Saw incredible grit in Abbotsford today, as farmers and community members rallied to rescue dozens of cattle stranded by #bcflood with boats, dinghies, a jet ski and even a hover craft. Heard these scenes were playing out across the valley.
Photographed for @reuterspictures:
More scenes from the great cattle rescue:
So many people today said they’d seen floods before, but never like this:
A Thread: I spent lots of time this year thinking how we photograph poverty/ addiction/ marginalization/ etc. For @TheTyee, here’s my best attempt to distill it all into something readable: thetyee.ca/Analysis/2021/…
TL/DR: People struggling within failed/ failing public systems are - like all of us - complex and human. They deserve to be seen & treated as such, not turned into anonymous, reductive symbols
As photojournalists, our job is to hold up a mirror to the public. When we rely on representing poverty/ marginalization/ homelessness/ etc. only by what can be seen from the street, that mirror breaks & only a small shard is seen
I spent the past weekend tracking the final days of Vancouver's Oppenheimer Park homeless encampment for @vicenews - here's what I saw: vice.com/en_ca/article/…
In the days leading up to the park's closure over concerns that COVID-19 could tear through it like wildfire, activists and houseless folks staged protests over what they said was an effort to house only the most visible, not the most vulnerable
By Saturday at noon, nearly all of the roughly 300 people who lived in Oppenheimer Park had been moved out - mostly into hotels, hostels and SROs according to B.C. Housing. Then the bulldozing began
THREAD: Meet some of the #DTES#frontlineworkers, now battling two health emergencies at once - overdoses, and #COVID19. I’m starting a portrait series to highlight some of these often #unsungheroes. Please share or DM me if you or someone you know wants to be part of it
This is Thomus Donaghy, Delilah Gregg and Sharon Buchanan. Thomus and Delilah help keep people from dying of overdoses at the Molson Overdose Prevention Site and @VANDUpeople. Sharon helps the community access financial services at Pigeon Park Savings.
This is Adam Charbonneau, Angel Gates, and Sam Laudon. Adam’s a member of the Community Action Team, Sam is a peer research assistant and Angel is an advocate. All of them help give voice to people society tends to overlook.