The University of Toronto School (UTS) has cultivated a spiffy '2008' out of the vines on its Annex facade (Bloor and Spadina).

Maybe it's vandalism; it's just the kind of benign, numerical message those cheeky UTS math geeks would come up with as a summer prank.

Welcome to the Toronto Portraits. Every Friday we're going to profiles young, dynamic Torontonians, and each week we're photographing them in a different Toronto neighbourhood.

Ashley Winnington-Ball, 26 years old. North Parkdale.

A pornographic image knitted onto a sweater, a film about a nun who's also a serial killer...two strong, contrasting ideas in one piece of artwork is a classic formula for success. Ashley is a young woman who makes fine jewelry out of scrap metal. Necklaces of rusty nails.

Welcome to the Toronto Portraits. Every Friday we're going to profiles young, dynamic Torontonians, and each week we're photographing them in a different Toronto neighbourhood.


Sibille Wallois, 27 years old. The Annex.

Have you ever met a beautiful, young French woman with a Masters in Art History and wondered...what are you doing in Toronto?

Welcome to the Toronto Portraits. Every Friday we're going to profile young, dynamic Torontonians, and each week we're photographing them in a different Toronto neighbourhood.


Andy Willick & Daniel Demois, 26 and 27 years old. The Beach.

When it comes to lucrative, low risk business plans, taking over the lease of a defunct little cinema in sleepy east Toronto doesn't come to mind.

Welcome to the Toronto Portraits. Every Friday we're going to profile a young, dynamic Torontonian, and each week we're photographing them in a different Toronto neighbourhood.


Mike Mendes, 22 years old. King and John St.

I met Mike Mendes on the patio of an upscale King St. cafe. Stitches, still red, caught my attention; they were perched over his left eye.

Welcome to the Toronto Portraits. Every Friday we're going to profile a young, dynamic Torontonian, and each week we're photographing them in a different Toronto neighbourhood.


Rebekah Rimsay, Queen and Roncesvalles.

Ballerinas are busy people. So much of their professional lives are run by a watch; a badly timed catch or jump could end a career in injury. As we sat down to talk about Cinderella, Rebekah Rimsay's latest ballet, the ticking clock motif extended itself to the interview.