41

Roll No. : 16

When: Too lazy to remember anymore.

Where: Sergio's hood.

What I Remember: What people need to know about lowrider bikes is that the turning geometry is completely different from other bikes. It's hard to explain, but all you need to know is that it takes a lot of getting used to. If it's your first time, you're definitely going to fall off or come close to falling off. The photo's blurry (I was literally running backwards as I was taking the photo), but Kathy's expression is clear enough for people to get the idea of what it's like riding one of these bikes for the first time.

40

Roll No. : 12

When: September?

Where: Queen St. West

What I Remember: Hanging out with Michelle one afternoon. She was buying fabric and I just wanted to test out my hipster toy camera. This is the second photo I took with it; I directed her to hold as many rolls of fabric as she could. It was a pretty fun day, which is something you can expect any time you hang out with her.

39

Roll No. : 21

When: August 27, 2010.

Where: Central Park.

What I Remember: This photo isn't here because I think it's great. I don't even think it's good. But I do find it really funny; I think it has something to do with the way Sergio's holding the ice cream bar and how it looks like he's just going to cram the whole thing into his maw in one go. I laugh every time I see this photo. While I'm not going to lie and say I didn't eat quite a bit myself, by my count, Sergio seemed to eat the most out of all of us during the trip. It should also be mentioned that the ice cream bar Sergio's devouring is the first thing he ate in the morning. None of us had eaten breakfast yet, but Sergio decided an ice cream bar would make for a good breakfast. We are the epitome of healthiness.

38

Roll No. : 19

When: Canada Day.

Where: Thomson Park.

What I Remember: One of my all time favorite photos of Brittany. It's one of the few photos I have of her not making a face or doing something lewd. Not that there's anything wrong with that. I just imagine that someday, I'll somehow become senile and that silly/lewd photos will be all I have to go on if I try to remember who Brittany is.

37

Roll No. : 15

When: October.

Where: I forget the name of the park.

What I Remember: Sergio and I both had a day off, so in a somewhat rare act of ambulatory generosity, Sergio drove me to get a new winter coat; something I had needed to do for a while. Afterward, he took me to this park, which has a huge forest in the hopes of inspiring me to take photos for this project. About 10 minutes after this photo was taken, we decided to head back to his place. Problem was, he couldn't find his car keys, which really isn't surprising, considering how often he loses shit. We both remembered seeing them while we were in the forest earlier (his keys are attached to a long, thick, bright yellow lanyard which always dangles out of his pocket), which meant he dropped them somewhere. Like I said, the forest was huge and we had walked pretty deep into the forest, meaning it could have dropped anywhere. Worse, since it was fall, the ground was littered with leaves which could easily camouflage them. Thankfully, it only took us a few minutes to find them again. It could have been a lot worse.

36

Roll No. : 17

When: August.

Where: "The Bridge Spot"

What I Remember: I think Mark and I were going to hang out one day when Sergio showed up at my doorstep, so he came along too. We were all going to go to Sergio's favorite wonton place for lunch, but somehow the plan turned into getting baked, then devouring two large pizzas at Domino's and some beers at our little hang out spot under a bridge. It was what I considered a perfect afternoon; we had nothing to do and just relaxed.

35

Roll No. : 16

When: June?

Where: Somewhere along Spadina.

What I Remember: After I got roll #16 developed, I spent an incredible amount of time wondering why the hell I would take a picture of a cardboard box with trash on it. I remembered what day it was (the same day as Michelle's 'Take A Bath' photo) and where it was, but not the why or what was so special about it. The more I stared at it, the more I drew a blank. I gave up eventually. Then, one day, as I was going through the photos again, I realized why I took a photo of it: I thought it was cute how the box looks like it has a face. Seriously. That's the only reason I took the photo.

34

Roll No. : 18

When: July 1, 2010.

Where: Mike's room.

What I Remember: I remember everything that happened during the day, but aside from shooting fireworks at passing trains, I'd be hard pressed to remember anything that happened after the sun went down.

33

Roll No. : 19

When: Canada Day. Again.

Where: Thomson Park. Again.

What I Remember: In Scarborough, we banish super villains not in the Phantom Zone, but a pair of yellow wayfarers. Sorry, Michelle, but it was for the good of humanity.

32

Roll No. : 9

When: New Years Day, maybe around 9 in the morning.

Where: Sammon Ave.

