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A lonely, fluorescent-lit TTC subway platform at St. Andrew station, photographed late at night, with a single discarded paper coffee cup tipped over near the yellow safety strip, its brown stain seeping into the cold, speckled tiles. The walls are lined with dated beige tiles and scratched advertisement panels featuring torn, curling posters for past festivals. Overhead, harsh fluorescent tubes buzz faintly, casting washed-out, greenish light that exaggerates every crack and stain. Shot on analog film with a wide-angle lens from a low perspective along the platform edge, the rails stretch into a dark tunnel, drawing the eye into uncertainty. The composition is symmetrical yet unsettling, capturing the sterile, liminal loneliness of Toronto’s underbelly, equal parts familiar comfort and quiet despair.

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