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Henry VanderSpek - Photographer
@culturesnapca.bsky.social
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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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
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January 31, 2026 at 3:01 PM
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January 31, 2026 at 9:10 AM
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Lady of the lake

📷 Lomography Sprocket Rocket
🎞️ Fuji 400

#SprocketSaturday #Lomography
January 31, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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
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.
Rest in peace to a legend.

Catherine O'Hara, 1954-2026
January 30, 2026 at 6:37 PM
A panorama of Sankofa Square in downtown Toronto. Taken Sunday Jan 25, 2026. @sankofasquare.bsky.social
#Toronto #snowstorm
January 29, 2026 at 5:53 PM
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
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
A panoramic scene of the ice skating rink at Toronto City Hall, taken Sunday Jan 25, 2026.
#Toronto #skating #panorama
January 28, 2026 at 2:16 PM
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
www.worldofinteriors.com
January 28, 2026 at 1:14 AM
A few more from the snowstorm in Toronto.
#Toronto #snowstorm
January 27, 2026 at 9:30 PM
A few people I encountered while on a photo walk during yesterday’s snowstorm.
#Toronto #snowstorm
January 27, 2026 at 1:03 AM
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.
January 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM
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
youtu.be/tLc8YeXP8FY?...
i shall not be moved - Mississippi John Hurt
YouTube video by hirkyjerky
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January 24, 2026 at 6:11 PM
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
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
Or the whole world, as seems his aim these days.
“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.
January 23, 2026 at 3:22 PM
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
A few images from a roll of Kodak Tri-x 400 shot in Feb 2025.
#believeinfilm #bnw #classicmono #Toronto #Canada
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
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.
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
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