{"id":3661,"date":"2015-10-11T18:48:12","date_gmt":"2015-10-11T22:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/andreamaicreative.com\/?p=3661"},"modified":"2015-10-11T18:48:12","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T22:48:12","slug":"through-the-looking-glass","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/through-the-looking-glass\/","title":{"rendered":"THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS"},"content":{"rendered":"

I really liked the results of my last set of photographs I posted, so I decided to go back to Yorkville to create more. I love the way the cityscapes merge with the window displays along Bloor Street. There is something magical about it. Like being transported to a hyper-reality.<\/p>\n

I studied art throughout high school at an arts school. Most of my reference points for art are from the mid-century modern period. I am very much inspired by the early works of David Hockney’s\u00a0poolside painting and painters like Elizabeth Peyton. I like the colours in my photographs to look like that of a\u00a0painting or illustration.<\/p>\n

#Yorkville #windowdisplays #DavidsShoes #Dolce&Gabana #BloorStreet #hyperreality #Toronto #shoes #architecture #cityscapes #fashion #ManulifeCentre<\/p>\n

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I really liked the results of my last set of photographs I posted, so I decided to go back to Yorkville to create more. I love the way the cityscapes merge with the window displays along Bloor Street. There is something magical about it. Like being transported to a hyper-reality. I studied art throughout high […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3663,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3661","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photography","category-travel"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3669,"url":"https:\/\/www.andreamaicreative.com\/archive\/beauty-in-saddness\/","url_meta":{"origin":3661,"position":0},"title":"BEAUTY IN SADNESS","author":"Andrea Mai","date":"October 14, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here are some additional photographs I made in Yorkville last week. 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