http://www.jenniferfriesen.com/portfolio daily 1.0 2019-01-31 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/56a849bcdf40f3b38919c825/1431120669921/ Projects Rachel Notley supports Calgary-Fort NDP candidate Joe Ceciin Calgary on April 8, 2015. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/56a84a3b1c12102e79028ac9/1406922473856/ Projects A group of children chide each other outside of their apartment in the Muslim district in Varanasi. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5a8ce71b419202fa34d30755/1519183529900/ Projects One year after the costliest disasters Canada has ever seen, the northern Alberta city of Fort McMurray experienced successes and challenges while rebuilding after the 2016 wildfire that tore through the area – and it wasn’t just the people affected. In April 2017, Annie stands in front of where her stable once stood, and where a new one is being built. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5c5290ae2b6a2803e8c4e8d1/1548819888650/ Projects https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/53dc8a45e4b027ed65d91c2e/1406962117789/DSC_0247editbw.jpg Projects On March 26, 2012 a traditional Jewish wedding was held between Mussie Matusof (above) and Mendel Rosenblum. In Orthodox Jewish marriages, the groom veils the bride before the ceremony, reminiscent of a biblical tale. Here, Mussie Matusof is reading the Psalms after being veiled. She chose an opaque veil as a symbol to her friends, family and new husband that she is marrying in full faith. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/550dd66be4b00ab6c2a49c7d/1406962446543/DSC_4896lonebarber.jpg Projects Throughout India, street barbers can be found almost anywhere: on roadsides, under bridges and in small shacks. Armed with a pair of scissors, a straight blade and a small mirror or shard of glass, most barbers earn between 200 to 250 rupees a day (around $3.50 to $4.50 CAD). Whether it be a moustache trim, a close shave or a fully shaven head for a funeral, the skills are usually passed down through generations as an art form. This man above is sitting by the sacred Ganges river in Varanasi, waiting for his first customer of the day. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5565f2b1e4b00f5b0e551883/1432744625672/DSC_9305Kusum.jpg Projects With 70 per cent of India’s population living in rural areas, the health and welfare of women and children is swiftly falling behind. In a culture where men "are fed first, the most and the best," according to Swami Varishthananda, women are often brushed to the wayside. This leaves them, and the children they’re baring, at risk for malnutrition and disease. When health does become an issue, travelling 20 miles to the nearest city is often too costly for the family and they are left to suffer. Ramakrishna Mission is an Indian organization, founded in Varanasi, which is trying to bridge this gap. Driving a bus out to the slums and villages surrounding Varanasi each day, the organization has brought free health care and preventative health education to the people, with a focus on women and children. http://www.jenniferfriesen.com/singles daily 0.75 2020-07-29 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5f21f187509f742614ec5575/1551402049347/ Singles Eleanor Hollenbeck was diagnosed with kidney disease when she was 11 years old, but was put back on dialysis after her latest kidney transplant failed in 2010. In 2018, she only just received her new home dialysis machine and worked for an hour to get all the puzzle pieces in order. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5c787f250d9297551e0092fd/1551402049347/dialysis4.jpg Singles Eleanor Hollenbeck was diagnosed with kidney disease when she was 11 years old, but was put back on dialysis after her latest kidney transplant failed in 2010. In 2018, she only just received her new home dialysis machine and worked for an hour to get all the puzzle pieces in order. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/55650e4de4b0d16df38ace2e/1446570275965/zz_20_CAL_BryceBike2_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Malcolm Eyjolfson and Kerri Workman plead for their son Bryce's prized BMX bike to be returned. Bryce died in October and over the weekend someone stole his bike from the family's shed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/595ddcf8d1758e52802c4eb3/1595977696087/NantonFarm.jpg Singles John Smith (left) and Laura Laing move cattle through ranch land outside of Nanton, Alta. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/595ddc61e110ebef72819db7/1595977696102/NantonFarm2.jpg Singles John Smith points toward the Plateau Mountain ahead, which their ranch is named after. