Rust-belt cities often conjure an image of decay and decline, but beneath those easy impressions there is something richer: places that are still very much alive. To see this richness requires an intimacy with a city’s cracks and corners, which reg Beaudry brings to his photographs of Hamilton, Ontario. Beaudry moved to Hamilton as a child, and although he has travelled the country, he has always found himself drawn back to what he calls a city with a “brilliant past and a burgeoning present.” His photographs capture Hamilton’s hard beauty, especially the lower city where it all began, and reveal a raw energy that challenges any assumptions of retreat.

 

James St. North

 

Beach Strip

 

Ivor Wynne Stadium

 

Steel Town

 

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Skyway Bridge

 

Juravinski Hospital

 

North End Steel

 

Westdale

 

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