Archive for June, 2009

The Long Wave | Personal

June 30, 2009

accentLuminato - The festival or Arts & Creativity took place in Toronto from June 5-14, 2009.

I happened to stumble on David Rokeby’s Long Wave - This installation consisted of 64 red spheres, hanging from the ceiling inside the Allen Lambert Galleria in Brookfield Place. Rokeby’s long wave is a representative of a modified sine wave, the basic structure of modern wireless communication.

Very cool huh!!! You never know what you may stumble upon in Toronto!

Oh and please note that these pictures were taken with my iphone and NOT my fancy shmancy slr.

img_0006

img_0008

img_0009

img_0011

img_0013

Bina & Matt | Portraits

June 28, 2009

accentBina and I have been friends for many years, in fact our friendship started because our fathers are friends and our grandfathers were friends. When we were little, I lived in Virginia and Bina lived in Canada, so we’d get to meet whenever our families visited each other. I remember the crazy shopping trips and how Bina’s dad would give us each a $20 and let us go shop our brains out at the mall! This one summer we both got Paula Abdul’s Spellbound, Paula was our favourite and we had each one of her songs memorized word for word. A few years later, my family decided to move to Pakistan and I thought this would be the end to our friendship - but that didn’t happen. We wrote to each other regularly, keeping each other up-to-date on our lives and then I discovered one of Bina’s aunt’s lived in the same city as us, so Bina would come visit her relatives and I’d get to see her too.

So when Bina asked me to do her portraits with her Husband and son, I couldn’t hold my excitemet! It was just a total pleasure getting to hang out with them while I caught them being a wonderful family that they are!

I’ve posted a few shots from the session.  Isn’t Bina just the most gorgeous person you know. I think she has the most beautiful smile!

img_4693

img_4835

img_4840a

img_4872

img_4913a

accent

My 3rd and most favourite stop for the day was the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat. I just love this building because of all the incorporation of Islamic architecture in it.  It is designed by the distinguished Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki.  The use of simplicity, white and light are just phenomenal.  My two  most favourite parts of this building are the Courtyard and the exquisite lattice work in the central foyer. The courtyard houses a garden which is inspired by Islamic Gardens. The walkways are all sloped a bit so that in the winter the water flows to the center from all 4 walkways.  The lattice work in the foyer is beautiful - The shadows created just add so much character and detail.

The Delegation serves as the headquarters of Aga Khan Foundation Canada, a non-profit agency that supports social development projects in Asia and Africa.

img_6618

img_6619

img_6629

img_6621

img_6625

img_6627

img_6628

img_6631

img_6635

img_6637

img_6639