Hi, I’m Ian…
A photographer based in Vancouver, Canada, originally from Medicine Hat. Most of my work is about everyday places. I’m drawn to how communities grow and change, and how those shifts shape the spaces we move through. Lately, I’ve been working on long-term projects focused on suburban change in Vancouver and rural spaces in Alberta, exploring the contrasts and connections between them.
In my series “Near Oblivion”, I am exploring how the suburban landscapes are designed to project ideas of access and opportunity, yet often reveal a different reality. Infrastructure looms above and around us, directing attention outward while quietly reinforcing boundaries and limits. Forms that suggest openness and progress often mask barriers or restrictions. In this way, the city becomes less a place of lived freedom and more a system of managed possibilities, where the promise of choice is presented but rarely delivered in full.
My original long-term project “Palliser’s Triangle” explores the history of southeastern Alberta. Once described as barren and uninhabitable by John Palliser in the 1850s, the land has since been reshaped through agriculture, settlement, and recurring cycles of drought and resilience. My photographs focus on prairie stretches that carry the tension between survival and adaptation, where freedom is found less in choice and more in space, stillness, and the endurance of a landscape shaped over generations.
If you’d like to chat about prints, projects, or just photography in general, feel free to reach out on Instagram.
Collaberative Portfolio
2022
Subjectively Objective - Investigation in Infrastructure
Investigations In Infrastructure is a survey of contemporary photography exploring the infrastructure of our everyday environment. Showcasing images from 162 artists, this 168 page hardcover books measures 9 x 8.75″ and features a debossed and foil stamped cover.
https://subjectivelyobjective.com/product/investigations-in-infrastructure/
2023
Broad Magazine - Rituals
In search of daily rituals around the world through a deep-dive in our creative community. Our most expansive curation yet, featuring 80 artists. Premium Printed on Archival Quality Paper, Perfect Bound
https://www.broad.community/broad-shop/5u6jiew3ksf1257z9oas7tnsui346x
2024
Woodruff Magazine - In The Modern World
A photobook that describes what our Woofermagazine community sees and feels living in modern society. It is made up of 100 photos by 100 different international authors.
https://woofermagazine.com/product/in-the-modern-world-photobook/
2025
Broad Magazine - Freedom
In progress, no release date yet