Metropolis

When I first glanced at this shot I thought it was a line drawing. The lines in this photo are beautifully sharp and precise. It has a sort of warm dreamy melancholy to it that I really like.

On a side note -- marble? Who the heck puts marble in a water filtration plant, anyway?

This is the RC Harris Filtration Plant, better known as the

Waterworks in Toronto. I grew up not far from this building, and it

has been a long running theme in my work. I've probably shot

hundreds of images on the grounds there. But when I took this shot,

I feel i've captured the architecture here properly for the first

time. The building is from the 1940's, and this shot from 2002

really feels like the 40's to me.