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A figure skater turning on an open sheet of ice

Independent study 04 — Hotels / Fashion

Gladys

An independent hotel and fashion film study

Format

Independent documentary portrait

Category

Hotels / Fashion

Setting

Toronto

Treatment

Monochrome

The film

A portrait of a woman and her city.

A monochrome documentary portrait inspired by the elegance of a 1960s LIFE Magazine cover.

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The story

A portrait in motion.

Gladys moves between the ice, Toronto’s streets and the stillness of a private room.

Monochrome photography and old-Hollywood styling bring the character of classic cinema into a contemporary city.

Independent study. This film was not commissioned by, produced for, or affiliated with Fairmont Royal York.

A monochrome winter view over the Toronto skyline
A figure skater in profile against the winter city
02 / 09
A figure skater holding a deep lunge across the ice
03 / 09
Skates and long shadows crossing a marked sheet of ice
04 / 09
Gladys peering through the window of a waiting car
05 / 09
Gladys crossing a snowy city street in old-Hollywood styling
06 / 09
Gladys seated between glowing lamps in an elegant hotel room
07 / 09
A close portrait of Gladys holding a rotary telephone and a glass
08 / 09
Gladys reclining on a patterned carpet beside a rotary telephone
09 / 09

Project 04 / 2026

Archival in spirit.
Alive in the present.

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