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  Dr. Scholz — Kamishibai Photography is a global practice of documentary and narrative photography inspired by Japanese paper theater (Kamishibai) and shadow play . It explores human presence in public and semi-public spaces across Canada, the United States, Korea, Japan, and other urban environments. The work focuses on people, movement, and behaviour, while also highlighting the traces they leave behind : objects, pathways, gestures, and the subtle imprints of human activity. Subjects are engaged through playful interaction, sometimes directly responding to the camera, producing a “quantum effect” in which the observer subtly alters the environment. A defining feature of this style is temporal storytelling . Sequential images of the same subject, object, or environment, taken over months or years, create evolving narratives that capture change, continuity, and the passage of life. Each photograph acts as a frame in a larger story, echoing the episodic, sequential format of K...

  Kamishibai Street Photography is an international practice that blends documentary observation with narrative storytelling, inspired by Kamishibai and shadow play . It captures human presence in public and semi-public spaces, using existing elements in the environment to create story frames where everyday life becomes theatre. Playful interaction with subjects is integral: participants may respond to the camera or improvise with the space, producing a subtle “quantum effect” in which the observer alters the environment. The work embraces both candid and lightly guided moments, revealing the rhythm, gestures, and traces of human activity across cultures and geographies. Each photograph is a frame in a larger story, a reflection of reality rendered through narrative, environment, and play.

  Human Presence Street Photography is an international project focused on people and the environments they inhabit. I work across Canada, the United States, Korea, Japan, and wherever public life unfolds. My photography centres on people — not only their visible faces but also their movement, posture, habits, interactions, and the marks they leave behind. Airports, beaches, transit hubs, markets, alleyways, stations, and city cores become sites where human behaviour reveals itself naturally. I’m drawn to the moments where individuals and crowds shape a space: the way they gather, separate, pause, leave objects behind, or imprint their rhythm on the environment. Direct human presence, indirect presence, and environmental presence are all part of one continuous human story. The name EDO MUNDO reflects a gateway between places and times. Each image is a threshold — connecting cities, cultures, and the flow of people through them. My work extends street photography beyond one lo...

  Thinking About Switching to digiKam (My Notes for You All) Lately I’ve been trying to sort out a long-term plan for managing all my photos and videos. I’ve got files spread over multiple drives, some of them not even plugged in most of the time, and I want a system that lets me browse and organize everything without relying on the internet or cloud services. Privacy matters to me, and I don’t want a program sneaking anything online. After doing some research, digiKam keeps coming up as the strongest option. It’s completely offline. No accounts. No background sync. It runs even if you disconnect the internet entirely. It also remembers files on drives that aren’t plugged in, which is important for me because I bounce between different storage devices. One thing I wanted to understand was how much space the program itself uses. The answer: not much compared to the actual photos. The database (tags, metadata, all the catalog stuff) is usually a few hundred megabytes to a few gig...

  Active Events (Canada + Other Notes) Ontario – Medieval & Renaissance Robin in the Hood Medieval Festival Elmira, Ontario – Early May The Royal Medieval Faire Waterloo, Ontario – Mid-September Oxford Ren Fest Woodstock, Ontario – June 14–16 fortitudebookings1@gmail.com Upper Canada Village Medieval Festival Morrisburg, Ontario – Early June Country Renaissance Festival Milton, Ontario – Early June Kingdom of Osgoode Medieval Festival Osgoode Village, Ontario – Early July Pirate Festival Milton, Ontario – Late June to End of July British Columbia BC Renaissance Festival Langley, BC – End of July Nova Scotia Pirates of Jeddore Festival Mitchell Cove, NS – September Privateer Days Liverpool, NS – July Retired / Defunct Events (Marked as ended or confirmed “died”) Faery Fest's Enchanted Ground Guelph, Ontario – Mid June Died in 2016 Treasureventure – The Adventure Festival! Rockton, Ontario – Mid June Died in 2016 Additional Upcoming Events (Mi...

  BUY BELIEVE — Pacific Mall Anime Takeover Issue Cover Story: “Neon, Noise, and Necessary Escapism” — Pacific Mall turns into a hyper-stylized anime biome: LED halos, pastel furs, claw-machine saints, and pop-up shrines to characters who feel more real than politicians. Fans didn’t just attend; they transformed . Inside This Issue: 📸 GreatGuyAAA x Bell: Field Notes from the Floor A roaming camera, a thousand colours, and the miracle of catching authenticity in a place designed for simulation. GreatGuyAAA documents it all—arcade bleeps, micro-communities, and that one cosplayer who stole the whole festival without saying a word. 🎎 “The Mall as Multiverse” Food courts become fantasy courts. Narrow hallways morph into narrative corridors. You’re not shopping—you’re shifting timelines. 🔊 “Hyperpop Is the New National Anthem” Booths blasting glittery distortion; masked DJs turning nostalgia into noise; teens chanting hooks that sound like the future glitching into place. ...

 Here is the fully regenerated, corrected, cleanly grouped list with TWIRL placed under Athletics & Movement . ✅ Grouped Tags (Revised) 1. Time & Date Tags 20y06m 25y 25y09m 25y09m14d Saturday September Covid-19 Day Count 139 Covid-19 Day Count 146 Reiwa 7 (令和7年) 2. People, Characters & Identity children children wedding celebrity Intertextuality Harley Solomon EpicGirl Stranger collection LegacySubject GLARE failure fear collection Intertextuality 3. Events Anime North COSPLAY cosplay event FanExpo fanexpo2018 fanexpo2020 Pandemic Era 4. Photography / Camera / Techniques CAMERA ROLL Canon EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS II USM candid photography photographers LENS FLARE GLARE Blur project Holga-ish Pixelate INSTAGRAM EXPORT reflective self portrait Scholz STANDOUT 5. Media, Art & Creative Projects Advertisment art Scholz collage p...

