Aug 19, 2009
In 2004, Iranian-Canadian photographer Sam Javanrouh went back to Tehran, his hometown, for a photo shoot. Here, he shows us Tehran's Eskan towers framing a glimpse of the Alborz Mountains. "Brings back so many memories," says Javanrouh.
Oct 18, 2009
The goalkeeper for Toronto FC, an MLS team, plays almost in the shadow of the city's CN Tower.
Nov 30, 2009
The flatiron building in Toronto is obviously getting out-muscled at night by the glass behemoths behind it. But in an urban setting of this ilk, the drama is all in the juxtaposition.
Dec 4, 2009
Helen, according to photographer Sam Javanrouh, is highly skilled and "very focused" at her work as a 3-D modeler/animator/compositor. But for the past few weeks, she's been working 14- to 18-hour shifts, seven days a week--and in this picture, finally, she's not working. She's on her break at the office, relaxing with a little session of Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2.
Dec 20, 2009
The poor bicycle, chained to a pole, had no chance to escape. But at least nobody was riding it at the time.
Photo by Sam Javanrouh in Toronto.
Mar 11, 2010
A shaft of sunlight has slipped between a couple of skyscrapers to illuminate this woman's walk across King Street in Toronto.
Aug 6, 2010
Back alley in downtown Toronto, Ontario.
Oct 26, 2010
Looks like he's almost finished.
Nov 3, 2010
Sam Javanrouh's caption for his nighttime skyline shot was indeed a reference to election results--but not to the mid-term elections at the center of the media universe here in the U.S.
Javanrouh was unhappy about last week's mayoral election in Canada's largest city, Toronto, where a "right-wing intolerant redneck" named Rob Ford trounced former deputy premier of Ontario George Smitherman. Ford ran openly homophobic ads against Smitherman, who is openly gay. He also promised to cut taxes and stop spending and etc.
The CN tower is dark in this photo, not its usually well-lit self, but that's just a coincidence, not an example of early budget-slashing. Must be Obama's fault.
Apr 5, 2011
This is Adelaide Street in downtown Toronto, Ontario.
Jun 23, 2011
Believe it or not, yesterday was Go Skateboard Day in Toronto, where this fella was truckin on down College Street.
Aug 14, 2011
The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.
The original building, designed by Toronto architects Frank Darling and John A. Pearson, opened in 1933. The new wing, by American architect Daniel Libeskind, who also designed buildings for the Denver Art Museum and the Jewish Museum in Berlin, opened in 2007 and is referred to as the Crystal.
Oct 17, 2011
Very rarely do these Good Mornings feature movie stars and suchlike. So here's something different for y'all, a real celebrity, in a photo taken by Sam Javanrouh at last month's Toronto International Film Festival.
Jul 5, 2012
Scarborough Bluffs escarpment above Lake Ontario in Toronto.