Keiko Kimura Parker (one of the subjects in this historical Vancouver photo) writes:
"On August 1970, my husband John and I took our family to the PNE. We happened to see Foncie there. John had worked for Foncie as a street photographer during his UBC years, so they had a lot to catch up on. Now the young man that Foncie knew was married and father of three. The elder son beside me is known to the world as the pianist Jon Kimura Parker. The younger son in front is Jamie Parker, pianist of the famed Gryphon Trio, and the baby in the buggy is our daughter, Liz." - See more HERE.
The story behind the man who captured this photo? Well, from 1934 to 1979, street photographer Foncie Pulice set up his camera on Vancouver city sidewalks and snapped candid shots of people strolling by. For almost half a century, he took thousands of photos, unwittingly capturing moments in time, the history of a city, and the lives of British Columbians. Photo negatives of Foncie’s images do not exist. He destroyed most of them when he retired. Until recently there was no central archive or collection.
Documentary filmmaker Melanie Wood and British Columbia’s Knowledge Network changed that by bringing these photographs together – collecting them from albums around the province and giving them a public home online and in the film Foncie's Corner. The photos continue to stream in and Melanie shares them with us regularly so we can share them here on our blog.
This is a story about Vancouver, about British Columbia, and about it’s people... so they need your help. Visit Knowledge.ca/FonciesCorner to add your photos and stories to the collection.
