Laura Proctor
Photojournalist

games for fun - 2019

There are some things that have been lost to time in Toronto. The neon lights that used to line Yonge Street; the folk music spilling out of Yorkville coffee shops; the hope of a middle class. The Canadian National Exhibition is a time warp to the past for me. When I'm weaving through the crowds I'm hypnotized by the signs, games, rides and lights. It feels like I could be in any decade. At the end of the summer when the CNE opens, people flock to it just like they did in the 50s, the 60s, the 70s. It's still a place where a young person goes out on their first date. Our city is changing, but for two weeks in August, Toronto gathers under the neon lights to play games with each other.