CanPhoto Profile: Che Kothari’s camera is a tool for community building and social change

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Che Kothari is an award-winning community leader, teacher and photographer who is most well-known for being one of the founders of The Manifesto – an innovative non-profit, grassroots organization working to unite and energize Toronto’s music and arts community. Last month, CanPhoto contributor Ajani Charles sat down with Che to have a conversation about his… [full story]

Behind the scenes: Watch as Benjamin Von Wong captures underwater demons

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Montreal photographer Benjamin Von Wong captures unreal images of underwater demons in his latest photo shoot that utilized black lights, models in fluorescent makeup, an indoor swimming pool, and thousands of dollars worth of photography gear. Watch the BTS video. [full story]

Modern Pirate: A new series of self-promotion pieces by Calgary photographer Dan Bannister

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Today’s feature photos are brought to us by Calgary photographer Dan Bannister. Bannister had been thinking about creating a series of pirate themed images for some time to use as promotional pieces, but he didn’t want to just shoot portraits of someone dressed up as a pirate. [full story]

Bret Culp discovers beauty in impermanence

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Bret Culp is a Toronto photographer, director and award-winning visual effects supervisor who seeks out scenes that represent the ephemeral nature of the world. Through his iconic black and white photographs Culp conveys the beauty that exists in the impermanent. [full story]

Gettin’ kitschy with Matt Barnes and Tek Savvy

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Toronto photographer Matt Barnes is well known for his personal projects that showcase his love of vintage, camp, and kitsch, but it’s a rare client who lets Matt loose to indulge his passions on a commercial gig. Tek Savvy is one of those rare clients, and they teamed up with Matt and the advertising agency… [full story]

Photographing children: Melissa Avey shares six tips to help you get the perfect picture

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Melissa Avey is a portrait photographer from Cambridge Ontario and we’re very pleased to welcome her to CanPhoto.Net as our newest contributor. In her first post, Melissa shares some great tips to help you get the perfect picture when you’re working with children. [full story]

EMBODIED: Leigh Righton explores the human body and our relationship with it.

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For Leigh Righton‘s latest body of work the Vancouver photographer focused her camera on the parts of people’s bodies that they are most uncomfortable with. The project is called EMBODIED and was conceptualized with the purpose of celebrating the human body and exploring our relationship with it. Righton photographed more than thirty people who bravely… [full story]

The Halo Effect: Do we put our heros on a pedestal while ignoring our own potential?

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CanPhoto.Net is very pleased to welcome Toronto based photographer, filmmaker and educator Ajani Charles as our newest contributor. This first article showcases examples of Ajani’s outstanding music photography, including images of Diddy, Drake, Nas and Snoop Dog, while he discusses the tendency of some people to apply the “The Halo Effect” to their heros while overlooking their own potential for greatness. [full story]

Athlete profiles by Finn O’Hara

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In the spirit of the Olympics and the celebration of athletic achievement, I’m very pleased to start this week by sharing a new series of athlete profiles by Toronto photographer and director Finn O’Hara. The images feature a diverse group of amateur athletes that O’Hara photographed for a campaign promoting the athletic city of Toronto.… [full story]

Ian Willms named a finalist in Magnum’s 2012 Emerging Photographer Fund

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Documentary photographer Ian Willms was among the finalists in the Magnum 2012 Emerging Photographer Fund. Willms is from Kitchener, Ontario and is a member of the Boreal Collective. He was nominated for his ongoing project to document the First Nations community of Fort Chipewyan in Northern Alberta, which is situated just north of the Canadian… [full story]