Toronto parks

the long version

The book contains 49 sepia-toned photographs by Andrzej Maciejewski, presenting views of 27 parks. The texts describing each of the parks were written by Sue Lebrecht, renowned nature and adventure writer. The introduction was written by Wayne Grady. There are also hand-drawn maps of each of the featured parks. Description by Andrzej Maciejewski: "All photographs were taken with a 1950's 4x5 Crown Graphic view Camera. Like all old cameras it has its own soul. It has seen a lot. I love it for its light weight and simplicity. Three different lenses were used for the project: 105 mm, 135 mm and 195 mm. All of them are wonderful German Tessar designs manufactured in the 1910's. They are sharp, but not too contrasty. With no anti-reflective coating they seem to respect light more than any modern lens. To have full control of the depth of field and exposure time I used a set of neutral density filters. Wanting to record movement I rarely used exposure times shorter than one second; often as long as 30-40 seconds. For some of the photographs I used double or triple exposures. That long exposure time is the reason why on some pictures you can see "ghosts" - people who were moving within view of my camera."