In 2017 I moved to Vancouver, leaving behind my friends, job, and family in Toronto, so that my partner could attend the University of British Columbia. The prospect of walking away from a familiar and comfortable life was both scary and exciting, but upon landing in our new home I instantly fell in love with the titanic snow-covered mountains and the ancient trees, laden with emerald mosses, seemingly adorning every street. It wasn't long before I took to the woods, camera in hand, to explore the solemn stillness the city had to offer.
Exploration in the Pacific Northwest is an ongoing photo series which serves to document the breathtaking splendour of Canada's West Coast, most of which is entirely accessible by Vancouver's remarkable public transit system.
People are my favourite subject to photograph. Shooting portraits offers the photographer opportunities to simultaneously develop relationships and create expressive images.
For information about head shots and portrait shoots, please use the contact section of this site.
Ilford Delta 100, 120 roll, Rolleicord IV
The Messy Kween Collective is a Canadian artist collective based in Toronto and Halifax. Messy Kween is dedicated to producing ambitious, queer focused works that challenge conventions.
For three years, I have worked with Messy Kween Collective as a promotional photographer for their theatre productions. Included here is a series of images created for the play then, then a poetic piece written and produced by Kyle Capstick, and directed by Evan Harkai.
More information about Messy Kween Collective can be found here: www.messykweencollective.ca
Costume Design by Lindsay Dagger Junkin
Kodak Tri-X 400 and Ektar 100, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II
Work is inescapable. In order to maintain our lives, we must give a significant portion of them to something other than ourselves. In dangerous and labour intensive jobs, people will destroy their bodies simply to sustain them. In the greater human context, the number of occupations spread across times, places, and economic conditions are diverse and exciting, but to the individual it can be utter tedium.
Day in.
Day out.
This series, entitled “Labour”, was produced across Southeast Asia, in Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, and Myanmar. It is an attempt to document this daily tedium with a 50mm lens.
various cameras, both digital and analogue
Catching moments as they unfold is really satisfying. This gallery contains images from my adventures around Canada, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Vietnam using a variety of film stocks and a combination of both digital and analogue cameras.
Few things are more satisfying than looking at your images days (or sometimes months) after taking them, to realize that you caught the right instant.
Kodak Tri-X 400 and Ektar 100, Asahi Pentax Spotmatic II
The northern hills of Thailand are the home of more than seven distinct ethnic groups. Many of these groups have historically lived nomadically, moving between the countryside of Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, and Southern China. This has made population tracking and border security an issue for several of the countries involved. Some tribes became entangled in opium production.
Recently the Thai government intervened, offering incentives for food production to communities that are willing to stay in one place permanently.
These images were taken in northern Thailand, while staying in two villages with three different tribes. The majority of the images document my stay with a family of the Lisu tribe.
Canon 7D
In 2014 I took a self portrait each day for one hundred days. Each image presented unique challenges depending on my work and social schedules. Though all of the images were staged, I attempted to express the period of my life post graduation, while working in the service industry. These images are some of my favourites from the project.
My Self Portrait Project can be found here (note: the full project contains partial nudes): www.picturesofjon.tumblr.com
