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I do social landscape photography and am interested in finding beauty in the mundane. I look for whimsical scenes, and elements of surrealism found in everyday life. Photography keeps me in touch with the changing seasons, and the passage of time. My images are intertwined with childhood memories and locations around Hants County, Nova Scotia.
I have begun scanning an archive covering thirty years which has led to two books: “Toronto Flashback (1980-1986)” and “No Money Down – Toronto (1980-1986)” as well as the series: “Japan Days (1987-1993)” and “Scattershot: A Journey Through Time and Place (1976-2016)”.
No Money Down – Toronto (1980 – 1986) is now available through: Blurb Books and Amazon.
No Money Down – Toronto (1980-1986), by Avard Woolaver, documents the city of Toronto, Canada, in the 1980s. From the introduction: “Looking back now at the photos some thirty years later, so much comes back to me about being dropped into a new environment. We use our creative tools as extensions of ourselves; they help us understand and define our place in the world. For me, having a camera in my hand at all times helped me remember: You only get to do this once. We have to take the time to see it as clearly as we can.”
Derek Flack writes in blogTO, “Woolaver’s work is so fascinating–a record of Toronto with a soul.”
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Toronto Flashback (1980 – 1986) is also available through: Blurb Books and Amazon.
Toronto Flashback (1980-1986), by Avard Woolaver, documents the city of Toronto, Canada, in the 1980s.
Woolaver grew up in rural Nova Scotia and moved to Toronto in 1980 to study photography. He did a lot of street photography in those years, capturing street scenes with fresh eyes. Michael Amo writes in the introduction, “When Avard arrived in Toronto in 1980, he brought that watchfulness with him, that deep-seated empathy for humans going about their solitary business, a simultaneous loneliness and delight in our ceaseless effort to remake the world in our own image.”
Work in progress:
Scattershot: A Journey Through Time and Place (1976-2016)
No Money Down – Toronto (1980-1986)
Toronto Flashback (1980 – 1986)
Publications:
aamora – Toronto Flashback (1980 – 1986)
Urban Photo Mag – Addicted to Light
Urban Photo Mag – Lee Friedlander Inspired
avard@ns.sympatico.ca
902 757 1710
Great shots, Avard. I look forward to more.
Thank you, Michael. I appreciate your support.
Plenty of interesting moments captured here on your blog. Many feel a bit “off” but still work in an interesting way. Always nice to find a new perspective on things 🙂
Thank you, Martin. It has taken me many years to arrive at “off” aesthetic–there’s no turning back now!
Hope you take it the right way, as it was inded as a compliment 🙂
Thanks, I took it as a compliment. I appreciate your interest in my work.
I’ve been following your photos on Flickr for some time. Reading your profile there led me to your website. I am really taken with the B&W work you present here. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks so much, David. Back in the film days most of my work was black and white. I really ought to do more of it now–it’s a more abstract medium than colour, and in some ways a more subtle one.
Your work is impressive. There is a quietness in your pictures that I admire.
Thanks so much, Jeff. I live in a quiet place, so maybe my photos are a reflection of that.
I traveled around Australia twenty five years ago and remember staying in Brisbane. Your street photos bring back pleasant memories.
Thanks. I’m really enjoying my visits here. A space for reflection and contemplation inspired by your well composed images. Regards from thom at the immortal jukebox.