Frugal Film Project April Installment Let's Go To the Don Valley Brickworks...

Jo-Anne, John, Jeff and I went for a dry run for an upcoming photo walk with the Evergreen Don Valley Brickworks as a starting point. It's been three years since I last visited and it wasn't busy thanks to the very changable weather. Again the best photos happen in less than wonderful conditions. The other bonus is the large artworks installed including photographs for the upcoming CONTACT Photography Festival in May. 

The Don Valley Brickworks used to be an industrial ruin and turned into a park and sustainalibty hub. In warmer weather there is a farmers market, we were about a month too early for that by my guess. The big draw for The Brickworks is the grounds are right in the middle of Toronto and tie into the Beltline Rail Trail which is currently being rehablitated along the Mud Creek/Moore Park Ravine, more on that in the next post. 




Camera: Nikon N90S, Nikkor AF-D 28-105 F3.5-4.5 Zoom Lens. 

Film: Kodak Ultramax 400



Metal Map of Toronto April 2022 What Does River Remember Empty Under the Shed Art Installagion_ Art Installagion On a Pump Station Wall Pair of Padlocks Hollowed Out Tree Trunk Big Flower On the Wall_ Power End of an Old Lathe_ Slave End of an Old Lathe_ reflections in the Brickworks Pond Reflected Trees in the Former Quarry Photo Installations Four Prints April 2022 Baby Water Tower April 2022 Bridge over the Quarry Pond April 2022 Observation Bridge April 2022 Brickworks Complex April 2022 Brickwork Building Reflections April 2022 Brickworks Stack April 2022 Brickworks Back Trail Bridge April 2022 Mud Creek End April 2022 Brickworks Park April 2022 Jeff Stewart April 2022 Jo-Anne Brickworks April 2022

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