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Dustin Delfs | Cover and feature
NAIT Photo Tech alumni Dustin Delfs founded Laughing Dog Photography in 2002 with a large-format film camera and half-a-dozen daily trips to the photo lab. Eighteen years, six studios and 4,100 photo shoots later, the Laughing Dog team has worked from Vancouver to Newfoundland to Yellowknife; in helicopters, coal mines, operating rooms, NHL dressing rooms, bison herds and cookie factories; and he’s still loving it, as much today as ever before!
Christina Frangou | p. 40
Christina Frangou is a Calgary-based writer and journalist who specializes in health and social issues. Her work has garnered numerous awards, including a National Newspaper Award for long-feature writing. In Grade 3, her teacher read A Wrinkle In Time to her class, a chapter a day. Frangou couldn't bear the suspense. She got book from the library, finished it overnight and told her classmates the next day how it ended. Ms. S gave her a lecture on ruining books for other people. Frangou still loves the writing of Madeleine L'Engle.
Taryn Marshall | p. 47
Taryn Marshall teaches Grade 1 at Father Lacombe Catholic School in Lacombe. Born and raised in Red Deer, she’s in her third year of teaching and looks forward to the new adventures that every day brings. Her favourite aspect of teaching is seeing the children grow over the course of the year and all the amazing, fun learning explorations they do together. Marshall loves to share her students’ classroom activities on social media, especially Instagram, where her handle is @teachingwithmrsmarshall.
Karen Klassen | p. 10
Karen Klassen is an award-winning illustrator and painter based in Calgary. Her work can be found in fashion advertising campaigns, children’s books and magazines throughout North America and Europe, as well as on gallery walls and in the homes of private collectors. Her favourite high school teacher was Mr. Sutter; he was always kind and made learning easy. You can see more of her work at karenklassen.com or @karenklassen on Instagram.
Jeremy Fokkens | p. 40
Jeremy Fokkens is a portrait and advertising photographer based in Calgary. He was a profess-ional dancer and teacher before making the switch to photography full time in 2011. Fokkens published his first book The Human Connection in 2014 and recently started a cross-Canada project called Back To The Land, photographing people from small towns and remote areas. To see more, visit www.jeremyfokkens.com
JoAnn Blachford | p. 48
JoAnn Blachford began her career at Stettler Junior High School. She taught various courses—social studies, home economics, art and language arts—before becoming a school counsellor. She is currently working as an assistant principal at Sir George Simpson Junior High School in St. Albert.