What I Remember: I woke up early on New Years Day at Lenny's place, slightly hungover. JP and I both crashed at his place, but JP had left even earlier. I didn't want to be a burden to Lenny and I didn't know what time he'd wake up, so I followed JP's suit and quietly crept out to go home. At the end of his street, I came across this squirrel, who had frozen overnight (I assume it was overnight, because it wasn't there the previous night) in front of someone's house. I knew it was morbid, but I had to take a photo. It happened to be the very last shot on the roll. Not wanting to take chances in case the photo didn't turn out, I walked to the end of the street where there was a table and put in a new roll of film. It only took a minute or two, but by the time I walked back, only 50 feet or so, it was gone. The owner of the house had come out with his dog, spotted it and disposed of it somewhere.

31

Roll No. : 4

When: July.

Where: JP's front porch.

What I Remember: To be honest, I don't remember a whole lot. Just another one of those visits that Sergio and I made to JP's one night. JP lives the furthest out of all of us, and since none of us other than Lenny and Sergio have a car, most of us rarely get to see him. I hope he's doing well in Trinidad.

30

Roll No. : 4

When: Mid-July.

Where: Somewhere in the Forest Hill area.

What I Remember: I found myself hanging out with Britt one evening. I didn't realize it until that day, but I don't get to hang out with just her too often. She was house/pet-sitting, so we had dinner at a vegetarian restaurant nearby. I bought a roll of film afterward, then we went back to her friend's place, where I got to meet all the cute dogs and cats she was looking after. There's plenty of other really good shots from that night, and even though you can barely see the dog she's holding, I think this is the most emotive one out of all of them. Also, bonus points for wearing the SOS shirt I designed, which also features her.

29

Roll No. : 20

When: August 28.

Where: The Empire Hotel, Manhattan.

What I Remember: Haters gonna hate.

28

Roll No. : 15

When: July?

Where: Sheppard and Brimley.

What I Remember: This was taken probably two hours before this photo of JP. I can't really emphasize enough just how hot it was that day. Mark, Melissa and I had walked from where the train tracks meets the horizon and by the time we had gotten to where we were, we hit a wall. Due to the heat we couldn't really go any further, even though there was a lot further to go. We just kind of sat and chilled there. There's up time and there's down time and this was definitely down time.

27

Roll No. : 7

When: New Years Eve, 2009.

Where: Coxwell Station.

What I Remember: On our way to Eugenie's New Years Party. I guess technically, it should be exempt from the project, but I still count it since it was on the roll from that night. I know it's a pretty boring photo, but there's something about it that I really like.

26

Roll No. : 11

When: Good Friday.

Where: Trinity Bellwoods.

What I Remember: Same thing as all the other photos from that day. I just really like this one because it looks like an old-timey photo and that goes great with Michelle's laugh.

25

Roll No. : 20

When: August 26-29.

Where: Manhattan.

What I Remember: We came across a guy selling his art on the street. I'm not really sure what set him apart from everyone else selling their art on their street, but Sergio bought a painting. The guy seemed to have a story for every single one of his paintings, just like I do for my photos, only I couldn't tell if his stories were real or not. Both he and Sergio seemed to have the gift of gab. I trained my camera on them, waiting until I could get a shot of both Owen and Sergio laughing. I have no idea if Sergio still has his painting or not. Knowing him, probably not.

24

Roll No. : 8

When: May or June.

Where: A back-alley along Queen.

What I Remember: Haleigh, Brandon, Mark and I hung out one day downtown. I can't remember what we did other than check out graffiti and watch Haleigh grab a brick from the remains of The Kathedral. It was raining and miserable all day, even as I took this shot; it was a bitch taking photos in the rain. The majority of the photos taken that day didn't come out, so I'm glad this one could be salvaged.

23

Roll No. : 3

When: August; I'm pretty sure this was on my birthday.

Where: My driveway.

What I Remember: Sergio used to come over every night to shoot the shit. Because of what he was wearing that night, I joked that he looked gangster. We brought out my bike, which only made him look even more like some kind of vato. We use his truck's headlights and a floodlight I had as improvised lighting and it became an impromptu photo shoot. His fingers are supposed to spell "blood"; he couldn't form the letters on his own, so I ended up having to bend his fingers for him.

Note: Because Sergio and Mark were the two people I hung out with the most in 2010, I have the most amount of photos of them. Up until now, in order to make the assortment of photos evenly distributed, I ended up deferring from posting photos of either one of them. Consequently, I have a ton of photos of them to post now. So you can expect a lot of those coming up.

22

Roll No. : 21

When: August 27.

Where: The Empire Hotel, Manhattan.

