winnipeg through my eyes

[1ajs]

so this yr i havent spent as much time behind the camera as i normaly do, due to a incident with watter and a laptop (stupid cats) recently i got a new one yay!

and in that time allot of change has happend for me i nearly had a finacial melt down i've moved downtown into a studio got rid of stuff allot of stuff...

i've gotten back into my thing.
and my yr started out with a epic new years party celebrating the 130th birthday of the house i grew up in





the years pass by from timber to timber
you rose long ago
to see to feel
you have been
this years a time
to change indeed
to party this way
to say hello
you shelting ways
will always be
to remember those year i shall i shall
if only you could
speak

witch my mother sold this past weekend

i went to festival du voyager for the first time in 8 yrs
was awsome have i ever mentioned how awsome my nieghbors are ? i miss them allready


snow sculpture from the winter festival


crisp night to weathers be gathering all
to maples snow
to snow it beat
this crisp night
of dancing
of sleding
of it all
we party about this winters night
to celbrate du voyager
the past of the
greatnes of past
this be our history indeed indeed

as times tinkers along i am poor and under employed and taken on a dead end soul killing job and have no time

south to sell
ideas of school
to slither within
the souls
unsuspecting scaming way
these people unaware unaware
slowly
slowly
sneaking their minds
to a system of lies
lies lies lies
why i do why i do
soul sucking soul sucking deep within a robots way to nothing i be
a black hole growing sucking a black hole it be

then spring comes and i quite and relax for a bit

while i manage to grab a few shots


new home to be
people come people go
these walls awaken
awaken once more to a new way
to new homes to shine away





the strip we call portage a wintery afternoon the bus's to come befor a rush


but hey whats this across the way could it be no it cant be a new highrise sweetnes at bee privitly built that be aswell



but hey winnipeg aint winnipeg with out a hoe down right?
one of many parties i have helped put on. at the rocker (a space in A CO-OP OWNED BUILDING in the ecchange full of workers co-ops)


and so a block away upone our square we look up hydro rising above down kings st of west of exchange possibly one of my favorit views in the city


and so i wounder about some time more to drag my self half way across the city at be to a geeking of architects that be a school show case a school show case at the u of m.
a model of downtown to be used from now to think to see


to bridges models



these folk they see
to grow to think
to spire
they go on about this way
to share to be
to make their mark
architects of future ways
so be so be lets the mind grow beyound a box of way


skip forward a few weeks and we find ourselfs back in the exchange looking upone this gem once upone a time a tallet that be in this great nation of canada in 1904.
no to shine again yes to shine again as culinary arts school and residentses for the downtown campus of red river colledge




such a gem left to rot
like it be
to rot away
to cry aloud
surving as well as be
to still have its woods intact
amazingly it dous to shine the oaks to maples floors
rising upone the square it shine once more
a place close so close
to my heart

a rooftop view from the local hackerspace 50 members and growing upone 2500 sqft with room to expand

looking west towards the health sciences center (manitobas largest hospital) cranes rise for the new woments hospital



but hey there is a new tower going up yep yep


aww the exchange



majestic today as be befor
you rise to brick
to glass and timber
u are there to share to be
of grit and all
your hiden gems full to find (keep scrolling you will see one)
rising around to see
to find away
of culinary arts to music and art
this way to be the hipster paridise

upone this veiw a festival of ideas to share to grow this view is beaut o hydro u shine and yes thats a tower rising below



have i ever mentioned how much i love roof top views?


urban walls growing slowly layers and all


the majestic beast it be it be of culinary arts and all


a hill so high above the trees this be spring no leave to be so we wait we wait
this is from the highest point in the city thats an onld garbage dump from the 30's makes a nice park


and as i did find a new job i managed to squeez some time to get out to doors open to grab this interior shot of the culinary arts school talk about an epic classroom this place really is shining once more o and to top it off this is were u learn to mix drinks so u get to get drunk in class yep


a prarie sky seting for the night



i missed so much photo opportunities this summer due to work of crazy hrs and working weekends so i have massive gaps upon this sadly but shortly befor meme i switched jobs cause it was an unsafe environment

