"P I O N E E R", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 10-21-21 📷: J.R. Rowan Get some... reeeal cheap! 🔎🥜🥜 #photography #night #dark #streetphotography #gas #gasoline #petrol #petroliana #GasStation #fuel #prices #CircleK #Pioneer #SelfServe #Ontario

"CELEBRATING THE HISTORY OF AVIATION", #Postage #Stamps, Czechoslovakia, 1977-78 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan #Collection * Stamps, coins, & banknote #art used to be exquisite! 🤩 #photography #flight #ECK #etching #science #aviation #vintage #artist #printmaking #balloon #wings #flying @wsstamey.bsky.social

"GRAND CANYON, U.S.A." Original Photo: @rjrock.bsky.social Photo Edit: @james-rowan-photo.bsky.social #PostProcess #TonalShift #EastCoastKin #ECK #landscape #ClassicMono *I first edited in color b4 converting into B&W. W/O color, the depth goes away, so I edited for shape & surface texture.

I love the aesthetic looks of the classic #Bluenote #jazz album covers from the 1950s & 60s. They were made through the collaboration of the #photography of Francis Wolff & the #graphicdesign of Reid Miles. In 2017, I used a self-portrait of a photographer I knew & created a mock #vintage LP cover

Speaking on the subject of the spreading of anti-Canadian sentiment, I would not ignore these efforts being made right under all of our noses. #Canada #CanadaStrong ✊🏻🇨🇦 @avilewis.ca @maritstilesndp.bsky.social @mark-carney.bsky.social youtu.be/77f17rAcax4?...

"FORD MERCURY F-68 HEADLAMP & GRILLE" (detail), 1949 Ford Mercury F-68 Dump Truck / Pickup Combo, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. c.2005 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #EastCoastKin #monochrome #blackandwhite #automotive #vintage #Ford #Mercury #truck #headlight #grille #filmphotography #believeinfilm

"JAMES ROWAN PHOTOGRAPHY", Toronto & Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, 2018/2005. 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #ECK #filmphotography #Kodak #TriX #ClassicMono #Fujifilm #XE3 #fujifilm_xseries #BlueskyArtShow #background #vintage #midcentury #pattern #graphicdesign #frame #mockup

"VIEW OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL & AN ART SELLERS MARKET ALONG THE RIVER SEINE", Paris, France. [early 20thC] 📷: J.R. Rowan | #Art Collection #photography #UrbanGaze #streetphotography #Paris #France #Stunday #print #etching #NotreDame #cathedral #church #vintage #fineart #printmaking #colortinted

"FIRE ESCAPE, METAL DOOR & PATTERNED CONCRETE WALL", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 05-11-23 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #industrial #architecture #concrete #blocks #steel #ladder #FireEscape #cage #door #wall #yellow #blue #color #colour #pattern #texture #shadow #EastCoastKin

I love the aesthetic looks of the classic #Bluenote #jazz album covers from the 1950s & 60s. They were made through the collaboration of the #photography of Francis Wolff & the #graphicdesign of Reid Miles. In 2017, I used a self-portrait of a photographer I knew & created a mock #vintage LP cover

"PULLED IN EVERY DIRECTION", (near) Morrisburg, Ontario, Canada. 10-23-25 📷: J.R. Rowan "All your crying don't do no good Come on up to the house Come down off the cross, we can use the wood You gotta come on up to the house" -Tom Waits #photography #landscape #symbolism #abstract #monochrome

"OBSERVANCES IN LIGHT (and SHADOW)", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 01-03-23 📷: J.R. Rowan * [ 2026 edits ] #photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhite #texture #light #shadow #shape #form #chiaroscuro #abstract #minimalism #hardware #ring #wall #MinimalMonday

"P E R C E P T I O N S", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. November, 2023. 👁📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #graphicdesign #eye #abstract #abstractart #MultipleExposure #shape #color #colour #colortinting #symbolism #surrealism #art #fineart #AlphabetChallenge #WeekAforAngles

"VIEW OF NOTRE-DAME CATHEDRAL & AN ART SELLERS MARKET ALONG THE RIVER SEINE", Paris, France. [early 20thC] 📷: J.R. Rowan | #Art Collection #photography #UrbanGaze #streetphotography #Paris #France #Stunday #print #etching #NotreDame #cathedral #church #vintage #fineart #printmaking #colortinted

"JAMES ROWAN PHOTOGRAPHY", Toronto & Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, 2018/2005. 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #ECK #filmphotography #Kodak #TriX #ClassicMono #Fujifilm #XE3 #fujifilm_xseries #BlueskyArtShow #background #vintage #midcentury #pattern #graphicdesign #frame #mockup

"LEAVING BATHURST STATION ABOARD THE BATHURST 511 STREETCAR" (1+2), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 03-21-24 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #ECK #Toronto #Bathurst #TTC #transit #city #architecture #fence #pattern #parkette #street #curve #UrbanGaze #monochrome #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #warmtone