What I Remember: For all my moaning about how Sergio could be a pain during the trip, I doubt I was all that great of a traveling partner either. That window in the photo was open pretty often, if not for the majority of the trip; I took full advantage of the fact that our room was smoke-permitted (they even supplied us with matches and an ashtray). Owen never once complained, although that only made me feel more guilty. But not guilty enough to stop smoking. So yeah, I'm a dick too.

21

Roll No. : 19

When: Canada Day.

Where: Mike's backyard.

What I Remember: There's a lot of Canada Day photos; I have like something like 4 rolls of film that contain photos from that day. This was taken towards the end, when we all convened at Mike's for a barbecue. It was already a pretty cool day, but when we got to Mike's it was getting even cooler, so I gave Brittany my jacket. I later found Brittany standing away from everyone; it turns out she just wanted to stand in the sunlight to keep warm, which is when I took this photo. That half-smirk totally makes the photo.

20

Roll No. : 6

When: I'm gonna say April.

Where: Bellevue Square, or what I call "the sketchy park in Kensington Market".

What I Remember: I hung out with Mike, Mark and Melissa one afternoon. After looking at video games, we decided to visit Eugenie and the Oxford girls. The whole bunch of us ended up walking to the park and just mucked around for a good while. I don't have too many photos of Eugenie in general, so I'm happy that I like the ones I took of her in 2010.

19

Roll No. : 14

When: July?

Where: Mark's living room.

What I Remember: A normal, chill night at Mark's. There's rarely ever a time where we hang out at Mark's house without someone playing the piano. This photo is almost identical to a photo I took of Sergio and Matt playing it a few years ago.

18

Roll No. : 20

When: August 27 or 28.

Where: Manhattan.

What I Remember: This was taken while we were waiting for Sergio to finish eating. Owen more or less is the perfect travel partner; if he hadn't been on the trip, I may very well have murdered Sergio in New York. He was always in good spirits, never complained and would actually close the hotel door room behind him. This is a great visual example of how good of a mood Owen pretty much was throughout the trip.

17

Roll No. : 11

When: March-ish.

Where: Seneca College cafeteria.

What I Remember: I dated Ani for two months. If you asked me what I thought of the relationship, I wouldn't have too many nice things to say about her or the time I spent with her. I took a few photos of her when we were still together and just like the project was supposed to happen, I completely forgot about them. It was nice to see them, though; it reminds me that there were still good days.

16

Roll No. : 16

When: Same day as photo 7, which in turn is on the same day as photo 5.

Where: Same spot.

What I Remember: The cutest couples photo I've ever taken.

15

Roll No. : 17

When: August 1.

Where: My garage.

What I Remember: I had wanted to attempt to take yet another series of photos featuring my friends, and the easiest way was to lure them all to my place with a supposed party. Haleigh was having her birthday party that day as well. I decided to just have my thing earlier in the afternoon, so people (myself included) could still make it to Haleigh's later on. Some people still treated both things as two mutually exclusive things; either you went to hers or you went to mine, so only JP, Sergio, Michelle and Owen showed up. Which was just as well; it was overcast, and I needed sunlight for the photos. Surprisingly, this one of JP still turned out fantastic. It is, hands down, my favorite photo of him. He's not crazy about being in photos and usually either turns away or blocks his face, so I'm really glad he didn't this time.

14

Roll No. : 3

When: May? June? July? Your guess is as good as mine.

Where: Some back alley downtown.

What I Remember: I've spent countless hours with Mark over the years just walking down alleys and various other sketchy spots just to look at graffiti. This was another one of those days. Not that I ever mind; not too many other people talk about their interests with as much enthusiasm as he does. We met up downtown and then just started walking until we reached a dead end; the wall you see behind Mark. Mark was reaching for the camera in his bag when he saw me pointing mine at him and made that fist. One of my all time favorite photos of him.

13

Roll No. : 2

When: Halfway through November.

Where: My basement.

What I Remember: I had an idea for a stencil a few months prior and decided to finally try it out. I realized I would most likely give it away like I do with all my stencils, so I decided I would just give it to Mark. I asked Melissa to help me model for it. The plan was to make a stencil of only the black lines; that, the way the straight lines bend when projected on her body, you would be able to tell it was a person. I used a digital SLR for the shots, but decided to take a few shots with my SLR because it looked cool and felt like something worth getting on film.
As for the stencil, I still haven't started it.

12

Roll No. : 19

When: Canada Day, again.

Where: Thomson Park, again.

