About

I am a librarian in Toronto but I spend all my vacation time (and disposable income) photographing in Canada and around the world. I was born in South Africa, and have lived in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and Malaysia. My love of photography started in my teens when my mother gave me her old Pentax Spotmatic and my parents allowed me to set up a black and white darkroom in our basement where I developed film and made a lot of pretty terrible prints. I switched from film to digital in 2007 and I am thrilled that my work has developed enough since those early days to have garnered awards in international competitions and to be featured in publications in print and online. My work has become more and more minimal over time and recently I find myself most often drawn to cold, snowy, and icy landscapes. Travel, research and photography are inextricably entwined for me and my photography is a way to explore different cultures, ways of life, environments and remnants of history. I have a background in history and anthropology and I think that comes through in the projects I choose. I really enjoy not only photographing remnants of the past but also immersing myself (though reading always, but if I’m really lucky, through meeting local people) in understanding the history and cultural meaning in the structures I photograph - whether they be Mayan ruins, old wooden grain elevators, or fishing weirs.

If you’d like to follow me on social media, you can find me on Flickr , on Instagram and on YouTube.

Publications

Elements photography Magazine (2024)

I wrote an article for Elements Magazine (issue 36) on my 2023 trip to New Brunswick to photograph fishing weirs.

mACLEAN’S MAGAZINE (2023)

A profile of my winter photography in the Canadian Prairies appeared in the December 2023 issue of Canada’s main news magazine, Maclean’s.

Edge of Humanity Photography Magazine (2023)

Edge of Humanity magazine did a feature on my storm chasing images called “A Storm is Coming”.

Elements Photography Magazine (2022)

I was interviewed about my storm chasing trips and portfolio for issue 15 of Elements magazine.

B&W Minimalism Magazine (2021)

Artist spotlight in issue 32 of B&W Minimalism Magazine.

Elements Photography Magazine (2021)

I wrote an article about winter photography on the Canadian Prairies for issue 3 of Elements magazine.

I wrote a follow-up article called How it Was Shot for issue 7 of Elements magazine.

Slice of Silence: Conversations about Photography (2020)

I did a long-form interview with Nathan Wirth on his Slices of Silence: Conversations about Photography website. The interview is wide-ranging and I talk about my beginnings in photography, photo projects that have I’ve worked on over the years, and some of my favourite images.

Eye-Photo Magazine (2020)

My images were features in the December 2020 issue of Eye-Photo Magazine.

SKY TG24 (2020)

I was interviewed for Italian Sky TG24 about my iceberg images from Newfoundland, Greenland and Antarctica.

PhotoTrend interview (2020)

I did an interview about my photography on the French website PhotoTrend.

The Guardian (2020)

My Ice Fishing Hut series was featured in The Guardian in print and online. This feature was a result of my success in the Sony World Photography Awards.

Annual px3 Book no. 13 (2019)

My Ice Fishing Hut series was featured in the Annual Px3 Book no. 13. As the winner of the New Talent of the Year, my images were featured in the Annual Px3 book and I was particularly excited that one of my images was chosen for the cover.

Magazin iLegalit (2019)

Seven of my images were published in Magazin iLeGaLiT in October, 2019. Magain ILeGaLiT publishes series of only square images.

Culturamas (2019)

I did an interview for the Spanish culture magazine Culturamas.

LEMAG (2018/2019)

An essay on the creation of my Mayan ruins series was published in Issue 6 of LEMAG

My Newfoundland Iceberg series was published in Issue 1 of LEMAG.

Flickr Blog Photographer Spotlight (2018)

I was featured in a Photographer Spotlight on the Flickr Blog.

Nathan wirth's Slices of silence (2017)

I wrote an article entitled Thoughts About Photographing Place about my photography in the Prairies, Mexico and Japan for Nathan Wirth's Slices of Silence: Conversations about Photography blog.

Awards

In late 2021 I made the decision that I would no longer be entering photography contests. Nevertheless, I am deeply honoured by the awards listed below.

2021

Minimalist Photography Awards - Architecture Photographer of the Year, for my North Dakota Winter series.
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) - Gold and Silver medal for my Antarctica images
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) - Bronze medal for my winter North Dakota and Manitoba winter images
International Photography Awards (IPA) - Bronze medal for my winter North Dakota images

2020

Sony World Photography Awards - Winner (1st Place), Architecture, for my second Ice Fishing Hut series

2019

Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) - Best New Talent of the Year, for my Ice Fishing Hut series
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) - Gold Medal in Fine Art, for my Ice Fishing Hut series
Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) - Gold Medal in Fine Art, Architecture, for my Ice Fishing Hut series
Minimalist Photography Awards - Silver Medal in Architecture, for my Ice Fishing Hut series

2018

Epson Pano Awards – Gold Medal , for Lightning Strike II
International Photography Awards (ipa) - Honorable Mention, Newfoundland Icebergs
International Photography Awards (ipa) - Honorable Mention, Winter Fences

2017

International Photography Awards (ipa) - 2nd place Non-professional Nature (Trees), for Arashiyama
International Photography Awards (ipa) - Honorable Mention, for Lightning Strike II

2016

Prix de la Photographie, Paris (Px3) - Silver Medal, for my Mayan Ruins series
International Photography Awards (ipa) - Honorable Mention, for my Mayan Ruins series

Exhibitions

2022

My work was shown in a group exhibit called Synergy at ECAD Gallery in London, U.K.

2022

My image of Moreland grain elevator was exhibited in the group show at Humber Galleries in Toronto entitled How to Remember for the Future as part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

2021

As a gold-medal winner in the Prix de la Photographie, Paris for my images from Antarctica, entitled The Colour of Ice, my work was exhibited at Espace Beaurepaire in Paris.

2020

As the winner of the Architecture category of the Sony World Photography Awards, my work was exhibited in Tokyo as well as in a virtual online exhibition.

2019

As Best New Talent of the Year one of the images in my Ice Fishing Hut series was featured in the Px3 Winners Exhibition in Paris, France and in Okinawa, Japan and was on the cover of the 2019 Winner book.

As the Silver Award Winner in the Architecture category of the Minimalist Photography Awards, one of my ice fishing hut images was exhibited in Tehran.

2017

INAH Templos y Dioses Maya. Merida, Mexico exhibition featured my infrared images of Mayan ruins.

2012

Concrete Collective: Exploring Buffalo’s Lost Industry. Buffalo, United States featured my urbex images.

2012

Hidden City. Toronto, Canada featured my urbex images.