{"id":263520,"date":"2013-11-01T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/issues\/photo-essay\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T20:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T00:49:21","slug":"photo-essay-2","status":"publish","type":"issues","link":"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/fr\/2013\/11\/photo-essay-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Personal city: Journeys through Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"column\">\n<p class=\"dropcap-big\">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&#8217;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 &#8220;brilliant past and a burgeoning present.&#8221; His photographs capture Hamilton&#8217;s hard beauty, especially the lower city where it all began,\u00a0and reveal a raw energy that challenges any assumptions of retreat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76630\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76630\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James-St.-North.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76630\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/James-St.-North.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"426\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76630\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">James St. North<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76632\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76632\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Beach-Strip.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76632\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Beach-Strip.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76632\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beach Strip<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76634\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76634\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ivor-Wynne-Stadium.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76634\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Ivor-Wynne-Stadium.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"808\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76634\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ivor Wynne Stadium<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76636\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76636\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steel-Town.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76636\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Steel-Town.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"431\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76636\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Steel Town<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76638\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76638\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Skyway-Bridge.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76638\" 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href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/North-End-Steel.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76642\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/North-End-Steel.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"486\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">North End Steel<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_76644\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-76644\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Westdale.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-76644\" src=\"https:\/\/policyoptions.irpp.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Westdale.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"807\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-76644\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Westdale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span 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