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Wanting the Unwanted
I took this photograph in India while covering a story about gender inequality in the northern region. Vatandeep was given away by her parents after being taunted by their neighbours because she was the fifth girl in a family without any boys. Read the full article, Wanting the Unwanted in the spring issue of Childview Magazine here.
Here are some more photos of Vatandeep and her community.
India was a hard trip for many reasons, but I was very moved when I met one of Vatandeep’s neighbours named Sona (pictured below) and her Grandmother. After spending a few days with Sona I decided to sponsor her.
Wide-awake dreaming
November 2-24: Vermont Photography Workplace’s Photoplace Gallery is showing a piece from My Hometown, Your Hometown in their exhibition Wide-awake Dreaming. A reception will be held on Friday, November 19th from 5-7 pm. The full catalogue of the exhibition will be available on Blurb.
Hours: Tues. - Fri. 11-4, Sat. 10-2 or by appointment
PHOTOPLACE GALLERY
3 Park Street
Middlebury, VT 05753
Hard Hat Heaven for ROB (and a little bit of rock and roll)
Above you’ll see a shoot I did for the Report on Business last month right before I went to Mexico. I was really excited to work on this project because it involved multiple environmental portraits shot with a tilt shift lens. Usually I shoot landscapes this way and it was a fun challenge to add a person in - I’m definitely proud of the result. It’s so nice when you’re hired to take photos that you would take anyways. You can see the whole spread here and you can read the article here.
It feels like winter just whizzed by this year. None of the usual lazing around pasting things in my journal and shooting tons of creatives. I shot a plenty of stills I love while in Mexico - and since I’ve been back I’ve been happy to let my camera be while I’ve been processing and captioning. I’ve discovered over the years that it’s creatively constructive to take extended breaks from one medium and pour yourself into another. My spare time (which has been sparse) has been poured into drumming and making lovely music with neglected friends - it has been incredible fun.
So that’s it. Goodbye winter! Stay tuned friends - the spring includes two exhibitions, a feature for World Vision’s magazine and a return trip to Mali.
Joined at the rib - Report on Business Magazine
I took this shot of Gerry Sheff (left) and Ira Gluskin a couple of weeks ago for the Globe and Mail’s Report on Business Magazine. Every photo shoot is an adventure. You go prepared and with an idea of what you want to capture—and then you go and make it happen. You meet the most fascinating people, and for a day or two, you get to glimpse their world. It’s always interesting to head down to the financial district and take a look around (though I have to remember to turn off my headphones in the echoey elevators and not rumple my crisp shirt).
You can find the full article here. And shout-outs to Clare Jordan for the gig—amazing fun.
Punk Rock Pathetic
After spending the afternoon at the Riverdale Art Walk, Dar and I dropped by an art event at Knox called “Rezound”. I contributed the above photos for the Rezound zine. The words are by Emily from an article that she wrote about the Clash for Geez Magazine last year called Punk Rock Pathetic. As you can probably tell I am really liking overlaying Helvetica Bold over my photos these days.
Tear Sheets from TV Week Magazine
Mi-Jung was kind of enough to send me her copy of TV Week Magazine. Last month my photos of Mi-Jung and the children were featured as a cover story in the Vancouver based publication. The article is about our trip with World Vision to Brazil and the Vancouver Campaign for Children. It is really great to see my photos used to tell the stories of these amazing kids.
Let Us Prey
