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Henry VanderSpek - Photographer
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Art & documentary photographer based in Toronto, ON, Canada. Shooting film and digital, documenting people, non-profits and creative street scenes. 🚫AI

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Henry VanderSpek - Photographer @culturesnapca.bsky.social · 7d
I finally published my favourite photo moments of 2025.
Thanks for looking!
#believeinfilm #photography #yearinreview
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Favourite Photo Moments of 2025
Toronto photographer Henry VanderSpek looks back on his favourite photo moments of 2025.
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January 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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"Week 2 since the last contact with the sun... #SprocketSaturday" Location: #Berlin / Camera: #sprocketrocket / Film: #kodakvision3500t / DevScan: @safelightberlin // #filmphotography #analogphotography #streetphotography #cityscape #heylomography #PanoPhotos #nighttimephotography #berlinbynight
January 31, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Lady of the lake

📷 Lomography Sprocket Rocket
🎞️ Fuji 400

#SprocketSaturday #Lomography
Statue of Mary overlooking lake Michigan with a pier in the distance.
January 31, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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Thank you Catherine O’Hara. What a gift you gave us in your great talent. You are so dearly missed. 💔
January 30, 2026 at 9:51 PM
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Such sad news. What a talent! What a joy to watch her work and make such great characters come to life. Rest in peace Catherine O’Hara.
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Rest in peace to a legend.

Catherine O'Hara, 1954-2026
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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A panorama of Sankofa Square in downtown Toronto. Taken Sunday Jan 25, 2026. @sankofasquare.bsky.social
#Toronto #snowstorm
A panoramic view of Sankofa Square in downtown Toronto. The square is covered with snow. People are standing at various distances and a wide digital billboard displays an ad for a gambling company.
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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I love living in Toronto's east end. Many thanks to Dylan Reid for making this starter pack to connect fellow east-enders!
#Toronto #eastendlove
dylanreid.bsky.social Dylan Reid @dylanreid.bsky.social · 4d
Hey everyone - I started a Toronto East-enders starter pack. I'm always curious about who else lives in our zone - roughly Don Valley to Victoria Park, waterfront to Taylor Creek (but flexible). I know there's people I follow who I didn't include, so reply for me to add you. go.bsky.app/9psq3Hq
January 29, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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A panoramic scene of the ice skating rink at Toronto City Hall, taken Sunday Jan 25, 2026.
#Toronto #skating #panorama
A wide panoramic photo taken near Toronto City Hall on Sunday Jan 25, 2026. On the left are people standing taking photos of themselves and of the scene. On the right is a skating rink, covered with snow, with arches that cross over the rink.
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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Very interesting article about William Eggleston’s new exhibit, but also about where photography may be headed in the age of AI.
#photography
www.worldofinteriors.com/story/willia...
Snap judgements: what William Eggleston can teach us about the future of images
Photographer William Eggleston’s dye transfer process was derided by critics in the 1970s, but it’s a reminder that new technologies like AI will challenge what we see as art
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January 28, 2026 at 1:14 AM
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A few more from the snowstorm in Toronto.
#Toronto #snowstorm
A woman in a red jacket approaches an ornate door for Union Station. A sign says “Caution Falling Ice Overhead”. It is in front of the entrance to Roserock Place. Snow is seen blowing sideways. A view into a dark laneway lit by a series of small lights. It appears a bit foggy and snow is falling and accumulating on the ground. A view down a long alleyway towards a street. The alley is filled with snow. Two people can be seen walking past at the far end of the alley.
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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A few people I encountered while on a photo walk during yesterday’s snowstorm.
#Toronto #snowstorm
A man smiles as he passes a sign for Union Station. A photo of Dilraj, a delivery driver. He is on an e-bike with tough winter tires, and is looking towards the camera. Dawit, a door man at the Royal York Hotel, stands with his snow shovel in front of him and smiles to his right, towards me with my camera. A group of workers stand with their snow shovels. They were working hard to clear snow at the corner of York and Adelaide.
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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What an incredible snow storm! Biggest Toronto has seen since the 1950s, if I’m not mistaken. I spent a lovely morning with my family and neighbours shovelling out our street.
A nighttime scene of a sidewalk and street, along with an SUV, that are covered in deep snow
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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Sending this to all who are standing up against oppression and for dignity, democracy and human rights. Wherever you are, people across the world are with you.
Please share.
#ishallnotbemoved
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i shall not be moved - Mississippi John Hurt
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January 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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A collection of quirkiness.
Bumper stickers on a car that is often parked near @ocaduniversity.bsky.social. No connection at all, I’m sure! 😉😊
📷 Konica Auto S3
🎞️ Kodak Tri-X 400
#believeinfilm #Toronto
January 24, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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A German soccer federation executive committee member says it's time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
German soccer federation official wants World Cup boycott considered because of Trump
A German soccer federation executive committee member says it’s time to consider a World Cup boycott because of the actions of U.S. President Donald Trump.
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January 23, 2026 at 10:00 PM
culturesnapca.bsky.social
I finally published my favourite photo moments of 2025.
Thanks for looking!
#believeinfilm #photography #yearinreview
www.culturesnap.ca/blog/2026/1/...
Favourite Photo Moments of 2025
Toronto photographer Henry VanderSpek looks back on his favourite photo moments of 2025.
www.culturesnap.ca
January 23, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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Or the whole world, as seems his aim these days.
rbreich.bsky.social Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d
“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.”

-Edward R. Murrow
January 23, 2026 at 9:06 PM
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"Slavery was real"

Tiny sign at the base of a brick wall that, until yesterday, held panels about the people enslaved by George Washington.

Presidents House, Philadelphia.
Large brick wall with a tiny white signat the base of the wall that says "Slavery was real"
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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A beautiful story of community pulling together to keep a cobbler in business.
#toronto #cobbler #community
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This Toronto cobbler’s most valuable machine broke. His customers raised $10k to replace it.
For nearly a quarter of a century, Alazar Beyene has been repairing shoes. Ten hours per day, seven days a week, he toils in a tucked-away corner of the Dufferin Mall. It isn’t glamorous work, but it’...
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January 21, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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I said pretty much this in a post earlier today. He’s so jealous that world leaders stood for PM Carney as that will never happen in response to his hateful message.
January 21, 2026 at 6:55 PM
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A few images from a roll of Kodak Tri-x 400 shot in Feb 2025.
#believeinfilm #bnw #classicmono #Toronto #Canada
A bike missing its rear wheel remains locked to a post. In the background is artwork of hockey player Tim Horton. A view through a glass doorway. Shadows inside show the words “Units 5, 6”. Beside the door is a series of doorbell buttons and a black mailbox. A man walks to the left. Behind him is a building with the word “Psalm” spray painted on it. A view from inside a café. A man sites looking outwards through the cafe window.
January 21, 2026 at 5:47 PM
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There is no enemy like a friend betrayed.

From last March in Alberta/Photo by Gavin Young
graffiti of a american flag crossed out in red There is no enemy like a friend betrayed
January 20, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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The ambassador should be called to the carpet on this. No canadian should set foot in America. This is an escalation.
stewartprest.ca Stewart Prest @stewartprest.ca · 11d
This post to Truth Social requires an immediate response from the international community and either impeachment or invocation of the 25th amendment by Congress. Republicans, you are sleepwalking the world towards an entirely preventable catastrophe.
January 20, 2026 at 3:11 PM
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My #believeinfilm friends will appreciate this helpful review of Kentmere 200 film.
January 20, 2026 at 1:57 PM
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January 19, 2026 at 3:34 PM