The Charlottetown Conference was held in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, for representatives from the colonies of British North America to discuss Canadian Confederation. The conference took place between 1–9 September 1864. The above image is of delegates of the Charlottetown Conference on the steps of Government House.
Canadian Confederation was the process by which the federal [...]

Penang is one of the thirteen states that make up Malaysia. It is an island off of the West coast of Peninsular Malaysia, separated by the Straits of Malacca. When I was young, my parents would often take me to Penang for weekend vacations. What I remember most of these vacations were the (excellent) food, [...]

The first time I came across Javier Mariscal’s work - some surreal-cartoonish chairs - it blew me away. It forced me to reevaluate my perception of furniture and our relationship with it. Of course, I then went on to find out more about his work, only to realise that he did a lot more than [...]

Nick Ballon is a London-based photographer who takes delight in capturing the quirks of everyday life, and suspending its idiosyncrasies and minutiae in his work. [His work is] coloured by a fascination in location - or rather a curiosity about the hidden stories behind his locations. This has taken Nick from the from the motor-way [...]

Western Canada’s oldest racetrack, Sasketchewan International Raceway was built in 1966 by Les Howard. It was first called “Southwinds Dragway” and later changed to “Saskatoon International Raceway” (SIR). In 1986, the Saskatchewan Drag Racing Association (SDRA) became the track operators and changed the name to “Saskatchewan International Raceway”. In the ‘70’s SIR was a regular [...]

When I was younger, I had a very old children’s book, given to me, filled with beautiful illustrations. I never cared for the fairy tales and folklores the book contained, but the illustrations were magical. They really brought the out the spirit of the stories - all the enchantment and fantasy was very alluring. Unfortunately, [...]

“In the surreal comedy, Cold Souls, Paul Giamatti plays an actor named… Paul Giamatti. Stumbling upon an article in The New Yorker about a high-tech company that extracts, deep-freezes and stores people’s souls, Paul very well might have found the key to happiness for which he’s been searching. But, complications arise when he is the [...]

If you grew up in an Asian country, you will undoubtedly recognise the ubiquitous blue-red-white tarpaulin used in Stanley Wong’s redbluewhite - a collection of posters, photographs, artwork and installations centred around the material. Uprooted from my country of origin, this collection very much brought me back to those good old days when my grandmother [...]

When she was eighteen, Erin Morrison remembers wanting to be a medical illustrator. At the time it seemed like a perfectly logical solution for someone who had the ability to depict what lay before her, while satisfying the constant urge to explore the make-up of things. Due to the fact that she had no patience [...]

I own up: I really thought much of the entire continent of Africa (with the exception of South Africa), revolved around civil wars, overpopulation, famine, bloated malnourished children, widespread AIDS, and, of course, safaris. Surely a place so ravaged by misfortunes could not foster and nurture the needs of a contemporary photographer - one who [...]