“Living off-grid is a realistic goal for many” – Prince Albert Daily Herald, SK
Physically worn out from travelling by vehicle and plane to a remote home in northern Saskatchewan, two scholars passed through Prince Albert on their way back south last week… Although exhausted, Jonathan Taggart and Phillip Vannini retained their enthusiasm during a discussion with the Daily Herald about their book deal and documentary film about Canadians ...
‘Split Like A Crutch’ – Daylight Magazine Multimedia
A big thank you to the folks at Daylight Magazine for putting together this multimedia piece featuring my images and field recordings from the territories of British Columbia’s In-SHUCK-ch Nation. Check it out, and then check out www.daylightmagazine.org to see some of the great work supported and promoted by the Daylight Community Arts Foundation. Kukstem!
Missing in Angling: Early summer in British Columbia
It’s been something of a stutter-start to summer on the coast, but despite what many are referring to as a familiar British Columbia “June-uary” I’ve been finding plenty of reasons to get out on the water and into the woods. My work output is slowing – as is typical for this time of year, when ...
Western Canada Music Awards – Album Design Nomination
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve been nominated for a Western Canada Music Award in the category of Album Design of the Year along with the hyper-talented Andy Dixon for our collaboration on Said The Whale’s “Little Mountain” release. I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of working with Juno Award-winners Said The Whale for many ...
Life off the Grid: Canadian Geographic
The June 2012 issue of Canadian Geographic features a piece from the off-grid project I am working on with Phillip Vannini. In “Life off the grid: An ethnographer and videographer meet the people whose homes produce all the energy they need“, Phillip relates some of our experiences with Don and Maxine: two remarkable off-gridders with ...
Spring Peepers, Prince Edward Island
I little bit of fun from last week’s trip to Prince Edward Island. Phillip (primary off-grid investigator), Lindsay (audio technician / publicist extraordinary) and I stayed at a fantastic solar-powered cabin on the beach in Goose River: lobster was plentiful, clouds were sporadic (sporadic enough to make solar-heated showers a rarity), and when the sun ...
Presentation at the Royal Geographical Society Annual Conference, Edinburgh
This July I’ll be drawing on my experiences in the territories of the In-SHUCK-ch Nation, as well as recent trips to Haida Gwaii, the Yukon and Northwest Territories, to present at the Annual International Royal Geographical Society Conference in Edinburgh, Scotland: Surging ahead or left behind: the off-grid experiences of First Nations in Canada “As ...
Field Notes: Photographing in the Rain
Coastal British Columbia is a notoriously wet part of Canada. It seems that most places you go in this province water seems to find a way to get at you, whether it’s falling from the sky in the form of rain or snow, splashing up at you from the ocean, or just floating, ghost-like, as ...
‘Documentary Process & Practice’ photography course, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
I’m pleased to announce that I’ll be teaching my first summer continuing studies photography course at Emily Carr University in Vancouver this July. The course, entitled “Documentary Process & Practice”, is designed to introduce students to advanced concepts in documentary photography. Through research and production of a non-fiction photo essay, students will encounter and discuss ...
Field Notes: Pulling Focus in the Canadian Arctic
There’s a lot of advice out there on how to keep your camera gear working the way you want it to in sub-zero temperatures, and before I left for the Arctic in February I scoured the web for pointers on how to do my job well in very cold weather. Even for a winter-challenged BC ...
