The Idea

My goal is to travel across every province and territory, creating soulful portraits and video interviews with people from all walks of life, digging into the question: what does it mean to be Canadian? I want to talk to First Nations people, new immigrants and everyone in between. I will use the wet plate collodion photography method, the process that recorded the birth of the nation.

The project will culminate with exhibitions, talks and perhaps a book in time for Canada’s 160th in 2027.

The Process

This isn’t a political project, and it isn’t clouded by nostalgia. It’s a quiet, honest attempt to see who we are in this moment, to pause, reflect, and meet each other face to face and eye to eye. As I travel I will seek out people with a unique, Canadian story, a story that can unite us as a people

Along the way, I’ll also be creating landscape plates, slow, meditative images of the land itself, grounding the human stories in the places we call home.

Portraits | Conversations | Place

One face at a time, One story at a time.

From coast to coast to coast.

Want to be part of it?

You can support this project by:

• Sitting for a portrait

• Sharing your story

• Recommending someone whose voice is uniquely Canadian

• Offering financial help or sponsorship

• Even just buying me a coffee

Let’s connect so we can tell this story together.