In 2016 had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Horst Wenzel. Horst sadly passed away in July, 2023. He was legendary in Vancouver for his repair and servicing of vintage and world class film cameras like Rolleiflex, Leica and Hasselblad.
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Vancouver art scene legend Ken Gerberick sadly passed away in January 2021. Ken had been an assemblage artist and automotive historian in Vancouver since 1984.
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In April of 2016 I was invited to photograph Eckhart Tolle during his speaking engagement at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Vancouver. Naturally I accepted!
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The photograph above was made using one of my Polaroid 101 Land cameras, and is one of my all time favourite photographs. It was made using Fuji FP3000B pack film, now sadly discontinued.
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I came upon this young couple at a local cafe on West Broadway early one morning. I asked them if they would mind me taking their photo from outside through the glass.
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I was about 10 years old at the time when my parents decided to buy my brother Lee and me each a camera. I took photos on vacation and also took it on our family trip to England in 1977.
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Pictured here is an old flame of mine. We go way back. As you can see by the lack of paint in a few spots, she has seen many a roll of film. She travelled with me to England, Scotland, Belgium, Germany and many destinations in the Northwestern USA and Canada.
I was honoured and humbled when Carol McQuaid invited me to be interviewed for her podcast.
This is me right here: Episode 30 - Capturing a Cultural Moment
Did I just get hoodwinked by a 20-year-old with a broken camera in a paper bag?
First roll from the Yashica Electro GSN on Kodak TMax 400. I metered and exposed all the shots using the Electro's in-camera functions (that's pretty much all you can do!).
I found a 1957 Canon L1 rangefinder on eBay and, surprisingly, won the auction. Some samples from the first roll of film.