Like all great urban portraitists, Dille understood that a city’s character comes from the people who walk its streets. He communed with oddballs and grifters, always searching for new faces to shoot. The results, chronicled in a new exhibit at the University of Toronto Art Centre, capture some of the city’s most colourful personalities.
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Lutz Dille was a well known photographer who captured street scenes of 1951 Toronto. His works mainly focused on the everyday working class and offered an honest glimpse into the lives of those who lived there. Now his works are being displayed at the U of T Art centre. This article lets you view a slideshow of some of his most notable photographs.