My exhibition of photographs from the early days of the Vancouver punk rock scene have been on display at Hey, Check This Out Gallery on the Bowery since July 13. The exhibition winds up this weekend on August 13. Many thanks to owner Oliver Harkness for putting on the show and to the ever creative Rich Jacobs who curated the show and designed the exhibition flyer. You can check out a story on the exhibition here. Flyer for Wreck The Camera, The Rise of Vancouver Punk – Don Denton photography. Poster design by Rich Jacobs. Photo shows Randy Rampage and Chuck Biscuits of DOA ..read more

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I am looking for help with a personal long-term project. I am compiling an archive of interviews of Canadian photographers — which, in turn, will become a history of Canadian photography. When I began my project I was (and still am) researching a specific group of Vancouver-area photographers. The project has kept growing, and I am now looking for input/information from photographers (and anyone connected to the photography world) about photographers across Canada. The idea behind this project is to create an archive of interviews of Canadian photographers and their work. It is too easy for a ..read more

Photographing neighbourhood corner stores is always interesting due to their unique siting in an area, the architecture, signage and window displays ..read more

Forest fire smoke hangs low over downtown Hope British Columbia in August 2018. For the second summer in a row heavy forest fires in the province have spread haze over BC, blocking sunlight and causing health issues for some residents. There is concern that recent hot dry summers will continue and with them so will the forest fires ..read more

Sometimes walking around you see an image that’s combination of genres. This view along Bute Street in Vancouver’s West End was one of those.  The dusk sky with the crescent moon overhead is from a traditional pretty landscape but below is a grittier urban nightscape. I’ve been finding a lot of photos in the West End during recent visits ..read more

A long time eye catcher as the highway splits at Cache Creek, this old motel appeared to be undergoing renovations when photographed last year.  Eight months or so later on a more recent road trip and there appears to have been little accomplished on the renovation front. Hopefully the Castle Inn will eventually  be restored to it’s former 50’s road side architectural glory ..read more

This was one of those heavy west coast snowstorms that came in, dumped a load, and then it all melted away by the next day. I walked out of the Skytrain Station on Davie Street and there were just light flakes falling, but by the time I reached Thurlow there was snow covering the ground, the falling snow was much heavier and just a few blocks later the guy ahead of me was leaving  trench in the snow with his pull along suitcase. There’s been a neighbourhood shop on this corner for as long as I remember, one of the local independents hanging on ..read more

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I am looking for help with a personal long-term project. I am compiling an archive of interviews of Canadian photographers — which, in turn, will become a history of Canadian photography. When I began my project I was (and still am) researching a specific group of Vancouver-area photographers. The project has kept growing, and I am now looking for input/information from photographers (and anyone connected to the photography world) about photographers across Canada. The idea behind this project is to create an archive of interviews of Canadian photographers and their work. It is too easy for a ..read more