I must say that I have seen this photo taken many times and edited many time on Facebook or Instagram. So I decided that it must be time for me to show my version of the same shot. I was in the concourse one day after work, since I work down there it made for easier access to the shot I was looking for. I walked up to it and there it was, the perfect amount of people going up the escalator, and the right light coming from the sky. Then all I needed was the perfect edit. Of course I forgot about the photo even being on my phone as life passed by. One day upon looking at past photos to edit, I seen it. Now was the time to make it my own and this is what came of it. This is what I seen in my mind.
There is something really moving and emotional about black and white photography. I did this edit today when I was at work. It did work out in my favor, as I took the shot yesterday when I was on my way home on the 504 King Street Streetcar. The sunset was perfect, and of course I had to black and white the heck out of it. So much darklight going on here, it feels perfect. I feel that Toronto is perfect with all its imperfections.
The Toronto Transit Commission (or TTC) is the best place to find the perfect picture. I could just stand in one stop for one hour and get so many photos to edit I wouldn't know what to do with myself. I took this one above upon making my way to work one morning. You don't actually see the faces of the people moving on the staircase, but you do know that they are all on there many missions of the day that they need to get through, just as yourself would need to do during the same day. I hope that just made sense. What I also see in the shot is, people all trying to reach for the light coming from above and escaping from the darkness from once they came. To return to that same darkness later on that day to make their way home. So there you have it, all in black in white.
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