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Photographer Tim Van Horn made a pit stop in Kelowna91裸聊视频檚 downtown over the weekend to collect 100 faces for his ongoing project where he travels coast to coast photographing Canada91裸聊视频檚 communities.
91裸聊视频淲e have this wonderful country, but we don91裸聊视频檛 have a visual that accurately represents who we are. So my mission as a photographer is to travel, meet all these characters and celebrate Canada,91裸聊视频� he said.
91裸聊视频淎nywhere there91裸聊视频檚 a sign post I stop and get a photo. Now Kelowna happens to be a pretty big community, and I91裸聊视频檝e been here before,91裸聊视频� he said.
In Van Horn91裸聊视频檚 eight years of working on the mosaic, he91裸聊视频檚 photographed 57,000 people from 1,250 communities across the country.
He91裸聊视频檚 also adding new portraits to the mosaic with his trip, to build the collage to 70,000 faces.
91裸聊视频淎ll too often when projects are initiated on Canada, it91裸聊视频檚 the landscape,91裸聊视频� he said, but his focus is on the people, which are displayed across his RV.
He91裸聊视频檚 travelling on a one-year journey to previously visited communities so people can see themselves displayed on the side of his RV which he took during the last excursion.
He said one of the highlights of his travels was a French woman who didn91裸聊视频檛 speak English, yet he was able to convey his message to her and vice versa.
91裸聊视频淚f you open yourself up you can feel a stronger connection to the community,91裸聊视频� he said, which is part of his goal with the project.
91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 all about inspiring us to believe in community and one another.91裸聊视频�
Growing up in a military family, he felt it was his duty to photograph the Canadian face with his art.
You can find Van Horn and his colourful RV near Stuart Park, Saturday and Sunday.
