STRATFORD, ONTARIO IS HARDLY A SECRET. The town has hosted a Shakespearean theatre festival since 1953, which singlehandedly revived the fortunes of the area, though you still know you’re in the heart of southwest Ontario’s farming heartland by the smell …
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Toys, Civil Rights, History, Art, Vinyl, Beer, Bowling and Booze: A Rochester Primer
FIRST OF ALL, I DID NOT TRY THE “GARBAGE PLATE.” Of all the things I saw in Rochester, my hosts did not see fit to put the famous Garbage Plate on my itinerary. I don’t know why – frankly, it …
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A Photographer’s Pilgrimage to the George Eastman Museum
THE GEORGE EASTMAN MUSEUM IS MECCA FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS. There are plenty of must-see photography museums in the world – the ICP in New York City, the Fondation Cartier-Bresson in Paris, Antwerp’s FoMu, Foam in Amsterdam – but Eastman House, as …
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Getting the shot: Rochester and its High Falls
THE GENESEE RIVER RUNS THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF ROCHESTER, and while there are plenty of cities with a river or two, few of them have a spectacular waterfall in the center of town. I’ve wanted to photograph the High Falls …