George Qua-Enoo | The GQ Spot

Working Photographer based in Hamilton & Toronto

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Finn Raccoon Fur with Pom Poms by DeMontigny Boutique http://www.angelademontigny.com/ Makeup & Hair by: Virant Beauty http://vibrantbeauty.ca/

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Ballerina

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"Dad's at home" photo project. As a working photographer, I make it a habit to undertake 1 or 2 personal photo projects a year. This helps me push my own creative boundaries that’s often limited in commissioned work to narrates the client’s vision or concept. Personal projects also help me “grow” as an artist. Three years ago, I started a photo project photographing “stay-at-home” dads in Toronto. I used to be a stay-at-home dad myself. I met many stay-at-home fathers at the park and community centres. I decided to do this project to highlight the ever-growing role of fathers as homemakers. States Zosia Bielski of the Globe and Mail, “The number of fathers staying at home with their children has doubled since 1989, and the fastest growing segment of these men are staying home because they’ve chosen to take care of their kids, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center” (“Stay-at-home dads on the rise – increasingly because they want to be” 5 June 2014). Reasons for the growth of the father-as-homemaker range from the global economic recession to the simple desire of the father to be with the children. Since the mid-1970s, the rate of stay-at-home fathers in Canada has risen 120 percent. I’ve heard the stories of families impacted and involved in the shifting demographic – of their struggle with stigmas and their newfound routines and joys. My goal was to document unique visual narratives of this trend one photograph at a time. I called the project Dads at Home. I was actively developing it as the visual archiving of a relevant trend in Canadian familial structure and functionality as well as a contribution to the diverse artistic culture of Ontario. This project became larger than I anticipated. My request for a grant to complete this project was unsuccessful and consequently most of the image files from the project got corrupted when an external drive crashed. A big lesson to back up regularly.

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Krud Kutter

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Sportrait

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It's been a while since I made a post. Lots of things are happening. I'm hoping for things to wind down a bit so I can finally settle down and share some new work.

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March Issue of Runner's World is out. Featuring Stephan James, who stared at Jesse Owens in Jesse Owens' biopic film, RACE.

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Lola & Mason for American Institute of Architecture Magazine

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Latest editorial for MoneySense Magazine: Planning your estate early in life. Portrait of Nathan, a 23 yr/o Waterloo student.

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Eddie in performance as he reads his poem... "Dear Marcus When did we forget we were kings? We grew up playing in the sandbox They tore our park but somehow you never left the box they made for you we grew up by Wendys so it makes sense you became my peter pan brother you just never grew up its amazing how we went from watching Saturday morning cartoons to your dad's mini van bumping car tunes Listening to Old School Snoop Getting Loose Sipping on Jin and Juice Dreaming of being O.G.s But Marcus how do you expect to be a G2 when you have no drive its crazy how I look at my boys and see a couple of 20/20s but we are no way nowhere the perfect vision of what we had for each other My Peter pan brother when did we become pirates only caring about rolling with our crew putting our X on the map and only looking out for booty while the true treasure in our chest remains buried in the meaningless things of life matter of fact I think we arrrgh pirates cuz we can barely see anything with value matter of fact have you ever wondered why Peter Pan’s crew was called the lost boys in the first place You are so quick to put up this tough guy masquerade like it's 31st of October But trust me there is enough Black in orange in jail to make you think it's Halloween everyday You are so quick to throw up your hood How quick we are to forget Trayvon Martin White media tried to alienate him they might as well called him Trayvon Martian Black activist tried to say he died for a greater purpose they might as well called Trayvon Martyr But does Trayvon matter when When schools close and jails stay open There will always be another Trayvon!!!! when you forget we are kings and they forget we are people you were made for so much more we are not scripts to some Tyler Perry movie Perhaps predicaments persuaded us to be perpetrators produced by imperfect parents in the pursuit of happiness in this per capita world Perhaps people police politicians propaganda proved predators posing as superiors But my brother I promise you we will always be kings p.s. Happy Birthday today you would have been 23"

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A recent jewelry/product shoot. Jewelries by Violate Gray | http://instagram.com/violetgraydesign/ Make-Up & hair by Kofo Owolabi Model | Aleah M

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Model Testing.

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Latest work for Canadian Business magazine.

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The Slam Poet Project (1). The purpose of this photo series is to capture the emotion; passion and stories of slam poets while in their element of performing pieces that are personal to them. “You, are the reason I will never be able to kiss the lips of my unborn son. He will grow up thinking I’m stuck in the cave of allegory Never understanding that he is my light and in his eyes I see truth. I’ve coated myself in apathy; he’ll only be able to experience a penumbra of my love I will never be able to change his diapers; Out of the fear, that you left some of your traits in me . On the days he asks for my shoulder to cry on; I will hesitate; because I’m terrified of mental flashbacks that happen (every time I’m touched)(3x) by another male. He will not be able to go to sleepovers; Because peter piper might lure him away with the sound of his favorite video games …. To a place where no young boy should know … A room invented to shatter bliss and rip away innocence Where pleas for help are muted by the sound of digital characters; ( it’s me mario) Hands are pressed down ( ( it’s me mario) and face is pushed into pillow (it’s me mario); And he experiences a pain that far is worse than any flu shot ( it’s me mario) He will lie motionless until the pain begins to dissipate And then push himself off of the bed with the assistance of its springs Entering a state of perpetual emptiness … At that moment my biggest fear might materialize … He will become me. A shell of a human being Who helps others a the drop of a dime In hopes that he can live vicariously through them Because he taught himself to numb his emotions so long ago .. The only person he will be able to talk to is his therapist and when he tells her his stories she say How did that make you feel How did that make you feel How did that make you feel He will sit there perplexed; for the word at the end if the sentence is alien to him My son It does not have to end like this You don’t have to become me … Every year 1 in 20 boys in North America are victims of sexual assault a number that’s probably higher because I’m sure many like me don’t report it .. Because they are ashamed This kind of thing does not happen to boys And they grow Into men that can’t express themselves … Because men don’t cry (repeat twice Real men don’t cry ! My son, my wells have been dry for so long and I don’t feel any stronger This Hercules compels is quite crippling So if that day comes and I prays that it doesn’t, I will pick you up hold you in my arms and suffer through a thousand nightmares So you learn that; (1)crying doesn’t make you weak, (2)you are not alone, (3) and daddy loves you !” “Digital nightmare" Kevan Davison