Background / Vancouver is a portrait of Vancouver, British Columbia captured on an autumn day in 1972 by four artist / friends Taki Bluesinger, Michael de Courcy, Gerry Gilbert and Glenn Lewis.
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ACROSS & DOWN . white lunch . getting high . NORTH FROM VICTORY SQUARE . A DAY IS A LIFE . REAR 1/4 VIEW OF INTERMEDIA 1967 — 1968 . UP . AND . DOWN . THE DEEP . ROBIN PAGE PAINTING IN BAR . MOUSE . ART IS DEAD . POTTERS . CLIMBING WEST ON HAMILTON ST . SINGLE MEN'S UNIT . SE CORNER OF PENDER & HOMER . WEST ON HASTINGS TO THE MARINE BUILDING . 1145 WEST GEORGIA . VOTERS
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A MILE FROM THE ONLY SEAFOOD CAFE . CANADS NATIONAL MAGAZINE . COAL . HARHOUR . SURREAL . ESTATE . GATE . GATE . PARA GATE . PARASAM GATE . BODHI . SVAH! . WEST VAN . JOY . FOG . PRONDL . POP . SELF PORTRAIT . LIGHTHOUSE . I WILL
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TOWERS OPEN FIRE . WORK . PLAY . HORSESHOE BAY . DRAWING . UFO . BC . FERRY TO NANAIMO . NOON . THE POINT . STOAK-TUX . SKY FALLING . JUST A LITTLE FARTHER BACK . UPPER LEVELS HIGHWAY . TREE . ROCK . FACE . BACKUP . THIS IS NOT THE PIPE . CRANES FLYING
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ELEMENT COUNTY . OUT FRONT . PHOTOGRAPH . BRITISH PROPERTIES . HE SAW HE WOULD . ANYTIME . UP UNTIL . IT'S ALL SAID . WE GET . TO SAY IT . THE HEAT . THE FISH AND THE PEOPLE . GO OFF . INTO . GULS . ULK-SEN . NORTH . VAVAN . NEXT PICTURE . GOOD EARTH
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THE BIG OH . DR & MRS DOG OD . TANGIERS WEST . CLICK . DELUXE OUT TO LUNCH . TERMINAL . CITY . TO . FROM . THE . MAPLE . CREEK . MUDFLATS . SLUG . BEACHED . FOR NOW AND THEN . UP BURRARD INLET . SEAMUS FINN . DOLLARTON HIGHWAY . PHOTOGRAPHER'S CHOICE
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STILL LIFE . DEEP COVE . LANDSCAPE . HASTINGS AND RENFREW . FREE SAMPLE . THE CITY OF VANCOUVER . CANADA . DRY NIGHT . PENDER & MAIN . VICTORY . SQUARE . SLIM FLOWER . SAINT JAMES CHURCH . THE NEW ERA SOCIAL CLUB . 300 BLOCK POWELL . BC SUGAR . INNER CITY . VICTORIA DRIVE & NAPIER . EAST 1ST& VICTORIA . EAST 1ST AND SEMLIN — INTER
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MEDIA 1970-1971 . BORDERLINE CASE . THE HORNE PAYNE SUBSTATION . THE LOUGHEED DRIVE-IN THEATER . CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER . ROOF OF FLAKEY'S CAR . LO-HEED HI-WAY PRO-JUICE . 7850 ENTERPRISE, LAKE CITY, BURNABY . SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY COURTYARD . SIMON FRASER U VIEW . SIMON FU NORTH VIEW . SFU TOWER . VIEW OF VAN FROM CENTENNIAL PARK . THE JACK SHADBOLT RESIDENCE . VIEW OF VAN FROM CAPITAL HILL . MRS ARNTZEN'S HOUSE . WERNER AELLEN'S OLD HOUSE, REAR . ADMIRAL HOTEL MURAL . EXHIBITION PARK RACETRACK . PLAYLAND
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STONED TOPIARY . GREEK VILLAGE . FAMOUS LAST FOODS . HUDGE GLOWING POEMS IN THE SKY . OPPENHEIMER PARK . CORNER PROPERTY . NEW WORLD HOTEL . MARR HOTEL . SAIL OR SHOW ME . THE FOOT OF MAIN . ANCHOR HOTEL . ALHAMBRA HOTEL . HOTEL EUROPE . LUCKY-LUCKY . HOTEL CAMBIA . GATEWAY TO THE ORIENT . END OF THE ROAD . TOWER OF DARKNESS . GRANVILLE & GEORGIA . LOVE'S
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ANIMAL FARM . THE YALE & THE CECIL . BURRARD BRIDGE & KITSILANO TRESTLE . THE MINISTRY OF TRUTH . PACIFIC PRESS GANG . SHEERY GRAUER'S OLD STUDIO . THE GRANVILLE GRANGE . MIRRORS . CLAY'S WARFE . THE GRANVILLE ISLAND CAFE . ROL'S STUDIO . FALSE CREEKHOUSE . METROMEDIA . KITSILANO . CANADA'S NATURAL MAGAZINE . 2069 W4TH . THE DRUIK'S OLD HOUSE . INTERMEDIA 1969-70 . HALF A BLOCK UP ACROSS THE STREET . 2O88 WEST 5TH
