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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


25 comments - The latest ones
 Roger (Grisly)
Roger (Grisly) club
Interesting and unique, a superb capture, John.
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Roger (Grisly) club
Thanks, Roger.
2 years 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?
2 years 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".
2 years 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.
2 years ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Fantastic light, colors and reflections ! Super, John !
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Ulrich John club
Thanks, Ulrich.
2 years ago.
 Annemarie
Annemarie club
beautiful and well seen
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Annemarie club
Thanks, Annemarie.
2 years 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.
2 years 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,
2 years ago.
 Fred Fouarge
Fred Fouarge club
hi john nice lady on the window
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Fred Fouarge club
Even the geese are flocking to see her, Fred.
2 years ago.
 Sarah P.
Sarah P.
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 :-) "
2 years ago. Edited 2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Sarah P.
Thanks, Sarah. I miss being able to reply to multiple people, but that is all I miss.
2 years ago.
 raingirl
raingirl club
wonderful reflections and composition to this, making a delightful semi-abstract.
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to raingirl club
Thanks, Laura.
2 years ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A very interesting image with the reflections, John.
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to tiabunna club
Thanks, George.
2 years ago.
 Xata
Xata club
An outstanding composition there and interesting info too.
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Xata club
Thanks, Xata.
2 years ago.
 Saj Henderson
Saj Henderson club
A wonderful mash up, inspired.
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Saj Henderson club
Belated thanks, Saj.
2 years ago.
 Sonia Roosen
Sonia Roosen
Nice reflection
2 years ago.
John FitzGerald club has replied to Sonia Roosen
Thanks, Sonia.
2 years ago.

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