Photograffiti
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Chain-link shadow across a white suit

Amara Diallo

Verified

Toronto · Street

Treats a sidewalk like a set and wins. Nineteen shoots in, her Toronto is all doorways, chain-link shadow, and streetcar glass.

Response < 5 h 19 shoots
Empty street at dawn, single figure centred
PLATE 01 35mm · f8 and be there · Queen West, 7 a.m.
Portrait against a hand-painted mural, flat light
PLATE 02 Fuji Pro 400H, last roll in the fridge · overcast
Hard-flash portrait, shadow doubled on brick
PLATE 03 Direct flash · alley off Ossington · one assistant, one reflector

Selected clients

  • North Supply
  • Streeter
  • Kensington BIA

In the bag

  • 35mm f2, hood taped on
  • One reflector, one assistant, sometimes neither
  • A transit pass instead of a van

Editor's notes

Nineteen shoots in and already impossible to book. Deservedly.

— Priya Raman, photographer

She treats a sidewalk like a set and the set never wins.

— Marcus Cole, art director, north supply