Ken Straiton

Background

Ken Straiton was born on February 9, 1949, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Education

Ken Straiton earned a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology in 1972 from the University of Waterloo, Ontario. He also studied at Simon Fraser University Film Workshop, Vancouver, Canada, from 1974 to 1976.

Career

In 1979 Ken Straiton taught photography at Emily Carr College of Art in Vancouver and worked as a production manager and designer for Integra Construction, Ltd. He has made two 16mm films: Point of Departure (1976) and Windows (1974).

1984 saw Ken Straiton move to Tokyo, where he spent 26 years working in commercial and corporate photography and producing magazine features. From the time he moved to Tokyo, that city became a focus of personal work.

Ken Straiton has also been documenting disappearing cultures and landscapes in China and Southeast Asia.

Works

More photos

• book

  • Odyssey Illustrated Guide to Canada 1994
  • Japan (Asian Guides Series) 1992
  • The Capilano Review No. 23 1982

• photography

  • Vancouver, BC., Canada

  • Venice Beach, Los Angeles, USA

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Tokyo, Japan

  • Bagan, built 11th to 13th century, Burma

  • Buddha inside an 11th to 13th century stupa, Bagan, Burma

  • "Ephemera", on Polaroid, Tokyo

    1999

  • "Ephemera", on Polaroid, Tokyo

    1999

  • Stazione Centrale, Milano, Italy

  • Trocadero, Paris, France

References

• Ken Straiton photoworks Ken Straiton - commercial photographer and photojournalist based in Tokyo, Japan specializing in corporate photography, business portraits, architecture, traditional Japanese culture, Asian documentary photos.