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Telling Canada's story, one street at a time

Travel stories told through photography, people and memorable places

showbeamza.org is a photography journal from across Canada. We travel the coasts, the prairies and the north to document the people and places that make this country what it is.

Portrait of a South Asian Canadian male photographer holding a cameraPortrait of a Black Canadian female writer and storytellerPortrait of a Latina Canadian female audio and video producerPortrait of a white Canadian female founder and lead photographer8+ storytellers
Photographer walking down a colorful street in a Canadian city at golden hour

12k+

Photographs taken

10

Provinces & territories visited

300+

People interviewed

9

Years on the road

Our approach

How we tell these stories

Every story on showbeamza.org follows the same slow, careful process, built around the people we meet along the way.

1

Discover a place

We start with a region of Canada we have not fully explored, from coastal villages to prairie towns.

2

Meet the people

We spend time with local residents, shopkeepers and travelers before a single photo is taken.

3

Listen to their story

Every place has a history worth hearing. We record the stories people are willing to share.

4

Frame the moment

We look for the small, honest moments that say more about a place than any postcard view.

5

Capture the light

Canadian light changes fast across seasons and coasts, so timing shapes every frame we keep.

6

Share the journey

Finally, we bring the images and stories together so readers can experience the place with us.

“Canada is too large and too varied to be told in a single story. So we keep traveling, one street, one town, one conversation at a time.”

The showbeamza.org project

Places we've been

A country too big for one story

Colorful fishing village houses along a rocky coast in Newfoundland

Newfoundland

Colorful coastal fishing villages

Cobblestone street in Old Quebec City with historic stone buildings

Quebec City

Cobblestone streets and old-world charm

Turquoise glacial lake surrounded by snow capped mountains near Banff

Banff

Glacial lakes framed by the Rockies

Red sandstone cliffs and sandy beach on Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island

Red cliffs meeting quiet shores

The storytellers

The people behind the camera

A small group of photographers, writers and local guides who make every trip and every story possible.

Portrait of a white Canadian female founder and lead photographer

Claire Whitfield

Founder & Lead Photographer

Portrait of a South Asian Canadian male photographer holding a camera

Arjun Mehta

Documentary Photographer

Portrait of a Black Canadian female writer and storyteller

Simone Carter

Travel Writer

Portrait of a Latina Canadian female audio and video producer

Valentina Reyes

Audio & Video Producer

Portrait of an East Asian Canadian female photo editor

Michelle Wong

Photo Editor

Portrait of a white Canadian male field photographer with a beard

Nathan Cole

Field Photographer

Portrait of an Indigenous Canadian male community liaison

Joseph Bearclaw

Community Liaison

Portrait of a Middle Eastern Canadian male researcher and fixer

Rami Haddad

Researcher & Fixer

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Have a place we should visit, or a story you think we should hear? We would love to know about it.

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