What I Remember: Like I said before, everyone was in a great mood and having fun. And this photo couldn't reflect it any better. I have a ton of great photos from that day; I'll get around to showing them eventually.

11

Roll No. : 8

When: April or May.

Where: Outside Moonbean, Kensington Market.

What I Remember: I used to hang out with May pretty regularly the summer before, but it pretty much stopped completely due to school and work for both of us. This was the first time I hung out with her again. It says a lot about how far behind we were with each others' lives; May had moved to the Kensington area and I had no idea. We got to Moonbean and played catch-up with each other. I took photos as we talked; I took 3 before she got annoyed and told me to stop. I had told her about how I hadn't seen some people in a long time because I got sick of being the only one to make the effort to keep in touch. So when we went our own ways afterward, I made sure to tell her "Call me". I must have repeated it enough times that I sounded mildly retarded.

10

Roll No. : 13

When: Halloween.

Where: Eugenie & Co.'s house, Kensington area.

What I Remember: For reasons I won't get into, I don't remember much about Halloween. I didn't even remember that I got wasted until I saw photos from that night; large chunks of the night resurfaced in my memory after seeing them. Mark and I were talking about the basement of the house and how I had never been down there. "Oh man! You gotta go! It's awesome down there! Let's go now!". He was right; in the basement is a shelf full of...stuff. I'm not even sure how to describe some of the stuff. A lot of baby food jars filled with tiny little hardware with a bunch of other random stuff tossed in. It doesn't belong to anyone in the house; it was there when all the girls moved in. It either belongs to the previous occupants or the landlord. Either way, it just remains there, like some sort of strange art exhibit for people to pass by on their way to the washroom when the upstairs one is occupied.

9

Roll No. : 1

When: Good Friday, one of the first warm days of the year.

Where: Trinity Bellwoods.

What I Remember: That's Heather and her boyfriend Brandon. I'm really horrible with names, so even though Brandon had introduced himself to me, I had forgotten his name, sort of. I kept thinking "His name's Brandon...isn't it?". When I left, I said bye to each person individually. When I got to Brandon, I wanted to make sure I didn't get his name wrong, so I said "Sorry, I forgot your name" and stuck my hand out to shake his, which apparently is a real dick move, even if I did have good intentions. He didn't seem too offended.
On the way home, I received a text message from a number I didn't recognize. It read: "I like how you asked heathers bf what his name was at the end of the day". When I asked who it was, the reply was: "You dick! It's me, Heather's boyfriend. Nice meeting you too, asshole!". It was Audrey, who witnessed the whole thing. And no, I didn't believe it was really Brandon, but she did succeed in making me feel really guilty about the whole thing.

8

Roll No. : 10

When: Canada Day.

Where: Thomson Park.

What I Remember: A last minute get together organized by Michelle. There was a lot of miscommunication between Michelle and I, sending all of us into a lot of confusion as to which park we were all supposed to meet up at. Mix-up aside, it was a great day; the weather was perfect and everyone was in a good mood. That's Matt jamming on his bass; it was the first time I'd seen it. I think he'd just gotten it recently. I don't think there is a single bad thing about that day.

7

Roll No. : 16

When: Same day as Michelle's 'Take A Bath' shot.

Where: Sergio's neighborhood, near Warden Station.

What I Remember: Hanging out with Sergio and his wife, Kathy, after I hung out with Michelle. Sergio told me he knew a great spot for photos on the edge of his neighborhood; a grassy hill with a great view. He, Kathy and I took their dogs for a walk to the spot after dinner. The sun was setting, so it made for great lighting. All the shots I took of them that evening turned out great. This is one of my favorite photos I've ever taken of them; this captures them way better than any wedding photo I ever took for them. I wish Kathy wasn't blurry, but there's only so much I can do with dim lighting. I still love it anyway. I'll post some of the other ones another day.

6

Roll No. : 17

When: July.

Where: Either my driveway or outside Mark's house.

What I Remember: This is cheating a bit, because I didn't really take the photo, obviously. I got a slightly-less-than-satisfactory haircut one day, and as soon as I got home, I tried to fix it a bit with an electric razor. For the most part, it looked okay, until my hand slipped. I didn't think it was too big of a deal. Later that day, Sergio came over to see me in the afternoon. It says a lot about how noticeable my screw up was, because when he arrived, he rolled down the window of his truck, stuck his head out and yelled "WHAT THE FUCK DID YOU DO TO YOUR HAIR?!?". And this was while his truck was still rolling up to my house; he wasn't even on the driveway yet. It was that noticeable. He later took this photo, with me pointing at my little bald patch.

