{"id":1983,"date":"2007-06-10T00:45:15","date_gmt":"2007-06-10T04:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingtoronto.ca\/?p=1983"},"modified":"2013-01-21T14:19:28","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T19:19:28","slug":"guerilla-photography","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/toronto\/2007\/06\/10\/guerilla-photography\/","title":{"rendered":"Guerrilla photography"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowresolution.com\/archive\/000690.php\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lowresolution.com\/images\/nocontact.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&#038;hl=en&#038;q=Dufferin+St+%26+Queen+St+W,+Toronto,+Toronto,+Ontario+M6K,+Canada&#038;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&#038;sspn=53.741627,89.208984&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;cd=1&#038;z=16&#038;iwloc=addr&#038;om=1\">Dufferin hits Queen<\/a> the road ends briefly. On the north side of the three-way intersection is a retaining wall holding earth in place that supports the rail tracks a few feet above.  There is just a small strip of dirt on the top of the retaining wall and a chain-link fence. That dirt is now home to flowers planted by our local <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publicspace.ca\/gardeners.htm\">Guerrilla Gardeners<\/a>, I recently discovered. But just behind the narrow garden lies another unexpected guerrilla act: photographer and Spacing contributor Davin Risk has attached a handful of tiny photographs to the top of small stakes and stuck them in the ground. They remind me of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.veseys.com\/ca\/en\/images\/products\/small\/4603.jpg\">plastic thingys<\/a> that help the uneducated learn the name of the plant they&#8217;re looking at. Instead, Davin&#8217;s photos are of mundane and battle-scared Toronto. 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