Name: Monna and Damien
Location: Ontario
Description: Damien found a beautiful broken-down frame in his parents' basement a few weeks before they moved to Calgary. He held the frame in his hands and envisioned a photography project that we could take on the road. When we packed for our trip across the prairies, the frame went into the trunk. Our plan was to capture the changing landscape as we passed through Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The first time we hauled out the frame in public was in Tobermory, Ontario where we were taking the ferry over to Manitoulin island and then heading up north. A woman said, "Now that's what I call framing a shot!" A man asked Damien to take a photo of him with his little dog in the frame. ...
Reader Escapes: Monna and Damien Cross the Canadian Prairies
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Somewhere in Northern Ontario, we pulled into a lookout and there was a group of bikers trying, loudly and unsuccessfully, to take a group shot. Damien got out of the car and volunteered to take their photograph.
Then we pulled our old wooden frame out of the trunk and took a few shots of the lake. One of the women sent her partner over to help me hold up the frame. He was wearing a t-shirt that said "Got Harley?" There is, without question, a camaraderie between people travelling the TransCanada, a kindness that says we're all in this long drive together.
Then we reached Saskatchewan. I began to think that perhaps, when God was creating the world, this was where he lay down for his afternoon nap. South of Regina, the land was so flat that we could almost see Alberta. We found ourselves driving through fields of golden canola and took some of our favourite shots from the trip.
With not a little sadness, we left the frame in Calgary. Our Barcelona life is too compact for such a large frame. Perhaps, we will find another one here. Something smaller, more European, for new photo experiments and travel adventures.
"Crossing Canada, Frame by Frame"
- Canada Goose at Wawa, Ontario
- Windmills in Grey-Bruce County, Ontario
- Canadian flag on ship at Tobermory, Ontario
- Masts of a ship docked at Tobermory, Ontario
- View of the highway from Wawa, Ontario/Lake Superior north of Thunder Bay, Ontario
- Canola fields near Regina, Sakatchewan
- Dirt Road near Rouleau, Saskatchewan
[Photos by Damien Pitter]
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That is one of the coolest things I've ever seen! Those shots really look like beautiful, framed paintings. Nice job! And what a fun trip!
view oakland's profile
What?!? No photo of Corner Gas??
view catspajamas's profile
This is f*cking awesome; thanks for making my day!
view visualingual's profile
Awesome, simply awesome.
view heymomo's profile
You were by Corner Gas?! Jealous. Now that the show is coming to an end I can go to see the set! *cries*
I love living in Manitoba.. Sure "there may not be a lot going on", but I love the landscape. Corn, flax, and mustard seed fields that go on forever! It's like you can almost see the ocean from the middle of the country!
view Mio's profile
Fantastic. Just fantastic.
(And to all the western Canadians out there, apologies for the Vanderzalm moment...)
view JenJensen's profile
Wow - very inspired.
view Wigorama's profile
Love it!!!
view I Love Upstate's profile
I was just in Winnipeg and the surrounding areas for a friend's wedding. Winnipeg is a great city, and the farms and flat land around it reminds me of rural Illinois.
p.s. Nice photos!
view davidasposted's profile
Great, simple, smart idea. Love it!
view lightspeed's profile
So glad you shared this with us. Lovely.
view peekay's profile
Very cool!
view That70sHeidi's profile
that is awesome, i love the one of the yellow flower field the best! we just returned from a trip to ontario. beautiful place.
view brand-eye's profile
Hello from Edmonton!
view Quince's profile
This is amazing! My favorite is most certainly the barn in the field of yellow.
view a.meyer's profile
Hi everyone!
Thanks so much for your lovely comments about our vacation photos. I fell in love with Damien's idea and with the photos from our trip and thought other people might enjoy them as well. Thanks for the love!
For folks who are craving a little "Corner Gas", you can see our photos of the television set in Rouleau, Saskatchewan here: http://teachermeetsworld.blogspot.com/2008/08/real-corner-gas-or-how-i-spent-my.html
P.S. I like the field of yellow best as well!
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