Edmonton - May 16, 2010 - A swelling of community support is paying for two-year-old Maddox Flynn to have surgery in New York on Friday for a severe facial malformation that has affected him since birth. Update: Maddox has over 1100 friends on his Facebook group and Within eight days of the Canadian public learning about Maddox and his operations earlier this year, donations of about $175,000 were made. The family says they will donate the remainder of the money to help other children in need.
In 2010 I witnessed the spirit of community. I saw people from across Canada coming together to the aid of a young boy in need. I saw a battle of David vs Goliath as a small town tried to protect themselves from the effects of alleged harmful fumes from large oil development. And I travelled across the continent to a new home in New York City. I'm thankful to all those who allowed me passage into their lives, even for a brief 1/250 of a second of time.
I'm also thankful to my loving wife Tiffany who supports my passion for story-telling. I'm thankful to all my great colleagues in Edmonton and to my colleagues with Rogue Collective. I was able to share stories and do what I love due in part to people like Neil Smalian at the Edmonton Journal, clients and friends Richard Cairney and Jennifer Rolfe, and all the great editors at the Globe and Mail including Moe Doiron, Dave Lucas, Roger Hallett, Tim McKenna, and Randall Moore. And I truly thank all of you who have taken the time to visit and comment on my journey.
I hope that in 2011 I'll be able to show the same kindness and support to this great profession of photojournalism.
An eagle flies past a river road sign. Residents of Fort Chyipewan, which is downstream from oilsands developments, have raised concerns of higher-than-normal cancer rates.
Reinie Jobin, an elder with the Lubicon nation, middle, sits in the office of Bernard Ominayak, 30-year chief of the Lubicon nation, at Little Buffalo which is 70kms east of Peace River, Alberta on July 15, 2010. Residents in the area have been complaining of strong odours in the air which they say are affecting the health of their animals and family members. March 26, 1990, the United Nations Human Rights Committee found Canada had failed to protect the Lubicon Cree's rights by allowing the development of logging, oil and gas on the community's traditional hunting and trapping lands.
Scarecrows and air horns are used to keep away birds at a tailings test pond near Fort McMurray, Alberta. Oilsands developers came under scrutiny after another 230 ducks had landed and died in a tailings pond. In 2008, over 1600 ducks died after landing in the waste of bitumen extraction.
Charlotte Umutési with her aunt Nathalie Uwantege at her aunt's home in Edmonton on March 22, 2010. Charlotte Umutési is a Rwandan woman who fled to Canada after testifying against a Rwandan génocidaire named Gakire. Despite her full integration to the community with her husband and her aunt, she has been ordered to be returned to Rwanda.
Edmonton - April 2, 2010 - The 30th Annual Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross Walk through inner city Edmonton.
Pen rider, Kansas McGregor, helps transport cattle at Highland Feeders, near Vegreville, Alberta on February 3, 2010. Bern Kotelko and his brother Mike Kotelko run this 36, 000 cattle feedlot and a biorefinery, called Growing Power Hairy Hills. When their second biorefinery is up and running they will be able to put 5 megawatts of energy back into the grid.
Edmonton - April 2, 2010 - The 30th Annual Good Friday Outdoor Way of the Cross Walk through inner city Edmonton.
Models prepare back stage during Western Canada Fashion Week.
Philip Roth in his apartment in Manhattan, NY on October 5, 2010. His latest book, Nemesis, is set in his hometown of Newark, N.J. in 1944 in the midst of a polio outbreak.
Campus St Jean Faculty Portrait.
August 6, 2010 - A funeral for five members of the Arshad family. They were killed in a car accident while on vacation. Only the one son survived because he had switched cars with another relative.
June 26, 2010 - Kent Shockley competes in the Nitro Jam finals at the Rocky Mountain Nationals at Castrol Speedway.
July 27, 2010 - Justin Weavers and Meagan Henderson, who both work at the Corn Maze, take a break.
