Energy is very much a human value. And Toronto is full of energy, a city of vitality, dynamism, and spirit. People often don’t merely walk in Toronto – they stride vigorously, outpacing all before them. I made this image on King Street in downtown Toronto at the height of the evening rush. I focus on a woman, loaded down with three bags, who moves briskly into the sunset, shielding her eyes as she paces forward. I add context by layering a softly focused helmeted cyclist into the foreground. She moves in the other direction, her highlighted bent arm echo the bent arm of the woman behind her. The cyclist’s flaming red costume and backpack play against her shadowy anonymity. Together, these figures express the energy of one of Canada’s great cities.