June Clark was born in Harlem but emigrated to Toronto in 1968 and spent decades capturing the city’s street scenes. This one photogrgraph of kids in an alley off Spadina Ave around 1975 stayed in my mind after this year’s ScotiaBank Contact Photo Festival. It epitomizes the laid-back, safe street ambience of that era in a city I love.
Clark, now in her 80s, is much more than a street photographer. Go to Daniel Faria Gallery to see her collage, sculpture and other installations.
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Talk about muti-talented. I love her work, and the photo reminds me of my youth and hanging out, so I absoluely love it.
Yes the hanging out in youth part of that wonderful image is the real draw, isn’t it. I couldn’t get that photo out of my mind. Almost universal in appeal, I think, no matter where you were, what you were wearing, what you looked like. This one just happened to be Toronto in the 70s. Multi-talented is right, btw.