About

Hi, I’m Barry Johnson. I’m proud to be of Northern Ontario Métis heritage, and I’ve had a lifelong passion for photography that began in the late 1970s. Back then, I shot mostly with a Nikon FM and Kodachrome film—classic tools for capturing vibrant, timeless images.

In 1980, I moved to British Columbia and quickly found work with the many community newspapers thriving at the time. That opened the door to several full-time staff photographer roles throughout the 1980s and 1990s. But as the internet grew and newspaper revenues declined in the late '90s, photography jobs became harder to find.

Today, I focus on a personal Social Documentary project centered on my own neighbourhood—Broadway and Commercial Drive in Vancouver. It’s a vibrant, evolving area on the cusp of gentrification, and documenting its stories has been an incredibly rewarding experience.