The half smile that fills this frame seems to mock the anxiety of a driver who I found bending over his car’s engine. The red rays of the smile may envelope the red car, but can’t make it run. The mouth in the wall mural, which is almost a block long in size, is incongruous in scale, as well as in its number of molars. I cropped the smiling mouth, along with its field of rays, in half in order to make the car and driver larger – it is so large that nothing is lost in the bargain.
I am indebted to the delightful pbase photographer Jude Marion, (judespics) who so kindly spent an afternoon shooting with me in Toronto, and took me to Queen Street where I photographed this unique scene.