Eric Brazier is a Digital Tech and Photo Assistant in Toronto, Canada

Tag: worn

“Get Bent”

Post date March 18, 2024

Tags ancient, bend, black and white, branches, craggy, Fanal, Get Bent, Laurel Forest, Laurissilva, Laurissilva Forest, Madeira, monochromatic, Portugal, thick, tree trunks, trees, weathered, withered, wizened, worn

“Probably in the Shed”

Post date December 5, 2023

Tags burgundy, lines, red, shadows, sunlight, toolshed, weathered, wood, wood siding, woodshed, worn

“Faded Fresco”

Post date November 7, 2023

Tags beige, cream, fading, fresco, Funchal, imprint, Madeira, Portugal, red, sconce, travel, worn, yellow

“Another Project By Jackson Pollock House Painters”

Post date November 5, 2023

Tags concrete, decay, faded, Funchal, Jackson Pollock, Madeira, paint splatter, pink, Portugal, red, splatter, texture, travel, worn

“Puzzle Palace, N°3”

Post date April 17, 2023

Tags air conditioning, architecture, beige, buildings, faded, grids, hotel, lines, nooks, patterns, puzzles, rectangles, ribbed, rundown, slats, The Strathcona Hotel, worn

“Jacked”

Post date December 21, 2022

Tags breakwater, concrete, erosion, Funchal, Funchal Harbour, interlocking, jacks, jackstones, Madeira, pitted, Portugal, tetrapods, texture, waterfront, worn

“Scalloped and Arched”

Post date November 17, 2022

Tags arches, archway, distressed, Funchal, look up, Madeira, old buildings, Portugal, roof tiles, shutters, terra cotta, travel, weathered, windows, worn

“Laundry Day”

Post date November 16, 2022

Tags distressed, Funchal, laundry, look up, Madeira, pink, Portugal, shutters, travel, weathered, windows, worn

“Stiff Little Fingers”

Post date June 16, 2022

Tags gaffer, gloves, grip, hands, mirrors, reflections, setlife, Stiff Little Fingers, Well Worn, work gloves, worn

“Suboptimal”

Post date October 18, 2021

Tags battered, bin, dirty, dumpster, garbage bin, lack of self-awareness, optimum, rust, rusted, suboptimal, worn

“Tool Rental Reality Check”

Post date January 19, 2021

Tags dell, reality check, rush job, signs, snark, snarky, tool rental, worn

“Moon Stool” – East Room, Toronto

Post date December 8, 2020

Tags astronomy, brown, details, Diamond Plate, East Room, green, Moon Stool, moonscape, olive green, patina, stool, tan, vintage, Well Worn, wood, worn

“Tether Smoothie”

Post date December 7, 2020

Tags blue, brown, details, ochre, orange, paper straws, patina, plastic, red, smoothies, solo cup, stool, straws, tether cable, Tether Smoothie, vintage, Well Worn, wood, worn

“Put Your Foot Down”

Post date October 29, 2020

Tags backhoe, caked, Construction, dirty, excavator, heavy machinery, Put Your Foot Down, rough, scarred, Well Worn, worn, yellow

“Racking”

Post date September 14, 2020

Tags before and after, chipped, depth of field, focus, jagged, magenta, mottled, pull focus, purple, rack focus, rough, texture, worn, yellow

I took this photo on a trip to PEI last September. As soon as I snapped it, I knew it would be my 2020 Canada Day post for The Daily Mobile. Little did I know just how appropriate it would be to represent the lived reality of this year.

Like the rest of the world, it’s been a difficult six months for Canada and Canadians. The pandemic has battered our physical, mental and economic health, and horrific incidents of police brutality have forced us to confront the difficult issues of systemic racism and the historical injustices suffered by Indigenous, Black and People of Colour that have scarred our nation’s history.

Canada is by no means perfect, and there is much work to be done to improve this country for everyone who lives here. But it is a country that I love and it is the country that I am fortunate to call home.

Happy Canada Day 🇨🇦