David Cooper - Chief Photographer @whatzname07
Aircraft taking part in The Canadian International Air Show were on display at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Friday morning. September 3, 2011.
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Steve Russell -Staff Photographer @RussellPhotos
A laneway off of Yonge is transformed into a movie quality rain scape in Curtis Grahauer's "I just Know Something Good is going to happen, 2011" during the 2011 edition of Nuit Blanche where the city core is transformed by the work of hundreds of artists in the sixth installment of the sunset-to-sunrise celebration of contemporary art in Toronto. October 1, 2011.
Rene Johnston - Staff Photographer
This was a sad year for this photographer.
Jack Layton's passing was especially bad because he had been one of the constant stories at The Star since I started.
He was a city councillor riding his bike and I was a young hack learning how to run cameras.
Then he ran federally for the NDP lead I was there with Linda Diebel.
When he tried to take down the government with Dion and Duceppe I went to Ottawa.
But. most of all, when he walked out on the day he admitted to big time cancer at a downtown hotel just months ago I knew a friend was leaving us.
Rest in Peace Jack,
Rene Johnston
Jack Layton announces that he has cancer elsewhere in his body and will be stepping down from his post as the NDP leader. July 25, 2011.
Vince Talotta - Staff Photographer
Toronto Blue Jays Jose Bautista off the field as part of a series of Jay profiles on May 30 2011.
Andrew Francis Wallace - Staff Photographer
September 9, 2011 - Sailboats race on Lake Ontario as part of the 2011 Beneteau First 36.7 North American Championship.
Steve Russell - Staff Photographer
The say that Casa Loma might be haunted, but last month the only demon I battled in the Castle on Spadina was the one that every photographer fears, the absence of light.
The challenges faced while doing a history piece on Casa Loma's organ during the screening of a silent film were daunting!
During the 100 minutes of the show, I had to shoot video, stills and recorded audio just in case.
I didn't use a tripod, because I only had a limited amount of time and did not want to waste time setting up and tearing down.
The next performances on the organ will be a concert by Simon Gledhill on March 6, 2012 and a silent movie screening of the 1928 French silent classic "The Italian Straw Hat" on April 2, 2012.
John Struve tunes the 1,400 pipes that make up the Wurlitzer Organ at Casa Loma by gently tapping little plunger wires. The Toronto Theatre Organ Society performs on the pipe organ accompanying the silent film Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde at Casa Loma.
Rick Madonik, Staff Photographer
The pictures which follow are a small sample of the last years' work. In no way is the selection scientific, or unbiased. Many are favourites of the past year, or have some sentimental value. But all, I hope, elicit some form of emotion. From humorous to serious, from sad to elation, one of the things a good news photographer tries to do is capture a moment which helps tell the story, or at the very least, attracts the readers attention long enough to read the story.
Have a happy and safe holiday.
Ghadafi Halas! (Ghadafi finished!)
03/04/11 - RAS LANUF, LIBYA - A man motions with a knife to his own neck, and yells "Ghadafi Halas!" to show what he wants done to Libyan leader Muammar Ghadhafi as rebel fighters are greeted at the gates of Ras Lanuf after its liberation from Ghadafi forces. A rebel attack forced Gadhafi forces back towards Sirt. This is the first time the rebellion from the east has advanced into the western part of the country.
COLIN McCONNELL - Florian Schuck is comforted at a memorial at the corner of Sterling and Dundas for his wife Jenna Morrison, who was killed when a truck ran over her.
Steve Russell - Staff Photographer
If you would have told me that I would ever be hit by a zebra while covering a concert I would have called you crazy.
Even if you would have said it was a giant inflatable zebra!
But I guess it is one of the hazards of covering party band LMFAO at the Air Canada Centre.
Overall, it was a really fun concert to cover, the band started on time and that makes photographers with a tight deadline happy.
The show, well that was something, it was like every single party stereotype threw up on stage, it was great.
The band, bathed in light, was energetic and really knew how to connect with the crowd.
A fan who airbrushed her arms to match the LMFOA back up dancers waits for the concert to start.
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Some of the best from October!
BERNARD WEIL - Mississauga Mayor Hazel McCallion holds a copy of the executive summary of the City of Mississauga Judicial Inquest and gets some advice from her legal council, Elizabeth McIntyre, while answering reporters question in the Mississauga City Hall council chambers. Earlier, Commissioner Douglas Cunningham released his findings. October 3, 2011.
STEVE RUSSELL - A laneway off of Yonge is transformed into a movie quality rain scape in Curtis Grahauer's "I just Know Something Good is going to happen, 2011" during the 2011 edition of Nuit Blanche where the city core is transformed by the work of hundreds of artists in the sixth installment of the sunset-to-sunrise celebration of contemporary art in Toronto.
STEVE RUSSELL - Mohammad Mohyeddin listens to a question. He turned 105 on Saturday, his wife Ashraf is 95 and they recently celebrated their 75th anniversary in Toronto. October 2, 2011.
DAVID COOPER - The Iconic Apple sign on the Apple Store in the Eaton Centre was dark to honour Steve Jobs Apple Founder.
colin mcconnell - Mairead Lavery makes bubbles for the kids to chase on Woodbine Beach.
