Experience isn’t my decades behind the lens, honing my creative practice. Experience is what we’re going to create together, and capture that collaborative moment with photography.
I’ve worked with artists and dancers, activists and writers, travellers and amazing faces, seeking that spark of connection and genuine presence we express as image. My long love of visually documenting humanity and their environs is applied to just about everything I do from personal to hired work.
Video out in the field
ACDsee invited me to capture a little piece of Newfoundland. Here is a 2 minute video by the talented Mark Wyatt who captured me in action.
Exhibits and Events
Royal BC Museum - Family Bonds and Belonging , Jun 2 - Oct 31, 2017 - 26 large scale images were purchased to accompany the exhibit
Pecha Kucha Night - Invited to public speak about my photography, Nov 14, 2018
Suddenly Dance - Group exhibit 2019 - mixed media artwork
Fortune Gallery - Solo photography exhibit
“People and Places” May 2013
Metchosin International Summer School - Taught a photography workshop, Summer 2011
Looking Beyond the Surface, a photographic experience - Group exhibit - On Canvas Art Gallery, Victoria, 2005
Handmade Forest the Tree planter’s Experience - Nominated for the Roderick Haig-Brown BC book prize 1998
MONTH OF PHOTOGRAPHY- Group exhibit with Agence Stock Photo alongside Annie Liebovitz, Contact Press Image and Agence Stock Photo, Maison de la Culture, Montréal 1990
MES DE LA PHOTO - Solo photo exhibit, Mexico 1991
Who am I
Professional photographer since the mid 90s
My approach to taking photographs: Intuitive, candid, creative and sometimes whimsical
First book: Handmade Forests: The Treeplanter's Experience - nominated for a The Roderick Haig-Brown BC Book Prize
Languages: French and English
What I love about being a photographer: Getting to know people’s stories
Jobs before becoming a professional photographer: office clerk, tree planter, firefighter, graphic designer, assistant photographer and selling socks from a cart in NYC
Most marked characteristics: Joie de vivre, artistic, curious
How I want you to feel during your photoshoot: Comfortable, re-assured, and at your best
Fun fact: My wannabe opera voice sounds pretty good in my building’s fire exit and when no one is around
My favourite photographers: Annie Leibovitz, Rodney Smith, Sarah Moon, and countless more
Best piece of advice I've been given: Wherever you go, there you are. Thanks mom, so true!
My motto: Carpe diem