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Interview with Todd Korol
Todd Korol has been a contributor to Canadian Geographic for over 20 years. He draws his inspiration from National Geographic photographers, whose work he grew up with. '[National Geographic] had a big influence for a generation of us photographers; it taught us how to be photographers, how to approach a story, how to look at one.' Now he takes those lessons to heart: For every portrait, cityscape, street photo or sports shot, the setting is just as important as the subject
Interview with Tim Smith
Tim Smith recently received the National Newspaper Award for his portrait of Hutterite children skipping down a pyramid of bales underneath a painted sky. It's a big step for the Winnipeg native, who as a child used to snap photos of his friends in action with a camera he inherited from his parents (he later upgraded to a Pentax MZ50). Smith documented every moment he and his friends shared, from Tarzaaning across creeks to skateboarding. They were awful, awful pictures, but I enjoyed it says Smith, who has since made a successful career of snapping special moments in people's daily lives.
Interview with John Sylvester
John Sylvester stumbled across photography when he took time off from university to travel. While lugging around equipment for two photojournalists on assignment in northern Europe, he picked up some photography skills and eventually bought his own camera. Today, he specializes in travel, tourism and landscape photos. While he's quite the globetrotter, his niche is the East Coast. Sylvester has contributed to a number of magazines including Canadian Living, Time and National Post Business magazine. He never went back to finish that university degree and says he's still on his 'year off.
Interview with Lorne Bridgman
During an elementary school assignment in the late 1970's, photographer Lorne Bridgman remembers picking an illustrated card out of a box and then having to write a short story based on the drawing. It had a profound effect on him, since Bridgman approaches his photography the same way today ' by asking viewers to wrap their own narratives around his shots. To immerse readers in a story about the rebirth of Toronto's Don River, Bridgman returned several times during different seasons and times of day to capture the mood around the waterway. His other work has appeared in The Walrus, enRoute and The New York Times Magazine.
Interview with Tobin Grimshaw
No one forced a camera into Tobin Grimshaw's hands, but a love of visual arts and an interest in documenting his adventures evolved into a career in photography. After traveling around Europe with his camera, Grimshaw began to look at photography more seriously. He landed a job as an assistant photographer, which led to an internship at the Toronto Star. His infatuation with adventure and new life experiences helped him to master the art and build an impressive portfolio. Now, nearly a decade later, Grimshaw photographs subjects ranging from people to sports to fashion for publications such Maclean's, The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post and Canadian Geographic, to name a few. In the July/August 2011 issue of CG, Grimshaw traveled across Canada by train to capture the people and places of the Canadian railway system for 'Glances from a train'.
Interview with Renaud Philippe
On his own dime, photographer Renaud Philippe bravely travels to conflict and disaster zones throughout the world, such as Libya's border with Tunisia, and Haiti. Once there, he discovers stories of human endurance and of Canadians helping amid the most dire circumstances. On the flip side, attending his first Canada Day celebration in Ottawa last year, he witnessed the pride and diversity that binds and pushes us to be global citizens. His work has appeared in Maclean's, Global Post, Le Figaro, Days Japan and Mare magazine.
Interview with Yuichi Takasaka
Yuichi Takasaka's love affair with the night sky began more than 20 years ago when he travelled from Tokyo, Japan, to Jasper, Alta., to photograph the northern lights for the first time. Attracted to the north, Takasaka moved to Yellowknife, the premier location from which to view the nighttime wonder. 'From there you can get well over 200 nights of the northern lights every year,' he says. His shots have appeared in SkyNews and on NASA's website and he is a member of The World At Night, an elite group of sky photographers.
Interview with Bruce Kirkby
Despite having travelled to more than 80 photogenic countries, Bruce Kirkby says he was blown away by the beauty of the valleys and creeks of the remote Darkwoods property near his home in Kimberley, B.C. The 55,000-hectare wilderness is the largest private conservation land purchase in Canadian history and Kirkby visited the woods 10 times to capture their splendour. His work has appeared in Maclean's, Outside and National Geographic, which called one of his shots a
Interview with Marco Campanozzi
Camping and hiking in the woods of the St. Lawrence River valley were staples of photographer Marco Campanozzi's youth growing up in Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que. But he left that pastoral place, moving to MontrÇal to pursue photojournalism for some of the city's largest daily newspapers. In his first shoot for Canadian Geographic, Campanozzi took a cruise from Kingston to Montreal and then on to Ottawa, visiting the river he knows so well, but has never explored from the water.
Interview with Tim Calver
To train himself as an underwater photographer, Tim Calver moved to the island of Bimini in the Bahamas with the intent of visiting for six months. He ended up staying eight years. In his shots of Grenada it's easy to see why. Crystal-clear water and friendly faces fill the frame along with colourful wildlife nestled in the crannies of coral reefs. For Calver, underwater photography has opened a world of swimming with humpback whales, sea turtles and celebrities on shoots for the Discovery Channel, Oceana, Audubon and Time.
