If nothing else...

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("Rock On", 6/11, Toronto, by Ezra S.)

If nothing else... rock on.

Ez

Apostrophe S Halifax

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My "Apostrophe S" photo series continues. This fresh batch is from a recent trip to Halifax.

Happy 4th of July to all Ez Sez readers in the USA!

Ez

Picnic time...

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("Picnic Time", 7/1/11, MTL, Ezra S.)

Spotted this man sunning on a hot metal picnic table today.

Happy Canada Day to all.

Ez

Scanadian

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A recent drawing plucked and scanned from my notepads.

Got a fresh new scanner today, so I'll have more of my "LineDot-ArtText" drawings up on Ez Sez in the coming weeks, months, years...

Stay tuned and stay kingly!

Ez

's

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("Apostrophe S - Toronto", 6/11, Ezra S.)

Shot in Toronto this weekend as part of an ongoing series of pix of signs around the world ending with an apostrophe S.

I've been shooting these signs for about ten years and find the whole process kinda meditative.

Sorry it took so long since Rapture to get this latest post out to you.

Happy Fathers Day to all the dads and thanks to all the moms for being so cool too.

Ez

Chocorapture...

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On the eve of what some are calling Rapture, I created this desert which I'd love to have shared with you (but I ate it all up).

However, I will share that it was definitely rapturous and consisted mostly of a locally sourced peanut-chocolate truffle topped with grocery-grade mint, slow-poured maple syrup, hulled and ballyhood hemp seeds, cinnamon pufflets, a slightly overpriced goji berry, and hand-wrung lime drippins. Served on an uncle's-mom's hand-me-down plate and photographed on a tea-towel buffed range-top with lilacs and apple blossoms blooming out back.

Was it transcendentally delicious? Yes.

Did the world end? Not yet.

If it does, thanks always for being an Ez Sez reader and a friend.

Regards to all from Montreal.

Ez

Do you feel the world?

Today, via YouTube, I'm launching Do you feel the world?, a brand new creative work I'm happy to share with you.

It came about when I edited together some of my recent travel/urban adventure photos and set them to music. Specifically, my friend Mike Evin's super-catchy new pop song, "Do You Feel The World?".

I hope you'll enjoy this 'music photeo'. (My friend Jasmine saw the piece and was inspired to coin the clever term.)

If watching it moves you, please share it with others who might get a rush out of it too.

A few other updates (short & sweet):
-Lulu is just over one-and-a-half years old now - cute as ever (and definitely short & sweet)
-We are developing a few exciting documentaries together (keep you posted...)
-A photo I took last fall ("Kick The Moon"), was recently selected as a winning entry at Le Biennale de Montréal 2011. I'm honoured to have been chosen.
-Last July, I left the Segal Centre's CinemaSpace after running it for three excellent years
-I recently served on the juries of the Yorkton Film Festival and the A&E/National Screen Institute of Canada's online film fest
-Lots of Montreal film/TV industry news, jobs and resources at the Montreal Film Group web site which I run
-Hemp History Week just wrapped up this weekend. Ez sez: happiness through hemp.

That's the news from my side. I hope things are zipping along nicely there too. Always eager to hear your good news and to watch your latest music photeo! Send updates anytime.

Regards to all from Montreal... Keep feeling the world!

Ez

Ezra Soiferman

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Update: Thanks to CBC Radio's 'Definitely Not The Opera' for featuring the "Do you feel the world?" music photeo on May 17th. You can hear the clip at 18 mins in, here.

Funglasses...

Lulu and Alex in their funglasses!

Happy spring to all.

Ez

Hot diggity...

("Hot Dog vs. Hot Rod", 10/2008, Toronto, by Ezra S.)

He tried and tried but couldn't ketchup.

Ez

Don't be a...

("Cement Pumper on the Decarie Expressway", 10/2008, MTL, by Ezra S.)

I've always loved the name of this company.

Turns out their "super-pumper" trucks are being used to pump water and cement at the Fukushima reactors.