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/595ddc07b6ac502f684b0e4f/1595977696109/NantonFarm6.jpg Singles Laura Laing readies her spurs before heading out to wrangle a pair of horses to move cattle through the ranch. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/595ddc07b8a79be945fadae1/1595977696106/NantonFarm10.jpg Singles Laura Laing readies her spurs before heading out to wrangle a pair of horses to move cattle through the ranch. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/595ddf96bf629ac5913d5232/1595977696106/xx_20_CAL_BryceBike2_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Malcolm Eyjolfson and Kerri Workman plead for their son Bryce's prized BMX bike to be returned. Bryce died in October and over the weekend someone stole his bike from the family's shed. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5638e994e4b094482a216524/1595977696151/00_xx_CAL_masterquilter1_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles After quilting more than 20 Calgary scenes, including the sky before the 2013 floods and Ralph Klein's favourite late-night haunts, Agnete Kay has become her own local historian. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5722dc9401dbaedc4e867754/1595977696152/00_27_CAL_HOSPITALFOLO_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Ron and Pam Smith stand outside Calgary's Rockyview General Hospital on May 25, 2015. Since having his leg amputated a month earlier, Ron has been bound to a wheelchair, but due to "capacity issues," his room is too small for him to even get out of bed. "It's like a prison without the chain link fence," he said. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5638eaa8e4b041a7d5df51b1/1595977696170/00_xx_CAL_cubandance2_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Caribbean dancer, Sabrina "Naz" Comanescu, runs a non-profit youth dance group called the Diversity Performing Arts Club of Calgary (DPACC). It was started by her mother 14 years ago, and Comanescu keeps the tradition going here at Decidedly Jazz Danceworks. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/54c80527e4b05c47d38e8aae/1595977696933/2_CarTheft_JF_2014Dec22_2364.jpg Singles Rachael O'Neill helps Enzo, her two-year-old son, breathe after his medical equipment was stolen from their car just before Christmas, 2014. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/550dbf3fe4b0567de63df1b4/1595977696411/ Singles Students venture through the "main street" area at Mount Royal University. It has become far more difficult to gain entrance to the school, according to data provided by a city institution. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5c787c1be2c4837bcb34a1c1/1595977697391/FRONTLINE_CFD5.jpg Singles As of January 2018, senior fire fighter Mike Skipper has been with the Calgary Fire Department for 12 and a half years, and is a part of the Medical Response Unit. He said that the opioid crisis has been pushing first responders to adapt to new situations. Skipper enters every medical call with extreme caution. With a fire, he says, the task is straightforward, but overdoses are different. "When you go to an overdose, you don't really know what's going to happen. You don't know how much of the drug they've taken, how much NARCAN (a nasal spray containing naloxone) is going to need to be administered to get them out, or even if you're going to get them out.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/595ddd6f725e251053b34b29/1595977796832/GasAttackProtest4.jpg Singles On April 5, 2017, Abdelhalim Abdallah was overcome with emotion during a protest at City Hall codemning the alleged government-ordered acid attacks in Syria. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/595ddd15f7e0ab05b373666d/1595977696634/GasAttackProtest6.jpg Singles Fatima Alokda holds up the peace sign while the crowd chants, “Freedom for Syria.” https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/553d6479e4b0810e9e82b8c6/1595977696859/xx_01_CAL_bogtop2_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Construction workers filled Calgary's Stampede Park on March 31, 2015 to raise the iconic yellow and blue big top for Cirque du Soleil's performance of Kurios. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/553d6bd5e4b0810e9e82dafc/1595977696675/xx_27_CAL_peterlougheed_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles A patient reenters Peter Lougheed Hospital in Calgary, Alberta. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/550dc1dae4b0567de63dfd0d/1595977696682/BLOOD3_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles The Calgary Stampeders brought the Grey Cup to the Canadian Blood Services in February, 2015, giving the nurses and blood donors a chance to sling back some Coca-Cola from the cup itself. