"The Tone of Your Marketing Collateral is Rather Tragicomic, Isn't It, Jon…?"#RenderPorn#AdFaces#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto https://t.co/sd111Hhges pic.twitter.com/JCUP2ZP6uD

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 23, 2020

"Same Wonderful Profits, Now with Less Corporate Guilt…"
Burrard Skytrain Station
Vancouver, Canada#BusStopAds
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/Y3BrYFxrGu

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 23, 2020

"Let's Put That Kid in Charge of All This…"#COVID19 #streetart#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/8lZlaS2JBC

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 23, 2020

"'SmartWood' Is the Only Solution to Profit Change in Our Industry…"
Marketing collateral at and side view of the 'Crest' development, E 11th St and E 8th St off Lonsdale Ave#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/Q2PykOfcrD

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 23, 2020

"Where's Bear…?"
Lonsdale Ave at E 11th St#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/Y5Z9Kawa6w

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 23, 2020

"By Using Untreated Materials for Public Infrastructure, We Are Reducing the Need for Costly Preventative Maintenance. Now, That's Next-Level Innovation…!"#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/YnMYgHf1rC

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 23, 2020

"Pandemic Update to Your Recreational Facilities"#COVID19#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/7kV5xo2U3x

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 23, 2020

"The 'New Normal' Shopping Experience"
Early morning lineups at the supermarket. #NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/p5vAJwmTfe

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 24, 2020

"The Ultimate We're in This Together at the Palace with Coronavirus' Amazing New Life!"
Imported cultural content at a local newsstand.#AdFaces#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/6jjydfvfLE

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 24, 2020

"Beware of the Approaching Shady Developer"#VanRELand#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/c5qJlpxXiD

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 25, 2020

"Like Zombies, Undead Industrial Waste Represents Canada’s Deepest Fears…"
Maplewood Flats Conservation Area, off Dollarton Hwy#NorthVan
(March 2020)#yearinreview#Year2020 #streetphoto pic.twitter.com/aYDli6slgZ

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) November 25, 2020

(1)

I visited the Maplewood Flats Conservation Area in #NorthVan yesterday, and wondered why the area looked like a scene from Tarkovsky's #TheStalker…#urbex#photo pic.twitter.com/pWoUXoOY3i

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) April 1, 2020

(3)

Prior to it being set aside for preservation, the area was "used for [some mysterious] industrial purposes", so I wondered what lay beneath that thin carpet of vegetation.#urbex#northvan pic.twitter.com/Kgm0q70lxM

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) April 1, 2020

(4)

The shore was getting away from high tide, the salt water line was falling, so I jumped off the underbrush fragrant with the scent of early spring onto the rocky shore to see if I could find out more.#urbex#northvan pic.twitter.com/wLKP5vYejT

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) April 1, 2020

(5)

On the rough beach, looking back at the shore line exposing an eroded fringe of the forest , I saw it, and realized…#urbex#northvan pic.twitter.com/aSUFYMLw2R

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) April 1, 2020

(6)

…the forest was trying to, humbly and selflessly, cover up our past shortsightedness, was trying to give us another chance.#urbex#photo#northvan#exploreBC pic.twitter.com/Bf9B9mpTYy

— a.k.a. Steve Kvartz, amateur (@SteveKvartz) April 1, 2020