August 11, 2010 - Photos of police tactical team training.
New co-deputy leader of the Green Party, and former NHL enforcer Georges Laraque plays around with his new piano at his home on August 6, 2010. Mr. Laraque says that he collects rare bibles and will be soon taking piano lessons.
Feedlot operator Bern Kotelko gives a tour of Highland Feeders, near YYY on February 3, 2010. Kotelko and his brother Mike Kotelko run this 36, 000 cattle feedlot and a biorefinery, called Growing Power Hairy Hills. When their second biorefinery is up and running they will be able to put 5 megawatts of energy back into the grid.
August 31, 2010 - Laurel Holland in her neighbourhood in New York city. She was five when her father, William Holland, died in an accident in the Columbia Ice fields over twenty years ago. His body was recently finally recovered.
Maime Ludwig, Wiebo Ludwig's wife, walks out of her car where media have gathered at the entrance road to her home. RCMP investigate the farm of Wiebo Ludwig on Friday, January 8, 2010. Wiebo Ludwig was taken into custody on suspicion of connections to the Encana pipe bombings.
Rancher Carmen Langer looks over some of his pure bred cattle at one of their fields near on July 14, 2010. Residents in the area have been complaining of strong odours in the air which they say are affecting the health of their animals and family members.
June 26, 2010 - Ashley Thompson, 13, who has attended the camp for several years, plays with Cetiva Rymer, 7, and sister Shawna Thompson, who has attended the camp as a camper's companion. Camp He Ho Ha's (health, hope and happiness) 50th anniversary. The camp is Alberta's first summer camp for people with disabilities and the only facility in the province that accepts individuals regardless of the type or degree of their disability.
Tim Wu in the Meat Packing district in Manhattan, NY on December 19, 2010. Tim Wu specializes in telecommunications law, copyright, and international trade. He is the co-author of Who Controls the Internet?.
July 7, 2010 - Casey Hudson, executive producer for the game Mass Effect 2 by Edmonton company Bioware stands by his plane at the City Centre Airport.
Edmonton - March 20, 2010 - Wayne Higham demonstrates Parkour maneuvers at the University of Alberta campus in Edmonton.
July 25, 2010 - Scott Dixon, of Target Chip Ganassi Racing, wins after Helio Castroneves is penalized, at the Honda Indy Edmonton.
March 2, 2010 - Denis Fontaine, right, director of recruitment and student services for Campus St. Jean talks one of the students in the gym on campus.
Edmonton firefighter Paul McGonigal stands on the roof of a fire station on March 10, 2010. Paul McGonigal and a group of firefighters are camping out on top of their fire station this week as part of an annual fundraiser for Muscular Dystrophy.
An electrician working on the new Remand Detention Centre which will have a capacity of near 2000 inmates.
Writer and director John Hamburg at his home in New York city on November 14, 2010. Mr. Hamburg has written movies including Little Fockers, I Love You, Man, Zoolander and several other Hollywood releases.
October 31, 2010 - Halloween revelers during a parade.
Start-up CEO Aaron Patzer poses for a photo in on November 29, 2010. Aaron Patzer is the founder of Mint.com, (acquired by Intuit in 2009) which is an online finance management site.
July 24, 2010 - Pole position winner Will Power,right, driving for Verizon Team Penske walks over to accept his award in the qualifying race during Honday Indy Edmonton.
Richard Langer, 72, takes a break from harvesting their fields near Peace River, Alberta on July 14, 2010. Residents in the area have been complaining of strong odours in the air which they say are affecting the health of their animals and family members.
Halloween in NYC.
Halloween in NYC.
New York city Mayor Bloomberg, middle, gets a friendly wipe from Chef Mario Batali after trying the pizza, at La Pizza, during the opening of Eataly in New York City.
Author Salman Rushdie poses for a photo in NYC on November 12, 2010. Mr. Rushdie has just released his latest novel, 'Luka and the Fire of Life' which is inspired from the video games played by his son Milan.