Ez

Post No Bills

("The Thinking Man", 7/2009, NYC, by Ezra S.)

Haven't we all sat on a construction barrier for a quick thinking break?

Love to all from Montreal,

Ez

Simple advice...

("Live.", 7/2009, MTL, by Ezra S.)

Simple advice from a stranger in a laneway.

Ez

Montrealities...

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("Sidelocks on Sidewalks", 2/2011, Montreal, by Ezra Soiferman)

The reality is, our roads have some awful potholes and some fantastic signs.

Thanks for dropping by Ez Sez.

Ez

Julepy goodness

("Orange in the Sun", 2/2011, MTL, by Ezra S.)

Montreal's beloved Julep in all her shining glory.

Stay shiny,

Ez

Bread n' love

("Any Way You Slice It", 9/2010, Halifax, by Ezra S.)

This is a detail of a sign outside a church in downtown Halifax. I can't remember what the whole text said but these 4 words were the ones that struck me and said, "snap your camera now."

Ez

Moon boot

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("Kick the Moon", 10/2010, NYC)

Standing near the entrance to a subway in New York, I spotted a fancy shoe hanging from a telephone line. The moon sat innocently in the background as I lined things up just so and took a snapshot. Pleased to share it with you today. Thanks for dropping by.

Ez

Update: In May, 2011, this image was selected for inclusion at La Biennale de Montréal. At the event opening, the show was awarded an Honourable Mention. I'm honoured!

Happy Valentines

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Happy Valentine's Day to all. And a prelated Christmas to all too.

Ez

Birds in the sun

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("Phoenician Sundown", 11/2010, by Ezra S.)

Sunset in downtown Phoenix. Hope sun shines on you today.

Ez

Old plates

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("I Love MTL", 12/2010, St. Adolphe, QC, by Ezra S.)

Greetings from the thick of winter in Montreal!

Ez

Vantastic

("Leafy Van", 7/09, MTL, Ezra S.)

Garden on wheels...

Ez

Backs of heads - NYC

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("Backs of Heads", NYC, 3/10, Ezra S.)

Here are a few pix from an ongoing series I've been shooting for nearly a decade. Stay tuned for more backs of heads shots from other cities...

Ez

Fluff stuff

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("Flea Market Fluff", 3/10, Amsterdam, Ezra S.)

I love flea-markety stuff.

Ez

Pensive birds

("Posture by the pasture", 3/10, Amsterdam, Ezra S.)

Sometimes we must all be pensive birds.

Ez

2011

("Mail Chauvenist", 10/11, Brooklyn, Ezra S.)

May 2011 bring you plenty of good news mail.

Ez

Christmastimecheck

("Bulbous Cross", Halifax, 9/10, Ezra S.)

This cross was so old school I couldn't resist.

Happy holidays to you and yours and theirs.

Ez

Hosers

("Boiler Constrictor", Brooklyn, 10/2010, Ezra S.)

I spotted this slinky metal hose on a side street recently. A beauty...

Ezra

Torontocity

("Nature From Nature", 11/10, Toronto, by Ezra S.)

Another journey enjoyed.

Ez

Leotice

I like to call potatoes 'peetardos'
I like to call bagels 'bageo leo-leo pitskies'
I like to call tomatoes 'dolmadas'
and I like to call lettuce 'leotice' (LEO-tyce)

On the subject of which, here is a recent photo I snapped in a Halifecian garden...

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("A leaf loves light, a highway loves night", 10/11/10, Halifax)

Thanks for visiting Ez Sez.

Salad days to all...

Ez

Hasidic Williamsburg

I recently shot a new photo series...

Ez Sez: Hasidic Williamsburg
Photos from the streets of one of Brooklyn's - and perhaps the world's - very finest urban shtetls.

Click the link above to view the full series.

And if you visit Williamsburg, try the bakeries... oy those bakeries...

Ez

Train to NYC

Took a fantastic trip to NYC last week. Here are a few pix I shot out the windows of the train!

Ez