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& ARBUTUS . CORNER 6TH AND ARBUTUS . JACK DALE'S HOUSE . YOU STREET . THE OLD BEVERLY LATCHEST HOUSE . DAZZY'S CAR . FORTH STREET . AL HEWETT'S CAR . SITE OFTHE MANDAN GHETTO GALLERY . NO RELATION TO VIET NAM . BLUNT BANK . 10TH & ALMA . ERNIE'S BAKERY . 16TH & DUNBAR . SOUTH TO THE FRASER DELTA FROM DUNBAR . BUS STOP . JOAN LOWNDE'S HOUSE . KERRISDALE CAMERAS . TOPIARY ON 41ST AVENUE . HEAVEN
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41ST TOPIARY . THE MYSTERIOUS EAST END . TULIP FARM . CAROLE . KNIGHT ROAD & KING EDWARD . BOATING ON KINGSWAY . CHARMIAN, SAM, AND SONJA . FLAKEY, GRIN AND DR. BRUTE . A HOME OF MARTIN BARTLETT . R 8 . A 8 . A B . INGRID'S HOUSE . R 19 . GLENN & TAKI . TAKI & GLENN . CENOTAPH . 575 BEATTY STREET (REAR) . MAIN POST OFFICE BOX . GEORGIA AND CAMBIE
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VANISHING VIEW OF VANCOUVER . WALK . EDDIES . RAINBOW POLE ON ROBSON STREET . FONCIE'S PHOTOS . CHIEF DAN GEORGE . SOUTH ON GRANVILLE AT ROBSON . WEST ON ROBSON AT GRANVILLE . EAST ON ROBSON AT GRANVILLE . SOUTH ON GRANVILLE AT ROBSON . NORTH ON GRANVILLE AT ROBSON . EAST ON ROBSON AT GRANVILLE . HOTEL VANCOUVER . COURT . OUR MAIN BOOKSTORE . BC ELECTRIC . WALKING DOWN ROBSON . CHEESES . MAGAZINES . CHICKENS
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1084 ROBSON . BISCUITS . S.JAMS. . FISHES . DOLLS . THE BLUE HORIZON . ROBSON AND NICOLA . NICOLA AND NELSON . THE NICOLA APARTMENTS . THE ANGUS . DAVIE LOOKING WEST FROM CARDERO . THE WEST END . A GREEN SUN . SCENE . ON MOUNTAIN MEADOWS . COMES RIGHT OUT OF MY MIND . COLD FEET . WARM EYES . AFTER THE RAIN . THE SAME
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DIRTY WINDOW . STAY THE WINTER . ENGLISH . BAY . MONUMENTAL ERECTION . SNAUQ . SKY DREAM CONE . MARITIME MUSEUM PARKING LOT . SKWA-YOOS . CHIEF KHAHTSAHLANO . KITSILANO BEACH . APE . BUSY . SEED . HE . GIFT . VOICE . AGE . EYE . JADE
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ACHE . HELLO . MEN . HOPE . PEEK . USE . ART . REST . EAT . CHEW . FEED . DOUBLE . WHO . EGG . WISE . HEAD . IMAGE NATION . P . O . I
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N . T . G . R . E . Y . R . O . A . D . KO-KO-PAI . LOCARNO BEACH . POOK-CHA . NITOBE GARDE . SEE FARAWAY THINGS . FAR AWAY . PLEASE DO NOT THROW COINS IN THE LAKE . THEY SERVE NO USEFUL PURPOSE THERE . UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA . FORESHORE PARK
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TOTEM PARK . MY GRANDFATHER—OLD CHIEF KI-AP-A-LA-NO . TELL ME . HE SEE FIRST WHITE MAN . COME DOWN RIVER . COME FROM EAST . JUST ONE MAN . OLD KI-AP-A-LA-NO BIG BOY THEN . JUST SO HIGH—ABOUT 5 FEET . HE LIVED TO ABOUT 100 THEN DIE . AYATAK CAPILANO . WALKING MAN . SOUTHWEST MARINE DRIVE . LOG BOOMS . MUSQUEAM . DUNBAR & SW MARINE . POLLY THE TROLLY . OAK STREET BRIDGE . POPULAR SCIENCE . PLANT
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SOUTHEAST MARINE DRIVE . NEW WESTMINSTER . TERMINAL HOTEL . 401 . BURNABY ART GALLERY . EAST 1ST VANCOUVER BC . F20 . CANADA'S NATIONAL TRAIN STATION . WEST ALONG 6TH AVENUE . CAMBIE BRIDGE . YOU A . VOID MY EYE . SEEN IT ALL BEFORE? . SHOOTING OUT LIGHT . THE LIGHT . ALIGHT WITH YOUR LOOK . VANCOUVER BACKGROUND . 575 BEATTY STREET . THE SUN TOWER . GROUND ZERO