manitoba electronic music exposition meme including proper sound (pkj sound rig) was amazing


i spoke befor yep yep i did a hiden gem a hiden gem
this space i have come to know once upone a time a temple hiden away within the exchanges walls and untill this yr i had no idea existed and soon to be a meadia arts hub



so upon the summers end i learn of evictions of change that be now i scramble to toss to purge and find the sweetest of spots to be
in the exchange a studio await

portrait of a friend out my new window




the gem is shining in prarie sky


and so nu blonche comes and the city breaks into parties all round
so a friend gets out and sets their prjector up and beams the cmhr like this
using their interactive software as a parkour dance party goes under way at the forks skate park



shit this is getting real we got a tower crane!


yep aint she a beaut?


morning rise


to the grit this way away
lanes at be
to grit it be
gritty ways to see to flee
o to see this way a brick a board
to pidgons shit
all upon these layers
to see
a beauty of this be
my hood of new
i call it home

just down the lane from me


my window


out back the grit is here


view out the hackerspace window


and so we end it hear of my wacky words of my photos to be of my view of my eyes i trust you all to of injoyed it all please be aware i do offer personal guided tours

[Andy6]

Great thread! It has been quite a year and it is all captured here. Lots of one of a kind images!

[Cyro]

Great photo thread 1ajs, your favourite photo king, west exchange is a memorable location for me, the Assination of Jessie James,Carol Shields Stories and the Pilots for Murdoch Mysteries were shot on this strip before they moved the series to T.O, among others.

[bulliver]

Good stuff. I can tell there is much I didn't see in my short visit.

[1ajs]

upon this i see a world about high above it all


to see out this way
the vast flat prarie
windows out beyound to see
i must be aware to be
these prarie skys so bright
a red a orange
to settle it way
must i look upon this way



this world so far from my eye
down so below today
this box of things
things indeed
to rise up to what it be?


so far to go
these stairs below rising some ways
150 foot to be
287 steps to go so far
tiring up
dizzying down
so long to spiral it is what it is



so many times i climb this way well well it is so far
so far so far.......


the things one make of concreat dust upon a wall 40yrs thick < i am searious on this one.


its cold i say
i say its cold
turn me on
turn me on!
i am cold this way
its so cold this day
turn me on!




its cold i say i say i say
turn me on turn me on!

[Andy6]

Great new pics, 1ajs, and nicely coordinated with the poetry too. The sunset is amazing.

[DLLB]

Great thread! A bit of a different look at the ole Peg.

[george]

Good eye, great shots, dig it.

[1ajs]

to the beat of the peg
pegcity
it beats
aloud this night
through snowy charms
this beat is loud
the dancing eagles
charming around
a feathers beat
this pegcity
awakes to dance
a charm to dance
from portage main
the pegcity dance
the pegcity dance
it goes on this way yo
along the dance a way to higgins and main
my peeps they strive to cultures
hipsters native yuppies to all
the jets be back
the ballets still dance
the symphony tune to all a flow
so much here
in the pegcity
i tells yea this now
my home my home so proud home
to come home
pegcity pegcity
to shout out
here here here here
pegcity stand breathern of all peoples
pegcity
land of eagle feathers dance
from mudy watters
pegcity
dances

[ue]

Great stuff. Winnipeg truly is an underrated city.

[Boffo]

Wow - what an awesome looking city!

[Labroco]

What is hacker space? Are those images from Donald Street roof?

[dc_denizen]

beautiful pics!

[1ajs]

flickering lights
through the night
dancing all the way
above it all
asleep it be
a nights dance away


through the sky
fallow way
to north we go
from birds hill
beyound the sky
a nights houw it be


from fourth a trail
through bush and snow
the lights above
dancing way
a shiming way
a moon lights the way
fourth fourth
through nights way i go


this way it lead
to roads indeed
a night so bright
so far away


to what i see
a falling sky
this night it be
so falling
indeed
a falling sky
pirched here this night
so warm so cold
this way it be


fourth to city speed i go
above it all the sky dancing way
from above edges roofs all way
to see to see it shine way today


so seasons grow this night away
to dance to see
this sky away
from fourth it go
to pass it by
the nights deep
so far away