5

Roll No. : 16

When: I'm gonna say...July.

Where: Somewhere along Spadina.

What I Remember: We all knew it; it's just that none of us wanted to say it to Michelle. Kidding. Michelle and I checked out the 'Friends With You' installation at Queen's Park one afternoon, then started heading home. We came across this outside a shop, so I made Michelle pose for it. Thanks for being a good sport, Michelle.

4

Roll No. : 15

When: August? July? I just remember it was hot that day.

Where: Near Brimley and Sheppard.

What I Remember: The day started out with Mark, Melissa and I hanging out on the train tracks. After an hour or two, Sergio and JP joined us and we all started to leave to grab some dinner. Mark realized he dropped his phone somewhere, which created a problem, because he could have dropped it anywhere along the path we'd walked, which was a pretty long path. After a lengthy search, we found it but as we found it, a train came along. Did I mention the tracks are still active? Either the train operators don't care or they know they can't stop the train just to give you hell for being on the tracks. We all got out of the way, but JP decided to play chicken with it, despite all of us yelling at him to get off the tracks. The train was going relatively slow, but it was still pretty frightening. As the train passed him, the operator got out of the cabin and threw water out of a bottle at him. Then he threw the bottle. The passing train was blocking our exit path, so we had to wait for it to pass. JP figured he hadn't given us enough of a scare, so he sat right next to the tracks and kept sticking his hand as near as possible to the train, which is when I took this photo. I've never been so scared for his safety.

3

Roll No. : 9

When: New Years Day, 2010.

Where: Eugenie & Co.'s house, Kensington Market.

What I Remember: Frankly, I don't remember anything that night; I was really drunk and ended my night by throwing up shortly before passing out. There are two photos that I took when the clock struck 12, and from the sequence of photos, this was almost right afterward. It's Mark hugging Eugenie. The most heartfelt hug I've ever caught. The majority of the indoor photos I took that night came out too dark, so I'm incredibly happy that this one at least turned out. Probably the best photo from that night.

2

Roll No. : 5

When: Somewhere between August 26-29.

Where: Manhattan, New York City.

What I Remember: Owen, Sergio and I came across a party-supply store while wandering around Manhattan. In the basement was a costume store. We must have spent an hour in there, the place was so huge. We tried on mask after mask. There was only one guy working there, and even though I was worried he'd tell us to stop goofing around or tell me photos weren't allowed, he seemed like he was on a permanent lunch break. Sergio came across a Batman cowl that fit him perfectly. I don't know if this applies to anyone else, but Batman cowls that are of decent quality and fit perfectly are a rare find, so all three of us were kind of fanning out at how great it was. Sergio grabbed the robe of a nearby Hellraiser mannequin and posed for this photo. Owen and I tried our hardest to convince Sergio to buy it ($35 American), but because of a rip in the back, he was hesitant. Even after the guy offered to reduce it to $15 for the defect. Shortly afterward, Sergio came to regret his decision.

1

Roll No. : 3*

When: May, June or July. Maybe.

Where: Midland and Sheppard.

What I Remember: One of my days off, probably a Friday. This was one of the first times Mark and I started hanging out regularly in the summer. I showed up to meet him and was (pleasantly) surprised to see Britt there as well. We wandered around that area quite a bit that day to take photos. This was one of the first shots in the roll. I just really like the goofiness of the picture and how they're in focus with the background blurry. I remember we also had a conversation about the house behind them; what it used to be and how we should all chip in to buy it and make it the Souse House.

*this denotes the order in which they were developed, not the order in which I took the roll.

The Concept

In 2009, I was inspired by Patrick O' Dell, upon visiting his website/photoblog, Epicly Later'd. On a few occasions, he discovered misplaced rolls of film, which he would develop and post the photos of. I liked the idea of disorientation; trying to piece together the context of the photos and the stories behind them, as well as the enjoyment of simply remembering something forgotten. How much could be remembered from these photos?

I decided to do the same thing as Patrick, only intentionally. Rather than take one or two rolls and purposely forget them, I figured, why not go further? Why not take photos for an entire year and not develop them? So I set out to take as many photos as I could in 2010. None of them would be developed until 2011. I would place all the rolls of film in a bag, then when the time came, I would develop them, roll by roll, in random order.

I undertook this project with my friend Mark; by having two photographers, you'd be following two different lives that on occasion intertwine, which can be seen in the photos. At the moment, we're trying to figure how to present our results as a unit. Until then, this blog is just a small showcase for a few of my favorite photos.