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Lethbridge, Alberta
It’s not every photographer that can claim to have officially been named ‘Photo Laureate’ of a
major city, or to have one of their first ever professional photographs immortalized on a postage
stamp, but Toronto photographer Geoffrey James can, on both counts. My sister, who now
makes her living as a wedding and portrait photographer, was James’ lab assistant after she
graduated college in the early 2000s, when James was still working in a dark room using the
gelatin-silver process, and I became familiar with his work then. Born in the UK, he found
himself in Philadelphia in the sixties working as a reporter at the now-defunct Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin. He later move...

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Nick Taylor is a British/Canadian film editor and director based in Toronto. His work has been shown at TIFF, SXSW, Cannes Market, Traverse City and many other festivals. He has worked extensively in television for networks like A&E and the CBC. His new feature documentary 'The Organizer' is available on iTunes, March 5th.
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