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10 Feb Thread Project – A Portrait Series

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At the end of 2018, I started the Thread Project - a portrait series designed to reveal our interconnections as people. I've asked change-makers what are the threads that tie us together - in the hopes of bringing us back to ourselves. Introducing: Dwayne Morgan...

10 Jan Books and Empathy – 2019

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I dared myself to extend my goal by a few books, and made it to 37. I challenged myself to get over my own book preferences and read outside my usual genres - and I was intentional with the authors I chose to read. I...

22 May Thread Project

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My idea for the #ThreadProject is to reveal our interconnections as humanity, the threads that tie us together, through portraiture and words. Prior to becoming a photographer and storyteller, I worked for the UN and NGOs as a humanitarian worker and was fortunate to live in different countries and...

27 Dec “May the Books you read light the way”

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I've always been a reader. Kept note of the titles I read, jotted down in the back of old journals, along with quotes my heart wouldn't let me forget. I cling to books even more so in this digital age. Force myself to sit down, hold...

12 Dec Joel L. Daniels – God Wears Durags, Too

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I'm reminded of Rumi's words, "what you seek is seeking you." 2018 has been a year where I declared myself an artist, but more so, where I stepped fully into my power as an artist. And since then, the pixie dust set sail on...

19 Apr Artisans of Haiti

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During my time in Haiti, I came to know an artist by the name of Brutal Michel. He is part of a community of metal workers in Croix-des-Bouquets, just north of the capital city. He works with young apprentices to teach the trade, as he...

27 Feb Gord Downie Brain Cancer Research Fund – Lyrical Prints

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Gord Downie, one of our country's beloved musicians, poet and social activist, was diagnosed with Brain Cancer in 2016. I've created a series of limited edition prints to raise funds for the Gord Downie Brain Cancer Research Fund at Sunnybrook Hospital. The Lyrical Prints are my...