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  A wall of promises. Beauty. Success. Wellness. Reinvention. Influence. Magazine covers compete for attention, each presenting a different version of who we are meant to become. Together they form a portrait of contemporary culture—aspirational, anxious, curated, and endlessly self-referential. Amid the visual noise, a cane enters the frame almost incidentally. It slips across the display, momentarily intersecting with a magazine devoted to ADHD before continuing on its way. The gesture is neither dramatic nor accidental. It becomes part of the photograph's larger exploration of visibility: what is immediately seen, what is overlooked, and what emerges only after sustained attention. In the Cane series, the cane moves between absence and presence. Here it does not dominate the image. Instead, it quietly alters its meaning, reminding us that lived experience exists within—and not outside—the worlds of beauty, health, ambition, identity, and consumption that surround us.

      Edwards Gardens, Parks, Nature May 10 MOTHERS DAY 2026   Edward’s Gardens in spring doesn’t feel like a park to me. It feels like a temporary ceasefire between Toronto and everything it survives through winter. I see people emerging cautiously into it — hoodies, pastel jackets, that hesitant kind of optimism you only get after months of grey. They move along gravel paths like they’re remembering how to exist outside again. In my frame, I’m not trying to make this look clean or perfected. I’m working in an observational documentary mode — messy, unstable, alive. The ultra-wide perspective bends space slightly, and I like that distortion because it makes the scene feel closer to memory than documentation. The edges feel restless. The trees tower. The clouds feel oversized. Everything becomes scale, and people become motion inside it rather than subjects above it. What I’m really photographing is how nobody owns the space. Families drift toward ...

    Every walk becomes a kind of open-air archive. I head out with my cane and camera without much of a plan, letting the streets decide what deserves attention. Sometimes it’s people, sometimes flowers, animals, shadows, signs, or small forgotten details. This project is less about perfect subjects and more about observation, movement, and being present long enough to notice things. These are fragments collected along the way from the ongoing Cane Walk Project. #StreetPhotography #PhotoProject #CaneWalkProject #Edscholzgallery # #江戸門戸              

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    Drawing of E. Scholz Learning to Publish My First Book: Notes from the Trenches I thought writing a book was the hard part. Turns out, that was just the beginning. What I’ve really been learning lately is how to  publish  a book—specifically, how to get something live on Amazon KDP. And honestly, it’s been a mix of Google searches, AI explanations, random forum advice, and a lot of “wait… what?” moments. This is a journal-style snapshot of what I’ve figured out so far. The First Realization: Writing Isn’t Publishing At first, I assumed: “I’ll just finish writing, upload it, and done.” Nope. A real book—even a simple one—needs: A title page A copyright page A table of contents Formatting for digital  and  print That was the first shift: A manuscript is not a book yet. ISBNs, Canada, and Feeling Official One surprisingly nice discovery: in Canada, ISBNs are free. You can get them through Library and Archives Canada, which instantly makes things feel more ...

  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...

  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...

  To-Do List (Ongoing / Not Completed) Finalize photos for Japanese Zine (PROJECT JAPANESE BOOTH) Write captions / text in English + romaji/Japanese Proofread layout / text for Japanese accuracy Export print-ready PDF for on-demand printing Research and choose print-on-demand service Order first proof copy Review Sony Photo Contest rules & submission requirements Submit photos/zine to Sony Photo Contest Social media promotion for zine / project Projects (In Progress / Not Completed) PROJECT JAPANESE BOOTH – Japanese Zine December experiment + Sony Photo Contest Japanese Zine layout & print-on-demand test Sony Photo Contest submission

 Suspended Moments captures fleeting human leaps — spontaneous, playful, and sometimes theatrical. Whether cosplayers at conventions, strangers on streets, or people in parks, each jump embodies freedom, release, and the temporary suspension of everyday routine. By alternating between fantastical costume and ordinary attire, the series emphasizes that the joy of motion is universal. Costumes, props, and urban or natural settings enhance the drama, but the core of the project is human energy — visible in posture, expression, and mid-air tension. These photographs explore the ephemeral, the in-between, and the shared thrill of defying gravity, revealing how movement connects us all.”