Jeff Hamada

3 weeks ago | booooooom.com | Jeff Hamada

Your parents are both photographers. Can you see any similarities between you and them, either in the images you create or the way you approach photography? Well, not really. My father was a fashion photographer and my mother was an animal photographer, the subjects ranging from cats to frogs. So very different subjects from the ones I approach. But surely it had an influence because I started assisting my mother when I was about 8 years old.

1 month ago | booooooom.com | Jeff Hamada

Our latest book Magic Hour II is available now! This is the long-awaited follow-up to our original Magic Hour photo book. In this new volume you’ll find a stunning collection of images by 50 photographers from around the world, captured during that brief window when the sun is low in the sky and the light turns soft and golden. It’s 110 pages with a gloss laminated cover featuring a glorious image by Alana Celii.

1 month ago | booooooom.com | Jeff Hamada

A charming photo book by Vancouver-based photographer and designer Taylor Naoko and writer CJ Tuff. Taylor’s Okinawan background has deepened with age as she reflects on her hybrid identity and the influence her grandparents have had on her life. CJ was born in Japan but raised in Canada. Part of what drew him to working on this project was the opportunity to explore some of the lesser-seen areas of Tokyo. Place by Place perfectly captures the essence of Kissaten—traditional Japanese coffee shops.

1 month ago | booooooom.com | Jeff Hamada

I listened to a podcast where you mentioned you were born in Mexico, came to Canada when you were 7, and then returned to Mexico for 2 more years before officially moving back to Canada. Can you talk a bit about that experience and how it affected your sense of home? Experiencing culture shock at such a young age was incredibly formative.

1 month ago | booooooom.com | Jeff Hamada

For our third annual Booooooom Photo Awards, supported by Format, we selected 5 winners, one for each of the following categories: Portrait, Street, Colour, Nature, Fashion. You can view all the winners and shortlisted photographers here. Now it is our pleasure to introduce the winner of the Nature category, Grant Harder. Grant Harder lives in Vancouver with his wife and two kids.