 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in Alberta, Canada, London, montreal, Paris, photography, photowalking, Portland, random, San Francisco, Travel, urban

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alberta, calgary, canada, London, marquee, montreal, neon, New York, night, NYC, Paris, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, san francisco, theatre, Travel, U.S.A., urban

Flipping through some old photos today, I noticed I’ve accumulated images of quite a number of theatre marquees. Here are some of my favourites.

Great light way
Theatres at New York’s Times Square.

Bringin' U down
Plaza Theatre in Calgary.

Beethoven's Ninth
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon.

Lyric Theatre
London’s Lyric Theatre.

Now screening
The defunct Uptown Theatre in Calgary.

Folies Pigalle
Les Folies Pigalle in Paris.

New Mission
San Francisco’s New Mission theatre marquee.

Corona Theatre
The Corona in Montreal.

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Urban blooms

17 Wednesday Jul 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Calgary, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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alberta, Amsterdam, art, calgary, canada, flower, flowers, montreal, Netherlands, New York, Ontario, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, Toronto, Travel, urban

Light-emitting flowers
Montreal

I take pictures of flowers from time to time on my photowalks. A whole pile of them are pretty but they sure aren’t real.

Wooden garden
Calgary

Flowers greet you
Amsterdam

Flowers for sale
Toronto

Powder flower
New York

Power of flowers
Amsterdam

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Ici, tout le monde en parle : les mésaventures de la direction de Radio-Canada

11 Tuesday Jun 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in broadcasting, Canada, journalism

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arts, branding, broadcasting, canada, Canadian, CBC, commerce, culture, diffusion, Ici, marketing, marque, montreal, PR, public broadcasting, public relations, quebec, radio, Radio-Canada, relation publiques, Société Radio-Canada, SRC, television

La Maison de Radio-Canada

La Maison de Radio-Canada à Montréal (PHOTO: Ricky Leong).

Si vous n’étiez pas déjà convaincus que la direction de Radio-Canada se trouve à la dérive, sûrement vous avez changez d’avis depuis le 5 juin.
Qui aurait pensé que trois petites lettres, I-C-I, pouvaient causer autant d’ennuis?
Je n’exaggère pas en déclarant que le Canada entier vient d’être témoin d’une catastrophe de marketing jamais vu en temps moderne.
La direction de la Société Radio-Canada a dépensé plus de 400 000$ pour des consultant à l’externe (en plus du travail à l’interne) pour corriger un problème qui n’existait pas. En fait, c’est la «solution» elle-même qui cause des maux de têtes à la société d’état.
Le mercredi 5 juin, on annonce officiellement que tous les services de Radio-Canada seraient rassemblés sous le nom «Ici».
Le changement sème la confusion et soulève la tollé. Les critiques proviennent de partout : l’auditoire, parlementaires, amis, ennemis, même de la part de ses propres employés.
Jeudi, on clarifie les choses … un peu. La marque «Radio-Canada» ne serait pas rayée de la carte. On nous rassure que la direction est fière du nom «Radio-Canada» et de son héritage. (Par ailleurs, la Société Radio-Canada ne peut changer de nom légalement sans un amendement à la loi fédérale sur la diffusion.)
Dimanche, on attire l’attention des voisins : les nouvelles de la controverse sont publiés dans le cahier B du grand journal américain, The New York Times.
Lundi, la SRC déclare avoir entendu les souhaits du grand public. On s’excuse et on fait semblant d’avoir fait volte-face : la marque «Radio-Canada» demeure partout mais le mot «Ici» ne disparaît pas. Loin de cela, on fera presqu’exactement ce qu’on a voulu faire depuis le début.

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Loving you, loving … cheese

05 Wednesday Jun 2013

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

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Amoureux

The “I Heart Cheese” meme pops up all over the place in Montreal street art. The image above was captured this April, while the one below was taken in March 2009.

I love cheese!

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Worrying about the future

27 Saturday Apr 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in art, Canada, montreal, photography, photowalking, politics, random, Travel, urban

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A couple of photos taken in Montreal recently, reflecting some slightly pessimistic views of the future.

Avenir inquiétant (I)

Above is a polar bear displayed as you’d see in a museum … as if it’s gone extinct. Part of artwork in a campaign against global warming.
Below is some sticky graffiti on St. Laurent Boulevard.

Avenir inquiétant (II)

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Holy glow

21 Sunday Apr 2013

Posted by Ricky Leong in architecture, art, Canada, design, history, montreal, photography, photowalking, random, Travel, urban

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architecture, canada, church, design, HDR, history, montreal, photography, photowalk, quebec, random, Travel, urban

St. James United Church

St. James United Church in downtown Montreal. It’s a lovely building whose facade, until recently, was shrouded by stores.

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