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Eaton Centre, Toronto

Eaton Centre, Toronto
Toronto Eaton Centre is a shopping mall in downtown Toronto that is a major tourist attraction.

The geese are a sculpture by Michael Snow called "Flight Stop". It consists of photographs of a goose over fibreglass and styrofoam cores. This is a re-edit of an old post that I deleted when the site seemed to be about to close. More photos of the Eaton Centre will be coming; I have created an album for them.

Since artistic copyright is a popular issue these days, I'll mention that in 1981 Snow sued the Eaton Centre when it put ribbons on the birds' necks for Christmas. He had to prove prejudice to his honour or reputation, and he won the suit. Since then the Canadian Copyright Act has been amended so that any modification to a painting, sculpture, or engraving is always considered prejudicial.

appo-fam, Filippo Tosi, Phil Sutters, Sonia Roosen and 16 other people have particularly liked this photo


27 comments - The latest ones
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Interesting and unique, a superb capture, John.
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Thanks, Roger.
15 months ago.
 Keith Burton
Keith Burton club
Amazing light and reflections..............and on a huge scale too. The colours are just lovely.

Beautifully captured John. An interesting story about the copyright issue........at first I thought it sounded a bit petty, but then I thought why shouldn't he protect the integrity of his work?
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Keith Burton club
Thanks, Keith. Yes, I don't think they'd let Coca-Cola insert a can into Jesus's hands in Bruegel's "Adoration of the Kings".
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has added
I suppose a better example would have been having a can of Coke on the table in Leonardo's Last Supper.
15 months ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Fantastic light, colors and reflections ! Super, John !
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks, Ulrich.
15 months ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
beautiful and well seen
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Annemarie club
Thanks, Annemarie.
15 months ago.
 rdhinmn
rdhinmn club
Well, I didn't think there was a particularly valid point in drawing a mustache on the Mona Lisa just to be doing it, but protecting all art by law??? Like, which of our recent presidents was threatening to sue Saturday Night Live for making fun of him? Oh, well.
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to rdhinmn club
Duchamp didn't paint the moustache directly on the Mona Lisa, though, Bob. ANd someone painted a tan on that recent president,
15 months ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
hi john nice lady on the window
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Fred Fouarge club
Even the geese are flocking to see her, Fred.
15 months ago.
 MaggsMep
MaggsMep club
Fabulous shot John, so much to see and admire.
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to MaggsMep club
Thanks, Maggs.
15 months ago.
 Sarah P.
Sarah P. club
I remember this one from "that other site." Fantastic shot.

The one thing I do miss that Flickr had was the ability to tag people. As in "hey @JohnFitzGerald, did you see the traffic cone photo I posted just for you :-) "
15 months ago. Edited 15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Sarah P. club
Thanks, Sarah. I miss being able to reply to multiple people, but that is all I miss.
15 months ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
wonderful reflections and composition to this, making a delightful semi-abstract.
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to raingirl club
Thanks, Laura.
15 months ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A very interesting image with the reflections, John.
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to tiabunna club
Thanks, George.
15 months ago.
 Xata
Xata club
An outstanding composition there and interesting info too.
15 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Xata club
Thanks, Xata.
15 months ago.
 Saj Henderson
Saj Henderson club
A wonderful mash up, inspired.
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Saj Henderson club
Belated thanks, Saj.
14 months ago.
 Sonia Roosen
Sonia Roosen
Nice reflection
14 months ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Sonia Roosen
Thanks, Sonia.
14 months ago.

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