Hi, my name is Jayden.
I got into photography when an old friend sold me a film camera. I started off by taking photos of friends and the things we did.
It was a lot of fun. Later on, though, after I had just arrived in Thailand in October 2023, a new friend showed me his portraits of Vietnamese locals he took on the famous Ha Giang loop. “You can just walk up to people and take a photo?” I wondered, “but aren’t you nervous?” Despite these questions, that conversation opened something up in me, and I knew immediately that street photography was what I wanted to pursue.
A stranger’s smile captures something you can’t plan for, and that’s what travel is. That night, I took a tuk tuk to Chinatown in Bangkok, and with the sound of car horns and simmering food all around me, I started taking photos of people on the street for the first time.
These are the first street photos I ever took that night:
And just like that, I was hooked.
The thrill I felt from snapping these photos with my little Nikon Zoom Touch 500 set me on a path that has completely changed my life. Now only a few years later, photography has woven itself into everything I do. From capturing an individual’s style and smile to their expression and body language, street photography is a beautiful way to capture that person in time. The conversations I’ve had with strangers, simply from asking for a photo, will always stay with me.
Now that I’m based in Winnipeg, I shoot portraits and live music. Different subjects, but the same instinct: find the moment a person is most themselves.
Since that first night in Bangkok, I’ve been published by Field Mag, i-D Magazine, Docu Magazine, and the Manitoban.
Thanks for stopping by. I’d love to work with you.
—Jayden
Jayden Kyryluk Photography 