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  • SPLASH An exploration of the reactions of people and animals getting splashed by water.     2013 Creative Direction, Digital Photography, Photography
  • dreams + fears. A series of portraits taken while I volunteered at an orphanage in Thailand. With each portrait, i asked each subject what their dream and fear is.     2006 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • sticks + stones. A compilation of Indian urban landscapes, architecture and city life.     2008 Architecture, Digital Photography, Photography
  • logging. Quesnel is a town in British Columbia devoted almost entirely to the logging industry.     2011 Photography, Photojournalism
  • Isn't it lovely. A series of details shot in India and Japan.     2005-2008 Photography, Photojournalism, Digital Photography
  • icons. Children are transformed to emulate famous photographs of iconic pop culture.     2013 Creative Direction, Digital Photography, Photography
  • travel + leisure A series of lifestyle and leisure imagery from around the globe.     2012 Digital Photography, Journalism, Photojournalism
  • faces + spaces. A series of faces and spaces from throughout Cuba.     2012 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • earth. A series of landscapes captured over the past 6 years from Africa, India, England, Cuba, Canada and Vietnam.     2006-2012 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • portraits of india. A personal portrait project shot in the northern parts of India.     2008 Photography, Photojournalism, Digital Photography
  • in the valley. This photo story journals the primary source of income from the valley of Vinales' farmers; tobacco. The town revolves around tourism and tobacco. It is plentiful here and provides one of the higher sources of income for the people of Cuba.     2012 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • pucker. Lemons can be a great source of entertainment. Especially when you give babies the opportunity to taste it for the first time!     2013 Creative Direction, Digital Photography, Photography
  • diwali. Diwali festival is greatly celebrated all over India, however the Golden Temple hosts one of the most extravagant celebrations of all. The Golden Temple is culturally the most significant place of worship for the Sikhs.

    The temple was built with four doors to show that every religion or faith is welcomed in to meditate or just listen to the prayers for peace. Upon entering the temple, one replenishes themselves with a drink of water and then washes their feet. Upon sight of the temple, devotees kneel to the ground, bowing three times while praying.

    All Sikhs are expected to undertake the rigors of meditation and selfless service to progress in their spirituality.         2008 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • mallik ghat. Mallik Ghat Flower Market, located near the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata is a sensory overload of vibrant colours, smells and organized chaos. Vendors come to sell their product to independent buyers and surprisingly they also supply 80% of the flowers sold in the world's biggest flower auctions in Amsterdam, Auckland and Dubai.     2008 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • the mill. Rice provides more than 1/5th of the calories consumed worldwide by the human species. It is the most important staple food for a large part of the world's population. Bundi rice mill is located in the heart of town, employing hundreds of people at low cost to sort, package and deliver grain.     2008 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • bukwe village. "Bukwe Village" follows the life of a large Tanzanian family on their day to day routine in a tiny village. Agriculture is the foundation of the Tanzanian economy, unfortunately falling labour and land productivity due to poor technology and dependance on unreliable weather conditions constrain most farmers from production. The soil is rarely useable, creating a huge financial and emotional strain on local families.     2008 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • journey east. A personal series of a small community of poverty stricken families that live day to day under the Howrah Bridge in Kolkata, India.     2008 Digital Photography, Journalism, Photojournalism
  • camel trading. One of the most colourful and popular fairs in the Thar Desert is the Pushkar Fair, coinciding with the half moon during the months of October - November. People come from all over Rajasthan and abroad to partake in this event. Camel and cattle traders and buyers converge a couple days before the fair, trading over 25,000 camels and cattle.     2008 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • living with the maasai. This series documents one family and its extremely remote village located south east of Tarangire National Park in Tanzania. I came across the country to document this families day to day routine, staying with them for 3 days. I was interested in documenting how their nomadic life might be affected by the modern influences that encourage Maasai to abandon their traditions. This family however, kept to their nomadic lifestyle, only encouraging their elder to work selling jewellery in a Maasai market on the other side of the country. She remains as the only source of income.     2008 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • final liberation. This series was shot in 10 minutes as women and photographers are banned from the cremation ghats in Varanasi. With a little persuasion I was given 10 minutes to document the sacred open cremations that take place 24/7 in the holy city of Varanasi.     2008 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
  • from her windy skies. Aerials of Chicago and surrounding suburbs.     2011 Photography, Photojournalism, Digital Photography
  • kibera slum. The Kibera Slum located 5 km southwest of Nairobi is made up of a number of villages. Together these villages account for 600,000 - 1.2 million people. Kibera accounts for less than 1% of Nairobi's total area but holds an astounding 1/4 of the population. Nairobi is victim to many slums, Kibera, being by far the largest one in the world. The land of the Kibera slums is government owned but provided with no public services. Technically the residents are squatters.

    At present, the residents of this slum live with inadequate plumbing and no garbage disposal system leaving them with refuse piled in areas for animals and others to search through. For the most part, garbage can be seen everywhere. Underneath this garbage is an open sewer system. Heavy rains will swell these ditches moving its contents through the entire slum, backyards and inside some people's homes. This problem not only makes it difficult for the inhabitants but also for the government wanting to build on the land and rehouse the people.         2008 Photography, Photojournalism, Digital Photography
  • 1, 2, 3, JUMP! An Ontario Art Council granted project taking up to 5 years to complete. These are only some of the jumping portrait series of families from around the world.     2005-2010 Photojournalism, Digital Photography
  • puri. The villagers living in coastal town, Puri, rely heavily on the fishing market. Twice a day fisherman attempt to catch both shrimp or fish and often come back with nothing.     2008 Journalism, Photography, Photojournalism
  • fish market. The villagers of Puri rely heavily on the fishing market. Each Wednesday fishermen take the day off fishing to mend their nets. Women organize the fish auction each evening to sell off the catch of the day.     2008 Digital Photography, Photography, Photojournalism
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