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Francis Mariani. Avid Photographer. Lazy Flâneur. Timid Subversive. Qualified Cynic. All the photography I post is my own, except for the occasional repost. NO AI.

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Koi stencil street art on the pavement of Graffiti Alley // Toronto // July 2026

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Uno, dos, tres

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WANTED FUGITIVE. REWARD: BETTER WORLD.

(I did not create this, I took a picture of it)

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Weather Network - Toronto - 2026-07-15: Some of the worst air quality in the world sits over Ontario Wednesday as wildfire smoke spreads over 1000 km.

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the view from the city today btw. everything is YELLOW

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Weather Network - Toronto - 2026-07-15: Some of the worst air quality in the world sits over Ontario Wednesday as wildfire smoke spreads over 1000 km.

I took these two photographs at 9:30 am just before the sun got even more obscured by the smoke. I deliberately exposed the photos a little darker so that the sun wouldn’t get blown out.

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Reading at the Toronto Photobook Library. At the Stephen Bulger Gallery.

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At the 2010 edition of the Victoria College book sale a book caught my eye - the publisher's logo looked familiar, I realised it looked a lot like a logo for Ian Dury And The Blockheads. I contacted A. Blockhead who wrote back:

Thanks for sending this in to us.

F.Y.I.

The logo was created for Ian and the band by Barney Bubbles...

the story goes that Ian called Barney and asked for a logo for his new band 'The Blockheads' and Barney asked Ian if he had a pen handy and proceeded to describe a logo..... ''draw a square.....put a B in the top left hand corner.... an O in the right hand corner...etc''

and Ian, after completing the instructions just whistled,said thanks and put down the phone!

Rumour has it that it was inspired by some socialist or nazi iconography and Barney belonged to the same school of 'enfant terribles'

 'pinkos' as Peter Blake and his ilke, so it is quite possible that Barney was sitting looking at this book when Ian called him.

Thanks again....this will go into our archives.

 Rgds

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Today I found out that there's a Donald J. Trump Presidential Library, which uses the same design. You should check out the Library website:

The Donald J. Trump Presidential Library

Forbes - The New ‘Donald J. Drumpf Presidential Library’ Is Fake News For His Detractors To Love

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Robarts Library, University of Toronto. April 2019.

“Fort Book” or the Robarts Library (John P. Robarts Research Library), University of Toronto.

Architects: Mathers & Haldenby, Warner Burns Toan & Lunde, Diamond Schmitt Architects. Construction began in 1968 and completed in 1973.

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Wanna play? // Greenwood Avenue, Toronto // July 2026

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Vertical Achievement // Toronto // July 2026

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Plywood Knot Hole // Toronto // July 2026

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Off Gerrard Street East // Toronto // July 2026

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On Gerrard Street East // Toronto // July 2026

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On Gerrard Street East // Toronto // July 2026

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Lies my mother told me // Harbord Street, Toronto // June 2026

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Untitled, 2023

Istanbul

Lydia Roberts

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Star Convenience // College Street, Toronto // June 2026