Nick Lachance

Some portraits I've enjoyed over the last year or so. 📸

1. Peter Waldmann is the lead lawyer in a lawsuit that is taking aim at decades of law practices overcharging clients for photocopying. May 7/25.

2. Deputy mayor Amber Morley fixes her hair, behind her is a map of the ward she represents. Nov 17/25.

3. Author John Irving surrounded by research material for a book he is writing. Oct 4/25.

4. Shohei Iwaham and Robert Carter, two members of the all-male ballerina group Les Ballet Trockadero de Monte Carlo. Oct 2/25.

5. Dusty Lee front person and creative force behind the musical act and performance group, Slash Need. Nov 3/25.

6. Author Arundhati Roy signs her new book, Mother Mary Comes to me, inside of Convocation Hall at the University of Toronto. Sep 12/25.

7. Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow. Dec 5/25.

8. Former Ontario Liberal leader Bonnie Crombie. Sep 11/25.

9. Aisha unboxes the plaster hands of her partner, Brandan, who can be seen on her sweater. Brandan was killed by gun violence in 2022. Sep 2/25.

10. Toronto theatre actor Sophia Walker. Mar 4/25.

11. N**e drawing model Steve Pietrzyk. Apr 22/25.

12. Michael Robertson and his wife Janet juggle snow balls on their farm. Michael was one of the early activists in the fight against the Pickering airport, which began in the 1970's and ended with the abandonment of the project in 2025. Feb 3/25.

13. Vending machine owner Stephen Ferritto. Jul 22/25.

14. Former mayor of Toronto John Tory. May 27/25.

15. "Paying for It." It is a semi-autobiographical drama written and directed by Sook Yin-Lee (left) about her friend and former partner cartoonist Chester Brown (right), who frequented s*x workers in the 1990's. The film is based on the graphic novel written by Brown. Aug 1/24.

16. Reverend Maggie Helwig (centre) and a small congregation from St. Stephen-in-the-Fields Church hold a Christmas Eve nativity pageant inside of a fenced off area of the church courtyard. After clearing an encampment from the courtyard in November, the City of Toronto fenced the area off to prevent encampments from returning. Dec 24/25.

17. Home cook, food reporter and my cool friend Karon Liu. Jul 28/25.

Happy International Women’s Day to all the fantastic women I’m lucky enough to know, but especially to my amazing partner Heather! I love you more than I knew I could love someone and that's an amazing feeling I get to have everyday ❤️ This year so much has happened! We've grown as individuals and as a team, we moved to a fantastic new spot, and we have so many lovely neighbor friends, and great community and a Tuesday dog (shout out ) and it's all just so fantastic and I wouldn't want to experience any of it with anyone else 😍 You're my best friend, and my family, I love the life we've built together and I'm excited for wherever the future takes us 😍🪿😍 I love everything about who you are 😍 thank you for being you ❤️

I'm super excited to share I've accepted a permanent position as a photojournalist at The Toronto Star!!!! This is quite literally a dream come true and something I never thought possible when I started dipping my toes into freelancing in 2010. I'm so lucky to have the support of my editors and colleagues and my wonderful partner - without any of them I wouldn't be in this position. I'm so excited to see what the future will bring! To kick it off, here's some images I like! 📸

1. Shop cat Mona gets a brush in her favourite spot, the barber chair. Jan 3/25.

2. A pigeon becomes the star of the red carpet on day 2 of TIFF. Sep 5/25.

3. A woman’s long hair is blown into her face while high winds blow around College and Spadina. June 19/25.

4. Fun times during an afternoon skate. Jan 5/25.

5. Left to right: Miki Sudo and Joey Chesnut go head to head during the 2025 Smoke's Poutine Eating contest in Sankofa Square. Chesnut gained the world title by eating 26.5 pounds of poutine in 10 minutes. Sep 6/25.

6. A Porter agent reacts to a customer as hundreds of travellers wait to learn if their flights will be delayed or cancelled as an issue affecting Microsoft 365 apps and services causes havoc across the globe. July 19/24.

7. Miss Moco throws $5 bills in the air during her second set at the Drake Hotel’s Drag Brunch. June 14/25.

8. Cathy Li continues to work, fitting a dress with a customer, as her business Canadian Coin laundry & Dry Cleaner is dismantled around her. Li's and other businesses in Pape Village closed in 2024 in preparation for Ontario Line construction. Aug 28/24.

9. A traffic control officer directs people and cars during rush hour at the intersection of Front and University. July 23/25.

10. Melissa Merritt leaves court after being sentenced for the manslaughter of her ex-husband, Caleb Harrison. (Fun fact I waited for 6 hours outside the courthouse for this photo.) March 17/25.

11. A man seen from above gets a leg tattoo at the Northern Ink Exposure (NIX) Tattoo show. Celebrating its 25th year, the show is on at Metro Toronto Convention Centre all weekend. June 13/25.

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Close to 100 people gathered at Don Mills and Shepard Avenue for the Every Child Matters in Palestine Too march on Sunday evening. Speakers acknowledged the Canadian government's recognition of Palestinian statehood, but cautioned that it was too little and more needed to be done by Canada and the world to halt the continuing killing of innocent people in Palestine and the West Bank. 📸

More than a thousand people gathered for the Draw the line protest which marched from Sankofa Square to Queens Park. The wide ranging protest sought to demand justice for workers, Indigenous peoples, migrants, more action to stop climate change and action to halt the ongoing war in Palestine. 📸