Vancouver Island Documentary Photographers

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A classic old school road side restaurant, the Royal Roads Cafe, in Colwood, British Columbia.
A classic old school road side restaurant, the Royal Roads Cafe, in Colwood, British Columbia.

I find it interesting to look at other photographers who are working on similar projects, if only to see how they look at the world differently. Locally a number of us are photographing our immediate world, shooting land/street/environmental scapes of Vancouver Island. One surprising discovery was that all these photographers are men, the women I know shooting documentary tend to shoot people, not exclusively, of course, but as their primary subject whereas the men seem to focus on the land, natural and built around them.

Here are a few links to other photographers doing documentary work on Vancouver Island. T.J. Watt’s work has an environmental and outdoors angle. David Pollock looks at the local landscape with a wry eye at times. Quinton Gordon uses avoids digital technology as he explores the area, he’s been creating interesting diptychs recently. Duane Prentice incorporates old industrial remnants into his landscapes. Tristan Shouldice is more of an urban wanderer looking for classic street photography. The husband and wife team of Scott Laurie Johnson combine some great writing with visual exploration of heritage sites from their Duncan base.

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