RICHARD LAUTENS - Freelance writer Jered Stuffco does chin-ups as he exercises on the subway. He has no time to exercise and a long commute on the TTC to get to work. He gets on the subway car on the Danforth line and does some chin-ups, push-ups, dips and some stretching before he reaches his stop at Kennedy.
STEVE RUSSELL - Four-year-old Ryan takes swings at the driving range at the Family Golf Learning Centre on Joshua's Creek Road in Oakville. Temperatures reached 25 degrees in Toronto.
RENE JOHNSTON - Matthew Neeb and Claire Hodgeson share a morning kiss. Members of the Occupy Toronto Movement have been living in St. James Park.
RENE JOHNSTON - Jackson Tuson is a kid who is one of three people participating in our Outside of the Box Halloween costume story. Three people were provided with a few basic materials (a box, tape, paint, tinfoil) and were told they could source 3 additional materials to make an inspired and original Halloween costume.
KEITH BEATY - Mother and sister of Sylvia Klibingaitis, shot by police hold her picture, Mother is Dzejn Klibingaitis, sister is Anita Wasowicz.
STEVE RUSSELL - Toronto residents take advantage of a warm Thanksgiving evening to stroll or sit along the waterfront and the pond at Harbourfront Centre at York Quay along the harbour in Toronto.
LUCAS OLENIUK - Beekeeper Fred Davis tends to one of his six hives on top of the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts at Queen and University Avenue in downtown Toronto.
DAVID COOPER - Robin Sarafinchan is a caretaker of a feral cat colony in Toronto.
STEVE RUSSELL - Ellen Skinner makes an emotional appeal to witnesses and the murderers of her son near the corner of Adelaide and Victoria Streets where her son, Christopher, was murdered two years ago. The family of Christopher Skinner, father Warren, mother Ellen and sister Taryn meet with media at the corner of Adelaide St. and Victoria St. where Skinner was killed in a hit and run on Oct. 18, 2009. Friends of Christopher and the investigating officers also appealed to the public and the murderers to come forward. Skinner was walking along Adelaide trying to hail a taxi when police believe that his hand came in contact with a dark SUV near Yonge and Adelaide, Skinner continued walking and started to cross Adelaide at Victoria when he was assulted by a pair of people from a dark SUV stopped at the light. Skinner was left in the street and then run over by the the SUV and left dead in the intersection.
CARLOS OSORIO - Rehersals for Mercedes Benz startup show during Toronto Fashion Week
CARLOS OSORIO - A model wears a creation from the Melissa Nepton show during Toronto Fashion Week.
BERNARD WEIL - Bustle presented its spring 2012 collection, October 20, during Toronto Fashion Week.
MICHELLE SHEPHARD - Business is booming at Mogadishu's fish market as the city slowly struggles back to life following the withdrawal of Al Shabab and the onset of thousands of refugees, who have fled the southern famine and fighting.
JIM RANKIN - A family strolls a back street of the city, devastated by shelling. Libyans awoke to Day One without Col. Moammar Gadhafi and took to the streets to celebrate. In Misratah, families traveled to see the devastation wrought in this city by pro-Gadhafi forces, and by evening, women and children paraded through main streets to celebrate and remember the men who joined anti-Gadhafi fighters and toppled his regime.
RICHARD LAUTENS - Zombie marchers make their way along Dundas street west of Bathurst making their way back to Trinity Bellwoods Park.
RICK MADONIK - A woman waits for the departure of a bus northbound. Viva buses work the night shift the day before an impending strike.
STEVE RUSSELL - Peggy Nash at home on the eve before announcing she will be running for the federal NDP leadership.
TARA WALTON - "Howl-o-ween" High Tea at Toronto's King Edward Hotel kicks off Winter Woofstock Sunday October 30, 2011. Pet owners dressed up their pooches in Halloween costumes Sunday afternoon and paraded them around the runway to kick of the Winter Woofstock event that runs November 19th and 20th at the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place.
SPORTS
RENE JOHNSTON - Leaf Captain Dion Phaneuf gets ready for the tilt against the Habs at the ACC on NHL Opening Night.
RENE JOHNSTON - Colby Armstrong gets up ended over the Montreal goalie Carey Price in the third at the ACC on NHL Opening Night.
STEVE RUSSELL - Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Joffrey Lupul runs over Ottawa Senators centre Zack Smith in first period action as the Toronto Maple Leafs play the Ottawa Senators.
RICHARD LAUTENS - The leafs beat the Jets 4-3 in a shoot-out. But, in overtime, Toronto Maple Leafs goalie James Reimer (34) ends up surrounded by legs in defence of the net.
VINCE TALOTTA - Toronto FC Danny Koevermans celebrates as he scores the second goal against New England Revolution in the final game of the season.
RICK MADONIK - Penguins Pascal Dupuis gets shrouded in ice as Mike Komisarek continues the play into the boards during NHL action between Toronto Maple Leafs and Pittsburgh Penguins.
RICK MADONIK - Bills Running Back Fred Jackson fends off DeAngelo Hall during NFL regular season play between Buffalo Bills and Washington Redskins at Rogers Centre.
