About the Project
Over a four-year period (2012-16), Robert Burley explored and photographed the complex relationship between Toronto’s natural parklands and urban life at a pivotal time in the city's history. The outcomes of this project included:
A visual book (ECW Press 2017) interpreting one of the most extensive urban park systems in the world. Burley's photographs are augmented with selections of poetry and prose by some of Toronto s best-known writers and this publication also includes a history and appendix which provides an important reference for those wanting to better understand one of Toronto's most defining features.
An institutional online image archive held at The City of Toronto Archives.
A Primary Exhibition that was part of the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, 2017 Edition.