Full Frontal T.O.

Excerpts and photos pitched to architecture and urbanism magazines (Architectural Digest, Dwell, Urbanism, MONU, Metropolis) and photo publications (Shutterbug, Creative Lens). Promotional posters of one of the photo series in the book will be printed and distributed. Promotional blog will be created and publicized, featuring some of the photos and essays from the book.

Full Frontal T.O. examines how the architecture of the city's streetscape looks, lives, and changes over time.For over thirty years, Patrick Cummins has been wandering the streets of Toronto, taking mugshots of its houses, variety stores, garages, and ever-changing storefronts. Straightforward shots chronicle the same buildings over the years, or travel the length of a block, facade by facade. Other sections collect vintage Coke signs on variety stores or garage graffiti. Full Frontal T.O. features over three hundred gorgeous photos of Toronto's messy urbanism, with accompanying text by master urban explorer Shawn Micallef. Patrick Cummins has photographed Toronto's built environment since 1978 and has worked as an archivist in Toronto since 1986. Shawn Micallef is the author of Stroll: Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto and a senior editor at Spacing magazine.