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/587af993579fb3024890fb8b/1595977696752/xx_07_CAL_SiksikaBlockade2_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles In the fall of 2016, Ben Crow Chief had been protesting outside of his teepee on the Siksika Nation reserve for 337 days with the hopes of getting answers from the Nation's Chief and Council. He erected the blockade in 2015 to prevent Whissel Contracting Ltd. from continuing their building project, because he felt that residents weren’t consulted beforehand. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/587afaeb03596eda8abad0e2/1595977697023/xx_07_CAL_SiksikaBlockade_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Ben Crow Chief has been living in this teepee for almost a year. He erected the blockade to stop the Nation from building houses after the 2013 Alberta floods. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/587afd03cd0f68a2e5ceeb70/1595977696908/xx_07_CAL_SiksikaBlockade10_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Myra Crow-Chief, Ben Crow-Chief’s wife, sits inside their teepee on Siksika Nation. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/54c805ade4b068441b3c27fd/1595977697394/7_4DSC_3235.jpg Singles Kris Polsom trains for his next boxing match in Marda Loop. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/550dc0ffe4b0ca75261d6b17/1595977697275/xx_05_CAL_childcare4_JenniferFriesensmall.jpg Singles Tabitha David (left) has struggled to care for her four children Khedit, 9, Nyakim, 14, Luke, 5, and Thow, 12 for the past decade. She recently had to quit her job to care for Luke once childcare became too expensive. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5c787c68e5e5f0161b070a76/1595977696397/2017Jun23_4604.jpg Singles A dancer from the Siksika Nation High School gets ready for her Grand Entry performance at Olympic Plaza in celebration of the 2017 Aboriginal Awareness Week. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/556511d2e4b0a571a52bea4a/1595977696436/z_14_CAL_CIRQUE4_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles The cast of Cirque du Soleil’s "Kurios" marched down Calgary's streets, drawing a crowd to their juggling act. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/55650fede4b0750ee3a735e6/1595977696340/z_14_CAL_CIRQUE12_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles The cast of Cirque de Soleil’s latest show Kurios paraded down Stephen Avenue to promote its last two weeks in Calgary. Local musician Andy Mitchell offered his praise to the troupe, joining in with the his banjo. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/54c809bbe4b0088683988f92/1595977697398/13_sam1bw.jpg Singles Samantha Murdock relaxes in her room between classes at Mount Royal University. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5722e0a027d4bd23efc6b5c6/1595977697570/00_xx_CAL_incontrol4_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles On August 26, 2016, actor Shayla Stonechild is prepped for her scene on the set of InControl, an independent Calgary film that follows a group of college friends who discover a device that allows them to control other people. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/54c8062ee4b0331b827fd9e1/1595977697567/11_20140707_Stampede_0458fullsmall.jpg Singles The 2014 Calgary Stampede saw the launch of a new Agrium Western Event Centre, but the old centre still houses the majority of the events animals. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/550dc16fe4b0b11524740586/1595977697603/xx_10_CAL_radreno2_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles After Coleen Pomkoski was born, her parents could think only seconds ahead: “Will she live?” Coleen coded after her birth and it took doctors eight minutes to get her heart pumping. It was another 20 minutes before she took her first breath. She suffers from epilepsy and cerebral palsy as a result, binding her to a wheelchair with constant access to an oxygen tank. To help her move through her home with more ease, Accessible Housing Calgary is renovating the family's home in 2015. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5722e11027d4bd23efc6b808/1595977697607/xx_20_CAL_BluesHPR4_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Actor and musician Raoul Bhaneja pauses to reflect on the theatre production, "Life, Death and the Blues," which he starred in during Calgary's High Performance Rodeo in January of 2015. