There is a deep power in a photograph’s ability to freeze time and bear witness to life’s fleeting moments as they arise and pass. In so doing, it is my mission to showcase humanity, the natural world, and the important intersection between, with a weaving of words and imagery to tell stories that need to be heard.
Under Construction!
This website is busy getting a comprehensive makeover right now (February 2025), leaving behind Wordpress which also means over a decade of content on there. Some of it will be migrated here soon.
Disappointed? Well, here’s a tasty carrot hosted externally for you then: the complete Afterwords Japan: Through the Torii Gate pop-up newsletter archive. It’s a fun bit of storytelling with a lot to dig into.
Be sure to come back when the glow-up is finished and see what all the fuss was about.
The Con-STRUCT-tionnnn 🚧👷🚧
A note: Pulling out single images like this also pulls out the narrative of the project in which they were a part. Beyond the initial caption, I will soon provide a line of context and link out to the related project (once the work has been migrated to this website).
A polar bear gazes out at the Hudson Bay, waiting for the ice to freeze and the feast to begin.
Context: A shoulder season visit to Churchill, Manitoba (November 2011). –link forthcoming–
A young beluga calf (the darker of the pictured whales) keeps close to its mother, as they swim in the safety of the Churchill River estuary.
Context: Spending time on the water and tundra around Churchill, Manitoba (August 2016). –link forthcoming–
A portrait of Mercedes Perez González, a coffee farmer literally enjoying the fruits of his labour.
Context: Part of a month spent in Guatemala (April 2017), walking along small coffee farmers and learning about the the empowering work that local coffee co-op De La Gente offers to its community. –link forthcoming–
A monkey leaps from a branch, trusting the next handhold to be in reach within the thick canopy.
Context: Part of a month spent in Guatemala (April 2017), exploring the contrasting ecosystems of cloud forest and lowland jungle. –link forthcoming–
Over many hours, an intricate alfombra is created in the streets of Antigua - its colorful flowers and dust to soon be swept away by the feet of a Semana Santa procession.
Context: Part of a month spent in Guatemala (April 2017), participating in the unique ceremonies blending Mayan and Spanish traditions leading up to Easter. –link forthcoming–
Hanging out and enjoying an evening of performances at the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Context: I was a photographer for the Winnipeg Folk Festival for seven years (2013-2020), building a wide collection of images including crowd moments like these that have been licensed further to organizations like Travel Manitoba. –link forthcoming–
The rhythm section of the ‘Balkan-Klezmer-Gypsy-Party-Punk-Super Band’: the Lemon Bucket Orkestra, takes an exhuberant solo.
Context: I was a photographer for the Winnipeg Folk Festival for seven years (2013-2020), and have a mountain of images featuring artists and programming. –link forthcoming–
A highland cow named Ginger, looking good and she knows it.
Context: Part of a pilgrimage to connect with family in Scotland (May 2024), here camped on the Isle of Skye. –photoessay–
A man hikes an old trail, on a rare sunny day on the West Highland Way.
Context: Part of a pilgrimage to connect with family in Scotland (May 2024), here hiking the West Highland Way. –photoessay–
An elderly man commutes home at dusk, one slow step at a time in the shrouded Kiso Valley.
Context: I retraced part of the old Nakasendo mountain walking route between Tokyo and Kyoto, part of a trek connecting the dots between special-to-me Japan destinations: a coffee shop in Tokyo and Dogen’s Eiheiji temple in the Fukui prefecture. –pop-up newsletter–
A crowd bows to their local guardian deity, creating a moment of stillness after a raucus day ushering its portable shrine through their neighbourhood.
Context: The Shinto Kanda Festival happens once every two years, and was experienced as part of a Japan trip connecting the dots between special-to-me destinations: a coffee shop in Tokyo and Dogen’s Eiheiji temple in the Fukui prefecture. –pop-up newsletter–
A Shinto shrine sits silently in the mountain mists, forgotten by most all except the priest who takes care of it.
Context: Staying with a Shinto priest in the mountains of Japan’s Yoshino District, this was part of a Japan trip connecting the dots between special-to-me destinations: a coffee shop in Tokyo and Dogen’s Eiheiji temple in the Fukui prefecture. –pop-up newsletter–
The view from the cockpit for a self-sufficient bicycle tourist; one which, pedal stroke after weary pedal stroke, never gets old.
Context: Over several months of the 2015 summer, I embarked on a pedal powered bike tour through western Canada (Jasper, the Haida Gwaii, Vancouver Island, the Sunshine Coast, and Vancouver) - from building my bicycle to sleeping in hammocks every night. –link forthcoming–
Golden larch in golden light.
Context: Most Septembers, I head to the Canadian Rocky Mountains on personal retreat - collecting my thoughts as well as many moments such as this. –link forthcoming–
The montane of the alpine; as colourful as the weather.
Context: Most Septembers, I head to the Canadian Rocky Mountains on personal retreat - collecting my thoughts as well as many moments such as this. –link forthcoming–
A canoe cuts through autumn reflections, forging a path forward beyond the road’s end.
Context: A moment from one of many close-to-home adventures in Manitoba. –link forthcoming–
As the sun sets and the temperature drops, the fire becomes a beckoning hub when winter camping.
Context: A moment from one of many close-to-home adventures in Manitoba. –link forthcoming–
A great grey owl sits sentinel in bare branches along the lake shore, waiting in rapt silence.
Context: A moment from one of many close-to-home adventures in Manitoba. –link forthcoming–
A cabin’s warm glow contrasts the cold of deep winter.
Context: This was the home of a 2020 artist residency I took part in, graciously hosted by Falcon Trails Resort. –link forthcoming–
A teepee lit up against the tapestry of the night sky.
Context: A scene from the dark sky preserve that is Grasslands National park. –link forthcoming–