  In a corner like this, you can read an entire biography of a room. The mirror catches the old glass-block glow like a relic from a vanished municipal building—half Art Deco, half afterthought. The mop hangs like a tired archivist, the ladder waits for a task that never quite arrives, and the cardboard settles into the quiet economy of survival. Nothing heroic, nothing staged—just the soft geometry of a space caught between usefulness and neglect. Scenes like this hum with the same energy as a Diane Arbus side-room or a Roy Andersson set piece: the poetry of objects that never expected to be seen. And yet, here they are—testifying. #GreatguyTV #CitizenCanada #documentaryphotography #everydayarchives #foundspaces #visualculture #urbanstilllife #cinematicmundane #YouTubeAesthetics #photostudy

   The Quiet Company Beneath the Sun — Edwards Gardens, September (Scholz) In the gentle radiance of the afternoon sun, the garden presented itself as a small parliament of blossoms, each taking its place with the quiet dignity of characters in some rural chapter of life. Foremost, and with no small measure of enthusiasm, stood the  marigolds —stout fellows dressed in coats of flaming orange, their ruffled collars trembling ever so slightly in the breeze, as though eager to speak but waiting for a proper invitation. Interspersed among them, like modest yet spirited companions, were the  globe amaranths , each bearing a tiny, purple bonnet perched atop a slender stem. They appeared as the cheerful children of the assembly, their bright heads bobbing with innocent curiosity. Behind these, forming a soft, chartreuse carpet, sprawled a bed of  sedum —a most industrious groundcover, glowing with the steady, dependable light of one accustomed to keeping order beneath ...

Multiplicity of Selves in Fandom Spaces   📄 Conceptual Art Statement Title: Multiplicity of Selves in Fandom Spaces Medium: Long-exposure digital photograph Context: Convention / cosplay environment Statement: In fandom spaces, identity becomes fluid—performed, shared, and reconstructed. This image captures not a single self, but the many selves a person inhabits when they enter a world built from imagination and collective myth. The motion blur dissolves the boundaries between bodies, merging costume, gesture, and environment into a shifting field of presence. What is seen is not a portrait, but a chorus. Cosplay becomes a site where identity is multiplied rather than defined: a participant is simultaneously character, fan, friend, and stranger. Each blurred contour suggests a possible version of the self, a timeline of expression that flickers through space. The hall becomes a liminal stage where anonymity and recognition coexist, and where every movement writes a new biog...

  Upon the Blur Project, in the Twenty-Fifth Year In September’s hush, when GOLDEN HOUR fades And shadows lengthen over grass well-worn, I walk the streets, where children , swift as thought, Pursue delight—unbidden, unobserved— In candid photography preserved. This is the Natural world , not framed by art, Yet art itself, where signs of mortal time Mark 25y , and deeper still, the count: 25y09m , and one day more 25y09m14d , a fragile leaf Clinging to the branch of passing hours. O Stranger collection , faces half in dream, Encountered once and never seen again, Your eyes like fountains in a drought of souls, Your stillness caught in silver, stilled yet living. Where FLORA blooms, I see the earth restore What failure sought to spoil; for flowers rise Against despair, and teach a kinder law. Behold: FLORA-Marigolds-Orange burn Like embers dropped from chariots of dawn, And FLORA-summer snapdragon-Purple lifts Its violet banners to the evening wind. ...

🏰 Canadian & Nearby Festivals — Scholz Master List 2025 Historical Version Ontario — Medieval & Renaissance 🧝 Robin in the Hood Medieval Festival – Elmira, ON (Early May) Trivia: Founded in the late 1990s by local teachers and theatre folks; combines archery, knights, and “Ye Olde Food Court.” Teaches through play like medieval morality pageants. 👑 The Royal Medieval Faire – Waterloo, ON (Mid September) Trivia: Since 1998, incorporates Shakespearean improvisation and drama grads; merges academia and festival performance. 🦅 Oxford Renaissance Festival – Woodstock, ON (~June 14–16, 2025) Trivia: Features falconry and siege weapon demos, some staffed by engineering students. Cross-border performers from Michigan sometimes appear. ⚔️ Upper Canada Village Medieval Festival – Morrisburg, ON (Early June) Trivia: Medieval festival inside a 19th-century village; small events continue even if main festival is not confirmed for 2025. 🎭 Country Renaissance ...

Bond on Philosophy: Four Areas of Maximum Risk They say philosophy is boring. I say it’s dangerous — and I like danger. Especially the kind that comes with a punchline. Let’s start with metaphysics. I once asked myself, “Does anything actually exist, or is this just a very elaborate practical joke?” Aristotle had a fancy word for it: “substance” (Aristotle, 1984). Personally, I’ve decided the only substance that matters is the one I can spill on my tie without ruining the audience’s laughter. In one universe, metaphysics makes sense. In this one, it’s just an excuse for people to nod while secretly checking TikTok. Then there’s epistemology — the science of knowing things. Plato thought knowledge was “justified true belief” (Plato, 1997). That’s cute. I know my jokes are funny. I’m justified, the audience is laughing… mostly. True? Debatable. Belief? Half the people in the front row worship me; the back row is Googling “how to sue for emotional damage.” Epistemology, as I see it, is...

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