John Chong (BSKin’88) took the location portrait of Niels Veldhuis in Who’s News.. He is a former student photographer for both SFU Week and the Peak and went on to complete a BFA in photography at Ryerson University. He currently spends his time building websites and doing some occasional editorial photography, all the while raising a precocious toddler. <www.johnchong.com>
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Photo: John Chong
Photo: Mark Burnham
Adam Ovenell-Carter, who profiles communications guru Richard Smith, was the 50,705,034th person to join Twitter. He is a fourth-year communications student at SFU and hails from rural Bowen Island. He spent a year as the sports editor for the Peak, but his real passion lies in sports and sports writing.
Photo: Raeff Miles
Raeff Miles, who shot the portraits for “Innovation”, is fortunate enough to create images for a large variety of advertising, editorial, and corporate accounts, sharing and executing creative ideas with some incredibly talented people on a daily basis. Life is good. <www.raeffmilesphoto.com>
Photo: David A. Roger
Sharon Proctor wrote our cover story on manta ray researcher Nick Dulvy. She is an independent science and technology writer with a PhD in biology from Stanford University. For more than 20 years she was in charge of the Vancouver Aquarium’s education and interpretation activities. Since 1991 she has been writing stories, newsletters, brochures, annual reports, and other texts for magazines, universities, companies, and science and technology groups.
Photo: Greg Ehlers/Creative Services
Barry Shell wrote both “Innovation” and “Audio +Visual.” He is the faculty research and library communications manager, and is a freelance science writer specializing in high-tech topics. He became involved in the Internet as soon as it appeared and created one of the first websites to popularize SFU research. His work has appeared online in Scientific American and New York Times guest blogs.
Photo: Paul Sherstobitoff
Paul Sherstobitoff created the 3D illustration for “Mr. Movies.” Fascinated with all things 3D, he began his career in the late 1970s, in Vancouver, as an artist with airbrush in hand. After almost 20 years in Los Angeles perfecting his technique and vision as a commercial and fine artist, he returned to Vancouver to a more natural environment. Now, using digital media, he freelances with clients as diverse as Victoria’s Secret to Toyota to Google and is a consultant in developing the next generation of 3D tools. <www.illustration-3d.com>
Photo: SFU Creative Services
Ron Verzuh (BA’73) wrote our article about the late Ian Cadell. He is currently completing his doctoral dissertation in history at SFU. His topic covers social relations in Trail, B.C., 1935-1955. He was an undergrad at SFU in the early 1970s and was editor of the Peak in 1971. Verzuh has written many articles on numerous subjects for magazines and newspapers and has published three books. His article “Mary’s Song” appeared in the November 2012 edition of aq.
Photo: Perry Zavitz
Perry Zavitz created the cover feature portraits of Nick Dulvy, page 17, and Richard Smith, page 14. An excellent locations photographer with more than 20 years’ experience shooting corporate, editorial, and advertising assignments, Perry takes a Zen approach to image creating, which comes across with an easy grace evident in all his pictures. <www.perryzavitz.com>