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5844aa9b2994cab7bdba6dc4/1595977697627/xx_13_CAL_Chaffin1year_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles One year after taking the post, Calgary Police Chief Roger Chaffin said he hopes leadership development and assessing officer opportunity and workload will help improve internal struggles at CPS. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5c787aabeb393167b130aba7/1595977697627/2017Jul17_7568.jpg Singles While visiting a local wetland with the Miistakis Institute, four-year-old Taylor watches the ducks with her mom. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/587af6763e00be29d4b6da95/1595977696919/12_23_CAL_SyriansFeedingHomeless_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Syrian refugees in Calgary hosted a potluck dinner with YYC Helping Homeless on December 22, 2016. Rayan Sanaoubar, 8, and Ahmad Sawaiah, 9, handed out meals of pasta, soup and a traditional Syrian rice dish to people experiencing homelessness in East Village that evening. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/54c809a2e4b0088683988ef8/1595977697365/12_2014Oct30_1235.jpg Singles Beneath the Santa Monica pier in Los Angeles, this man, simply introducing himself as Johnny, reflects on when his father was a part of its construction. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/553d6780e4b0f015b97d3066/1595977697021/xx_27_CAL_poetresidency2_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Derek Beaulieu, Calgary’s poet laureate, spent the summer of 2015 at the Lougheed House, working on his poetry as the historical site's first-ever artist in residency. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/55650d4ce4b096a827f12e1b/1595977697124/zz_xx_CAL_cancertravel_JenniferFriesen.jpg Singles Two-year-old Dominic Rooney was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia 19 months before this photo was taken in 2015. His parents, Sean and Trish, consistently had to bring him from Medicine Hat to Calgary for treatment since 2013, and relied on the charity Helping Families Handle Cancer to help them pay for expenses. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5c78795c971a186bb7d9996f/1595977697590/2017Aug08_2574.jpg Singles Artistic expression has been used to tell human stories for millennia, and the creators at Inside Out Theatre want to ensure everybody has access to performance art. The drama programs allow artists with developmental disabilities the opportunity to create an artistic collective and then produce and star in plays of their own. Artistic Director Col Cseke (left) developed the company’s latest project, Most Imaginary Worlds, with that view in mind. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/54c80456e4b07e48a6edf009/5c7878764785d321a3a80d85/1595977697192/2017Aug08_1965.jpg Singles Col Cseke, Artistic Director of Inside Out Theatre, took the actors and creators from the Most Imaginary Worlds project out to Mapworld in downtown Calgary in search of inspiration for their upcoming production. http://www.jenniferfriesen.com/contact daily 0.75 2015-03-21 http://www.jenniferfriesen.com/writing daily 0.75 2019-02-28 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/53c603b1e4b083958bf73a40/1405486002676/ Writing Published in Avenue magazine's November, 2013 issue. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/55512032e4b06e6e381f8751/1431380027975/baksurgery.jpg Writing Published in Metro Calgary, April 2, 2015. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5c5118f6c74c501c83a4bc8b/1548818691875/BOMA-2018-DIGITAL_Page_17.jpg Writing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5c5114da1ae6cfdc1a4a113c/1551397841794/10-2018-Feature-Celebrating+Life+and+Death+in+Puerto+Vallarta_Page_2.jpg Writing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5c51158640ec9a576c1bb720/1551397856505/10-2018-Feature-Celebrating+Life+and+Death+in+Puerto+Vallarta_Page_3.jpg Writing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5c5118bbb8a04575c9d9d59c/1548818633289/BOMA-2018-DIGITAL_Page_16.jpg Writing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/53c601cce4b0800ff4cabe94/1548818191097/WestJet+Magazine%2C+October+2018 Writing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/54763810e4b07980a90be46c/1417033752536/ Writing Published in Spur magazine's Spring 2014 issue. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/5c5118811ae6cfdc1a4a35dd/1548818578956/BOMA-2018-DIGITAL_Page_15.jpg Writing https://static1.squarespace.com/static/53c5ab20e4b0bcc356c8be4f/t/550dda32e4b062f3752fa4d5/1426971192607/Published+in+Metro+Calgary%2C+March+2%2C+2015. 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