"CURVING TREE WITH MANY BURLS", Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002. 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan *I found an old low-res #film negative scan still worthy of being edited. #photography #ECK #Toronto #filmphotography #Kodak #TriX #ClassicMono #tree #nature #cemetery #texture #grain #shadow

"B I S T R O", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 02-06-24 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #closeup #WolfgangPuck #bistro #script #logo #cooking #cookware #steel #stainless #pan #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #texture #pattern #geometric #shapes #circular #lines #concentric #EastCoastKin

"A TINY WISH FOR PEACE", Toronto & Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 1983 / 2023 📷: J.R. Rowan * I made this #tiny origami crane when I was a kid & still have it more than 40 years later... #photography #EastCoastKin #StillLife #abstract #color #penny #vintage #Canada #cent #origami #crane #symbolism

"GENERATING POWER", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 09-27-22 📷: J.R. Rowan * Standing at the edge of a field w/ several Staghorn #Sumac shrubs. #photography #landscape #EastCoastKin #Stunday #clouds #cloudscape #sky #electricity #power #electrical #towers #plants #blue #red #color #silhouette

"CURVING TREE WITH MANY BURLS", Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2002. 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan *I found an old low-res #film negative scan still worthy of being edited. #photography #ECK #Toronto #filmphotography #Kodak #TriX #ClassicMono #tree #nature #cemetery #texture #grain #shadow

"CALENDAR PINUP GIRL SITTING ON DECK CHAIR", March, 1950 - [for Esquire, Brown & Bigelow] (?) 🎨: Al Moore (American) [19?? - 1991] 📷: Digital Photo Restoration - @james-rowan-photo.bsky.social #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #pinup #girl #woman #midcentury #bikini #model #people #ECK

"SURPRISE ON THE SUBWAY", Men's Adventure Magazine (mid 20thC) 🎨: Charles Zingaro [American / Active: 1930s - 1970s] 📷: Digital Photo Restoration: J.R. Rowan, Toronto, 2016. #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #subway #man #woman #midcentury #fear #paranoia #people #ECK @wsstamey.bsky.social

"UNION STATION, TORONTO", Train Arrivals & Departures, Concourse Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 06-21-24 📷: J.R. Rowan (1 #photo + 3 different crops) #photography #Toronto #city #travel #UnionStation #Canada #history #architecture #stone #people #VIArail #streetphotography #color #EastCoastKin

"SURPRISE ON THE SUBWAY", Men's Adventure Magazine (mid 20thC) 🎨: Charles Zingaro [American / Active: 1930s - 1970s] 📷: Digital Photo Restoration: J.R. Rowan, Toronto, 2016. #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #subway #man #woman #midcentury #fear #paranoia #people #ECK @wsstamey.bsky.social

"GREEN DOOR", Cornwall Community Hospital, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 07-12-24 📷: J.R. Rowan ** Bricks, Blocks & Broken Concrete... #photography #photo #BlueskyArtShow #bricks #brick #pattern #red #green #door #urbex #texture #architecture #wall #distressed

"CALENDAR PINUP GIRL SITTING ON DECK CHAIR", March, 1950 - [for Esquire, Brown & Bigelow] (?) 🎨: Al Moore (American) [19?? - 1991] 📷: Digital Photo Restoration - @james-rowan-photo.bsky.social #art #artist #illustration #illustrator #pinup #girl #woman #midcentury #bikini #model #people #ECK

"SNEAKY DEE'S", 431 College Street @ Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 03-21-24 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #architecture #streetphotography #people #Toronto #street #city #landmark #downtown #nightclub #TexMex #graffiti #Mercedes

JIM MARSHALL: Show Me The Picture (2019) *Excellent #photography #documentary! #music #culture #Leica #camera #personality #history #photographer #art #ECK #JimMarshall

"LEAVING BATHURST STATION ABOARD THE BATHURST 511 STREETCAR" (1+2), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 03-21-24 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #ECK #Toronto #Bathurst #TTC #transit #city #architecture #fence #pattern #parkette #street #curve #UrbanGaze #monochrome #ClassicMono #blackandwhite #warmtone

"WHITE BIRCH FIELDS, LIVING ROOM SOFA & MAMA'S CARDIGAN", #Toronto, Ontario, Canada. 06-25-20 📷: J.R. Rowan *My Mom was in the hospital after falling a few days after her 1st chemo treatment... 😔 #photography #interiordesign #architecture #home #family #memories #Covid19 #lockdown #isolation #ECK

"JAPANESE MAPLE", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 06-05-22 🇨🇦 📷 🍁: J.R. Rowan * [ 2026 edit ] ** Composition based on blocks of color & shape. #photography #EastCoastKin #EastCoastKin #nature #naturephotography #tree #maple #bark #trunk #leaves #red #bloom #garden #gardening #detail #closeup #abstract

