Services

Photographer

I specialize as a documentarian of the human condition. I offer my photography skills more broadly for promotional, commercial, reporting, archival, and cultural/social commentary.

I excell in product photography in controlled studio settings. My favorite subject matter includes portraiture and documenting human creativity from food, to artworks to live performances.

In my visual arts practice, I enjoy analog printing methods in silver, cyanotype and other experimental mediums, including indigo dye and batik. I generate images with film, digitally and more recently using AI platforms and explore thematic concepts for larger bodies of work and installations.

Products

Produce digital libraries/databases, short films, editing/editorial services, social media content, oversee printing (digital/analog printing, books) exhibition, and multiple types of publications.

• ADDitional Skills

Wield 20+ years experience with design and layout abilities. Highly proficient with Adobe family including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Premier.

On behalf of organizations (and my personal use) have utilized social media platforms since their inception from Blogger to Flickr, Snapchat to Instagram.

Credentials

20+ years experience, classically trained with 2-year diploma and years of apprenticeship. Works widely published, exhibited and collected by libraries, museums and private acquisitions. Registered in the Library of Congress. Have curated or been shown in 20+ exhibitions in Canada and the Netherlands. Studied image-transfer and dying techniques in Java, Indonesia.

Well equipped for digital, analog, in-studio, and the field. Outside of long-term fieldwork projects, I offer primary commercial services including headshots, passport photos, pet portraits and product shots at my studio just outside of Victoria, Canada. Contact me for rates.

Consultant

Products

10+ years experience with research, analysis and writing in support of project management, evidence-based policy recommendations, monitoring/evaluation, lessons learned, Quality Control, editing and reportage. Currently with boutique firm, Toa Consulting and available for hire as an individual or with a team. Please inquire!

 Soft Skills

Intuitive stakeholder engagement: globally experienced, cross-culturally sensitive/respectful, ability to build trust and relationships with a wide range from high-level diplomats, to mentoring youth, to supporting world-class artists, to navigating remote & rural community contexts.

Collaborator ~ Curious

Have lived in 4 Canadian provinces & 4 countries, and have worked in/traveled in close to 50, and counting. I love collaborating with other creators and professionals.

I am passionate about partnering with equity-seeking groups and organizations focused on accessing equal socio-economic opportunities, a sense of belonging and a comfortable life. I recognize this requires navigation of incredibly complex systemic ideologies and systems that could take generations to penetrate—but all efforts are a part of the journey to get there.

Credentials

Master’s degree in International Development Studies - published updated thesis in the Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, where I went on to peer review and was awarded an Emerald Publishing Literati award for the manuscript which has been cited 40 times to date. My research interests continue to explore the implications of commodifying culture for tourism/export markets.

Bachelor's degree in Communications, grounded in cultural policy, communications theory and audio/visual practices. 

Wield public service training and certification in gender-based + analysis (GBA+), and Indigenous Canada certification.