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Awards & Prizes
People's Choice Winner, 2016
Southern Ocean Art Prize
Selected Publications & Photographic Exhibts
Google Maps Lists local expert, Toronto
Forging the Spirit
EnVeritas Group, 2018
Searching for Soulful Noodles
Wingspan Magazine, March 2015
Spires and Dreaming
Kansai Scene Magazine, September 2013
Wingspan Magazine, December 2012Spirited away by Ireland's Charm
Kansai Scene, October 2012Flashback to the sandy beaches of Izu
The Japan Times, August 26 2012Layers and layers of London
Kansai Scene, August 2012Narai's nostalgic delights revisited
The Japan Times, May 20 2012Cambodia experience facilitated aid effort in the Tohoku region
The Japan Times, March 10 2012Winter Kept us Warm in Kamikochi's Silence
The Japan Times, March 04 2012Market Network Helps Community Bounce Back
The Japan Times, January 07 2012Enjoy a Hot Night Out at Nozawa Onsen
The Japan Times, January 01 2012Memories of Mount Takao
The Japan Times, November 20 2011Shooting Stars
Shutterbug Magazine, Fall Expert Photo Techniques Issue, 2011Yatsugatake wanderings in the wet
The Japan Times, October 02 2011Coming of Age in Kamakura
The Japan Times, August 21 2011Travel firms feel pinch, pitch in after disasters
Industry faces long road to recovery amid fallout from March 11
The Japan Times, May 24 2011The change of Cosmos
New Internationalist, April 26 2011Evacuation turns into chance to help victims
Temporarily displaced foreigners rally around to help raise money, awareness
The Japan Times, April 9 2011Those Old Snow Country blues
The Japan Times, March 6 2011Tsumago: Living off its past
The Japan Times, February 6 2011Japan Peak to Peak
Real Travel, September 2010PV Rajagopal: India's mass mobilizer
New Internationalist, September 2010Getting High in the Highlands
The Japan Times, August 8 2010Takamatsu Then and Now
The Japan Times, July 11 2010Rising Seas
World Watch Magazine, May/June 2010Soaking up the Simians: Hell's Valley in Yudanaka is a heavenly hot spot for bathing macaques
The Japan Times, January 3 2010Unfolding Enlightenment: A Short Primer on the History of Japanese Buddhism
J Select Magazine, October/November 2009Taking an Izu Islands Tonic
The Japan Times, July 4 2009Weighing in Heavy
J Select Magazine, June/July 2009 [words only]Stretching Tokyo: Yoga in the Capital
J Select Magazine, April/May 2009Nude, Together: a Short History of Bathing in Japan
J Select Magazine, May/June 2009Digging for Deals
J Select Magazine, April/May 2009Ramen King
J Select Magazine, March 2009 [words only]Responsibility of Metaboli
J Select Magazine, January/February 2009The Ainu's Modern Struggle
World Watch Magazine, November/December 2008India's Janadesh 2007
Feature article, World Watch Magazine, March/April 2007
Selected Photographic Publications
How to beat jet lag in Tokyo
World's Coolest Ceilings
Hoshi no Yu
Financial Times September 19, 2019
Five Countries Where People Live the Longest
BBC Travel August 9, 2017
The World's Strangest Hangover Cures
Travel + Leisure December 2015
US regulation misses some GM crops
Nature August 2013
Travel + Leisure July 2011the Marshall Islands
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Country Profile 2010Jaluit Atoll
350.org September 2009Moumon and Me, Part 1
www.gourmet.com, August 8 2008"Know Your Rights - Know the Price"; Guidelines for Selling Your Images
Shutterbug Magazine, May 2008
Exhibitions
2017 Ontario Landscapes, Sportsman's Inn, Killarney
2007 Bento Box, Full Spectrum Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
2007 Bento Box, Zencha Tea Bar, Collingwood, Ontario [solo]
2007 Echoes in Light, L.E. Shore Memorial Gallery, Thornbury, Ontario
2004 Trans Tokyo, Propeller Gallery, Toronto www.transtokyo.com
2004 Trans, Big Studio Gallery, Yokohama, Japan
Representation
Professional Experience
Copywriter, Into Japan Specialist Tours
2007 to 2009
Drafting web and print content for a Japan specialist tour companyFreelance Press Release Writer
2003 to 2005
Drafting press releases to tight deadlines for a number of Toronto art galleriesArts Editor, Rind Magazine www.rindmag.com
2003 to 2004
Selecting, editing, proofreading and formatting articles for online publication
Education
2006 Humber College Graduate Certificate, Creative Writing
2005 to 2006 Nagano International Culture College, Certificate in Japanese
1999 to 2001 University of Toronto Bachelor of Arts, East Asian Studies