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Here is Gene Shalit's film review for "Dog Day Afternoon" (1975) that I used as a basis for creating a #vintage #graphicdesign. It uses scans of old, distressed paper, paper folds, surface textures, stains, as well as vintage catalog graphics, an old typewriter font... & a stamped image of Gene! 🎬

"BODY & SOUL", Takamine G-126 Nylon String Guitar (c.1986), Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008. 🎶 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #monochrome #blackandwhite #guitar #wood #texture #grain #body #classical #sepia #music #instrument #Takamine #acoustic #StillLife #Canon #Canon5D

"UNTITLED SELF-PORTRAIT", Toronto (2020) + Cornwall (2024), Toronto / Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. December, 2024. 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #selfportrait #portrait #graphicdesign #abstract #abstractart #composite #texture #geometry #shape #surrealism #light #luminous #luminosity

"GAZEBO, STONE WALL, & GARDEN", Cornwall Community Hospital, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 06-09-23 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #stone #wall #gazebo #garden #plants #fence #wood #nature #BlueskyArtShow #architecture #hospital #ClassicMono #monochrome #blackandwhite #shape #pattern #texture #ECK

"CONVERGENCE", Retina Centre of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 04-21-22 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #EastCoastKin #architecture #architectural #building #modern #symmetry #facade #bricks #color #orange #blue #shape #pattern #texture #abstract #abstractart #popart #OpArt

"RETINA CENTRE OF OTTAWA", Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 04-21-22 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #architecture #architectural #building #modern #symmetry #facade #color #color #yellow #orange #blue #green #duotone #shape #corner #pattern #texture #abstract #abstractart #popart #Ontario

ARETHA FRANKLIN - "Baby I Love You" (1967) *Martin Scorsese used this #song in a great scene placement for his 1990 film 'Goodfellas', but it certainly deserves more spins that it gets. #music #MusicSky 🎶😎🎶 HAPPY HEAVENLY B-DAY to the QUEEN of SOUL! 🎉 youtu.be/vQn7coVpZ8c?...

"BLUE DUMPSTER ABSTRACT - No.3", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 08-05-22 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #blue #dumpster #rust #red #orange #paint #scratch #dent #pattern #texture #shape #abstract #abstractart #distressed #vibrant #color #colour #detail #urbex #EastCoastKin #BlueskyArtShow

"CANVAS OF RUST & PAINT", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 08-05-22 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan *[ 2026 edit ] When I saw the inside of this door, it made me think of mixing a Mark Rothko & a Jackson Pollock! 🎨 #photography #ECK #abstract #rust #paint #steel #dumpster #industrial #distressed #texture #pattern

"SCOOTER", First Street East & Sydney Street, Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 08-13-25 📷: J.R. Rowan *2 edits + 2 crops🔎 #photography #EastCoastKin #streetphotography #architecture #UrbanGaze #ClassicMono #color #parkinglot #geometric #lines #concrete #shape #pattern #texture #HumansOfBluesky #people

"WALKING THROUGH TALL, WIND-WOVEN GRASS", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 09-18-21 🌿📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #EastCoastKin #color #colour #green #grass #lush #nature #closeup #naturephotography #poetry

"SPLASH N' GO", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 08-25-22 🇨🇦 📷: J.R. Rowan * [ 2026 edits ] #photography #ECK #EastCoastKin #splash #architecture #building #carwash #garage #business #automotive #UrbanGaze #monochrome #blackandwhite #ClassicMono #color #colour #perspective

"TABLE MANNERS" (2), Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 02-28-21 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #Rocky #cat #cats #pets #animal #animals #CatsOfBluesky #BlueskyCats #orange #blue #color #colour #table #dinner #waiting 😁🍗😺

HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHAKA KHAN! * This "Tiny Desk Concert" from @npr.org on June 11, 2024 was one of their best. Fantastic musicianship all around, but it's Rob Bacon's talk-box guitar from the opening track that instantly gives me the "groove chills". 🎶😎🎶 #music #MusicSky youtu.be/Gse1LKXuV2M?...

"SENSATION LILAC", Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 05-25-23 📷: J.R. Rowan #photography #EastCoastKin #lilac #flower #flowers #floral #plants #nature #color #colour #purple #pink #magenta #white #water #angel #cat #figurine #StillLife

"MUG SHOTS: JIMMY KNUCKLES COFFEE BRANDING", Toronto / Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 2017 / 2024 ☕🎨📷: J.R. Rowan Tastes so strong, it's like a slap in da face! You wanna fresh one? ☕😎 #photography #graphicdesign #product #coffee #logo #design #vintage #midcentury #humor #mug #mugshots #ECK #slogan

"MUG SHOTS: JIMMY KNUCKLES COFFEE BRANDING", Toronto / Cornwall, Ontario, Canada. 2017 / 2024 ☕🎨📷: J.R. Rowan Tastes so strong, it's like a slap in da face! You wanna fresh one? ☕😎 #photography #graphicdesign #product #coffee #logo #design #vintage #midcentury #humor #mug #mugshots #ECK #slogan