Crombie’s People: Photo exhibition gives focus to those without homes

Crombie McNeill is in his happy place, behind his Nikon film camera, peering through the viewfinder.

The seasoned, grinning photographer is coaxing a smile from his subject.

“Give me a big smile, George. That’s beautiful.”

Crombie is enjoying this moment.

“I love it. Photography’s taken me around the world a couple of times,” says the 82-year-old.

“It’s just been a wonderful experience.”

McNeill was a long-time photojournalist. He worked at the former Ottawa Journal. For years, he captured images for the Canadian Press.

He’s worked in Vietnam, flown with Canada’s Snowbirds, and covered countless Olympic games.

“It was marvelous,” he

Ottawa speed cameras: Riverside Drive camera vandalized

Vandalism has hit at least one speed camera in Ottawa after someone spray painted it over.

Officials say it’s a criminal offense and is being investigated, but the clean-up is costing tax payers money.

The speed camera is located on Riverside Drive, a high traffic area. It was installed in 2023 as a measure to crack down on speeding in the busy neighborhood around Mooney’s Bay beach.

The speed limit on the street is 60 km/h, but cars are often speeding by 10 to 20 kilometers over the limit, which encouraged the city to install the new camera.

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Joel Meyerowitz explains how he became “the magician of color” photography

Joel Meyerowitz: A Question of Color is the new eponymously titled book from the legendary street photographer, co-written (if not co-titled) with Robert Shore. It chronicles Meyerowitz’s early exploration of color film.

Joel Meyerowitz had been shooting street photography before the term was coined, establishing himself as an icon of the genre. He has been documenting life in the US for over 58 years, influencing many of the styles seen by modern artists and photographers.

His work has been exhibited in over 350 museums and galleries all around the world, and in 2017 was awarded a place in the Leica

Larry Fink, acclaimed photographer of different social classes, dies aged 82 | Photography

Larry Fink, an acclaimed and adventurous photographer whose subjects ranged from family portraits and political satire to working-class lives and the elite of show business and Manhattan society, has died at 82.

Robert Mann, owner of the Robert Mann Gallery, told the Associated Press that Fink died on Saturday at his home in Martins Creek, Pennsylvania. Mann did not cite a specific cause of death, but said that Fink had been in failing health.

“He was a dear friend and a real free spirit,” Mann said. “I’ve known people like Robert Frank and Ansel Adams, and Larry stood out. He

‘One in a million’ iPhone bridal photo explanation: blame panorama mode

Depending on how “online” you are, you may have seen a picture floating around socials with a strange quirk: a woman — comedian Tessa Coates — is standing in front of two mirrors in a bridal gown and, somehow, holding three poses at once . Coates insisted in his Instagram post that the picture wasn’t altered; it just came out that way.

So what happened? Was it a glitched iOS Live Photo (the iOS feature that takes short videos and picks out the best one)? A fake image manipulated with Photoshop? A brief glimpse into three different, parallel realities?

Nope,