Tammy Hoy @ the Charolette Room

The Charlotte Room is a small little pub close to where I used to work. After a major release we would often go down there with the entire team and have a few drinks, play a little bit of pool, and do some team boding/bitching.

The thing I like about the Charlotte Room a lot, apart from the fact that they have a bunch of board games just lying around for people to pick up and play, is the art that they have displayed. There are a group of photographers called the Shadow Collective that always have their photographs displayed there. The Charlotte Room also takes part of the Contact Festival each year here in Toronto.

My favorite photographer who gets featured as part of the Shadow Collective is Tammy Hoy. She takes beautiful, lush, luxurious pictures of run-down decrepit things and places. I really enjoy the vibrancy and liveliness of the colors in the photograph in contrast to the rusty, broken, dead and forgotten things.

The other photographers in the group are also very good. In short, if you are ever around the entertainment district of Toronto and looking for a relaxed environment to hang out and have some drinks and appreciate the art that they have displayed there, I would definitely recommend The Charlotte Room!