Herb Chao Photography

04/18/2022

09/28/2020

Congratulations to some very good friends Matt & Emily on their marriage. Despite Months of planning with the pandemic putting your plans to a stop you two manage to find a way to stick it to COVID. Let this memory not just be a day of union but also the personification your spontaneity, resilience, and humor as a couple. Cheers Matt and Emily it was a pleasure!

07/28/2019

SKIRT SKIRT! Did a thing and helped edit this sick vid in collaboration with Quin Tang for the Dark Lotus Dirft event at mission race way check it out!

TBA

05/26/2019

Peering sights

05/23/2019

On point

05/17/2019

Observing for a single opportunity

05/14/2019

Pieces of good times that I carry and show
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@ Graffiti Alley

05/08/2019

The Great Hall
"From the outset, I was conscious of the sense of ceremony that the building must evoke. Set in the heart of the capital, facing Parliament, it called for celebratory procession spaces. While the program called for a “foyer suitable for receptions and events”, I soon upgraded it in my thoughts, referring to and thinking of it as “The Great Hall"
"How high would one have to be to enjoy this dramatic view of the Capitol and the Ottawa River, I wondered? Workmen were called-in, building a wood platform, rising eight meters in the air, with a provisional stair allowing access. Standing atop the platform confirmed the necessary height for the floor of the Great Hall. Looking back towards the cathedral, we were an estimated eight meters above street level. Thus was born the idea for the “Great Ramp”; gently sloping at a 5% walkable slope from street entrance to the Great Hall. Later we would discover that by design coincidence the hall measured the same length and slope as the great Bernini ramp abutting the Scala Regia in the Vatican"

- Moshe Safdie

05/05/2019

Making my way through downtown

05/03/2019

Spiralling up and out of bounds

The Douglas fir-clad sculptural staircase rises from the second floor of Walker Court, through the glass ceiling and extends to the fifth floor of the Vivian & David Campbell Centre for Contemporary Art. It was one of the last architectural elements to be completed in the $276 million transformation of the AGO.
In designing the signature staircase, Gehry’s vision was to beckon visitors toa place where people fall in love along its 138 steps

04/12/2019

Turning away from the six
To the city that never plays itself
An opportunity for discovery
An opportunity to build
@ Toronto, Ontario

04/08/2019

My kinda toy and playground
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