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Ian Austen

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Canada Correspondent, @nytimes.com. Mostly photos, mostly made on film, a lot of it large. austen@nytimes.com

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Ian Austen·Jun 30

One of the last low phone kiosks on Quebec Autoroute 20 between Quebec City & Montreal. They allow drivers to chat from the comfort of their cars. Something changed. It is now so low that only a child in a pedal car or an F1 driver could use it. (Shen Hao FCL810AC, 180mmf8 Super Angulon, TXP320)

A phone kiosk which is just barely off the ground. Two bent pipes flank it as protection. A tree is immediately behind and an extra tall kiosk for truckers is in the distance.
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Ian Austen·Jun 29

A super tall payphone kiosk for truck drivers on Quebec Autoroute 20 between Quebec City and Montreal. It is part of an endangered species. The small rest stops are being replaced. All of them in the eastbound side are closed, their phones gone. (Shen Hao FCL810AC, 450mmf9 Nikkor M, KodakTXP320)

A Télébec payphone kiosk about two metres tall sits next to a rest area road. Steel pipes on either side guard it from motorists. A highway and a line of trees is in the distance.
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Ian Austen·Apr 23

The Via Rail Canada station in Cobourg, Ontario has an astounding three pay phones. We'll start with the pair inside. (Mamiya 7ii, 43mm f4.5, Kodak TriX)

A 19th century railway station interior with marble floors and high wainscoting on the walls. A pair of payphones are mounted on wa wall next to the washrooms. To their left is a sign about the history of the Canadian National Railway in the town. To the right is a garbage and recycling bin
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