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>> Jill: WELCOME BACK TO THE
PROGRAM THIS MORNING.
WE'RE FINISHING OFF WITH SOME
DELIGHTFUL PHOTOGRAPHS.
I MENTIONED CORNER STORES, MOM
AND POP STORES, EVERYBODY OF A
CERTAIN AGE BRACKET GOES, OH,
THERE WAS ONE IN MY
NEIGHBOURHOOD WHEN I WAS GROWING
UP.
WE'VE ALL HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO
ENJOY THEM AND HAVE GREAT
MEMORIES OF THEM.
JOINING US TO TALK ABOUT THIS
PROJECT IS THE MAN BEHIND THE
PRODUCT JASON STATLER.
GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU DOING.
>> I'M DOING WELL.
>> Jill: YOU'RE AN ARCHITECTURAL
PHOTOGRAPHER.
>> YES.
>> Jill: YOU'RE NOT LOOKING FOR
LANDSCAPES, FACES.
>> NO, NO WEDDING OR PORTRAITS.
>> Jill: WHICH IS EASIER, DO YOU
PICK BUILDINGS BECAUSE THEY
DON'T TALK BACK.
>> THAT'S PROBABLY PART OF T.
>> Jill: WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
FOR WHEN YOU PHOTOGRAPH A
BUILDING.
>> THE ANGLE OF LIGHT, TIME OF
DAY.
I'M JOB IS TO REFLECT THE
CHARACTER, KEEP IT TRUE TO
NATURE NOT MAKE IT LOOK
DIFFERENT THAN IT ACTUALLY DOES.
>> Jill: WHAT IN YOU SAID I NEED
TO GO PHOTOGRAPH MOM AND POPS.
AND THIS IS YOUR FAVOURITE I
UNDERSTAND.
>> THIS STORY S-YES, IT'S A
WONDERFUL EXTERIOR, ACTUALLY
THIS WASN'T MY PERSONAL IDEA.
I CONTACTED BOB FROM VANCOUVER'S
AWESOME.
>> Jill: BOB, WE KNOW HIM WELL.
HE SAID JESSE OI WHO USED TO
WORK IS VANCOUVER'S AWESOME, HAD
THIS IDEA QUITE A WHILE AGO AND
HADN'T FOUND ANYONE TO TAKE IT
ON.
I SAID THIS WAS MADE FOR ME.
I TOOK IT ON ABOUT TWO MONTHS
AGO, AND IT'S BEEN GOING GREAT.
WE'VE BEEN GETTING A LOT OF
GREAT FEEDBACK AND PERSONAL
STORIES.
>> Jill: YEAH, I BET.
SO THIS IS SORT OF A SIDEBAR,
BUT MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN IN A
PUB IN ENGLAND NEAR DOVER AND I
WENT THERE WITH A PICTURE FROM
THE EARLY 1900s AND STOOD THERE
AND IT WAS ALMOST THE SAME.
IT'S SHOCKING TO ME HOW THERE
WAS NOTHING BUILT UP BESIDE IT.
I WAS OUTSIDE TAKING PICTURES.
PEOPLE WERE ASKING ME WHY.
SO WHEN YOU'RE STANDING OUTSIDE
TAKING PICTURES OF THESE MOM AND
POP STORES, PEOPLE WONDERING
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
>> I HAVEN'T HAD ANYONE ASKED
NEE ANYTHING SO FAR.
I WENT IN AND ASKED THE OWNERS.
AT HELEN'S THE ONE UP NOW SHE
WAS FRIENDLY.
SHE CAME OUT AND ASK ME, WHY ARE
YOU HERE, WA-ARE YOU DOING, ARE
YOU FROM THE CITY.
AND I SAID OH, NO, I'M DOING A
BLOG SERIES.
>> Jill: NO BYLAW INFRACTIONS
YOU'RE GOOD.
>> BUT SHE'S LET ME INSIDE, AND
WE TALKED ABOUT THE STORE, AND
HOW LONG IT WAS THERE, AND
THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AND SAME AT VERNON DRIVE.
FLOYD WAS EXCEEDINGLY FRIENDLY,
AND WE TALKED FOR A GOOD 15 OR
20 MINUTES.
>> Jill: DID YOU GET A SENSE
THAT THESE PEOPLE ARE REALLY
TIED INTO THEIR COMMUNITIES.
>> YES, ABSOLUTELY.
THEY NOT ONLY WORK IN THE STORE,
BUT THEY LIVE IN THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
SO SOME LIVE IN THE SAME
BUILDING.
SO THEY'RE A PART OF THE
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
>> Jill: WAS THERE ANY
DISCUSSION ABOUT SORT OF THE
FUTURE OF THESE STORES?
BECAUSE WE'RE SO OVERRUN BY
CONGLOMERATES, REALLY.
>> YEAH.
UNFORTUNATELY THAT WAS A BIT OF
THE MOTIVATION BEHIND THE
PROJECT.
LIKE, PEOPLE WONDERING HOW LONG
WILL THESE STORES BE HERE FOR?
SO WE JUST WANTED TO GET THEM
DOWN ON FILM.
>> Jill: BEFORE THEY'RE GONE.
YEAH.
>> BEFORE THEY WEREN'T THERE
ANYMORE.
BUT HOPEFULLY -- LIKE, I
MEANWHILE, AS I'M GOING THROUGH
THE SERIES, I'M GETTING SO MANY
PERSONAL STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE
WHO LOVE THIS STORE BECAUSE OF
THE PERSON WHO WORKS THERE,
CLOSER TO HOME, THEY CARRY
REALLY STRANGE THINGS YOU CAN'T
FIND IN THE NORMAL CHAIN STORES.
SO OBVIOUSLY THESE STORES ARE
REALLY IMPORTANT TO PEOPLE AND
TO HAVE THEM IN THEIR
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN KEEP THEM
THERE.
>> Jill: THIS SOUNDS LIKE A
REALLY GREAT COFFEE TABLE BOOK.
>> IT DOES.
THERE HAS BEEN TALK OF THAT.
BOB BROUGHT THAT UP.
>> Jill: WELL, THANK YOU FOR
JOINING US THIS MORNING, AND
SHARING THAT WITH US.
IF PEOPLE WANT MORE, IS THE BLOG
ON VANCOUVER'S AWESOME?
>> THEY CAN SEAR THE SERIES ON
VAUFR'S AWESOME OR MY WEB SITE,