[1ajs]

arching beats of cities beat
along the snow
a covering way
forgoten
to dust
white dancing way
through this dusk
in city way
this bench
this bench
sitting way
buried forgoten
to drifts a day
of prarie sky
seting way



mastering hallow
futures be
the structures rise
amongst it all
a clay of ice
to glass a stone
rising above
to futures past
fighting forward
an idea of be
to peac
to right
to it all
this world is stand
tall beyond
a prarie sky
to stick away
to pound loud
as sharp stark mark way
to skys above



pushing out
cuting edge
like a block
ice way to sled
along the way
carving paths to flee
along this route there be there be




on the walk
to landing see
beyond a crysp
i see today
bricks motor
dust that be
beyond landing foe
a city a world
far far between


so gather round
a temples way
to sing to dance
to slurp away
o soup o soup
a stock it be
soup stock soup stock!
to share to greed
to feast aday
to dance
to sing
all ways that be
o soup o soup
o soup
so so good
to soup



to see to see
beyond it all
as urban as dwell
this city it be
amongst it all
i see to joy
out there in here i see i see
my world that be
from stairs to brick
it be it be

[Danny]

Very nice! Thanks for all these updates of Winnipeg from your eyes.

I´ve really liked a lot your pictures of those northern lights. Such an amazing spectacle!

Congrats and greetingns from Madrid, Spain.

[1ajs]

every cities goten
abandoned roting way
some half
some fully
it so it so
spaces silent
roting way
from pidgons to mold
so be so bee
as silence


to climb high
to see
my city from high
above silence rotting way
to climb up to see my my
such views these be yea yea
to statly way or so you think
no noo
just notre dame to say
beyound though u see rising beyound
downtowns core
to heart and soul


from there to bikes
to ride away
bouncing nights to frozen chill
slithering blood streaming by
as slaming be
to solid floor
this space
secrit
yet unknow to be
the secrit ride
hiden way
inside thee
o so be
o so be

http://vimeo.com/64018517 << more on the spot (not shot by me was aware of it befor i stumbled upone it at work hahaha)

and so the years wonder by
from 47 to till now
so many years that be
the clocks a ticking
so so it ticks away
1947 to 2014
the years they fly
fly like a fly
so fly by so be



this post all resides withing 1 single building even the skyline shot.
witch i have been working at all week makes for a sweet day to look out at that view even though its -20 and this winters been cold... that this temp feels not so bad concidering that we had a couple weeks of 30 below....


from frozen ways
to frozen keys
the fingers freez
to freez they go
so numb they burn away
to loose the feel
to freez they be
so froozen be
my figners be
alos to burn
burn
burn
they go
upone the warm
warm i see

[1ajs]

and theres more from a walk home


green to go
rushing by to the cross
across the lanes
8 lanes to be
across across
this urban way
downtown this city
this winter
this day
along way to cross
along long way
across these lanes
lanes of 8
to green i go



and from graders demise
another to bye the dust
this curb so once a curb
now spites all
to pass
as tripping hazards to be
beware beware
this busted way to curb apeal beware beware



over the edge
upone the edge
sharp siperey
heavy
water white
masses that be
driping way
as seasons by
to seasons be

[1ajs]

the one the only
suns to shine
from prarie fire
of season change
of warm
of heart
of love
of life
from this window
to shine this
day today
this night to come
to shine
from souls a deep
to number 1
from my heart
to shine so deep
my heart
to shine
to show
of love
of life
this day



from the fog
of long days short
this winter this hour
high up
pirched
to slip
a view
to soul
this cold
this day
frost
sloping fast
to springs ahead
the city
it rises
rises out
to slither way
from romans road
to portage main
this city
echos
of cold of heart
of warm at sleep
to come to see
this day
to fog
to frost




rising up the crane they build
they build this city
they build this city
from rising up
a dozen floor
rising slow
to rising fast
all roiund this city flow
flow flow
about this day
to yellow frame
from rock
to rock
it rising way

[DLLB]

Wonderful, more please :-)