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Christopher Wahl

Christopher Wahl is a Toronto-based portrait photographer who has shot photos of Barack Obama, Neil Young, and Queen Elizabeth II.
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Arts & Culture / June 2022

Who Does Sarah Polley Think She Is?

May 17, 2022January 6, 2023 - by Christopher Wahl

She first gained fame as a child actor. The writer and director has been confronting the traumas of these early experiences ever since

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Photograph by Christopher Wahl
March 2017

Dating While Black

February 15, 2017January 30, 2022 - by Christopher Wahl

What I learned about racism from my online quest for love

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Photograph by Christopher Wahl
October 2013

Inside Joke

October 20, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Christopher Wahl

The post-racial comedy of Russell Peters

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Photograph by the National Gallery of Canada, 2013
July/August 2013

Almost Famous

June 10, 2013April 13, 2020 - by Christopher Wahl

Shary Boyle steps onto the world stage at the Venice Biennale

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Photograph by Christopher Wahl
October 2012 / Politics

What Would Tommy Douglas Think?

September 11, 2012July 22, 2020 - by Christopher Wahl

New Democrats today promise to make your life better without subscribing to anything as old-fashioned as a system of beliefs. Inside the ranks of the party unfaithful

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Photograph by Christopher Wahl
April 2012

Pay It Forward

April 12, 2012April 14, 2020 - by Christopher Wahl

Jennifer Baichwal is the best Canadian filmmaker you’ve never heard of. In Payback, she expands on Margaret Atwood’s book, exploring the human condition of owing and being owed

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Photograph by Christopher Wahl
January/February 2010

The Stranger Within

January 12, 2010April 15, 2020 - by Christopher Wahl

Who is Michael Ignatieff? Why does he want to run the country? And does he have what it takes, not only to defeat Stephen Harper, but also—first things first—to bring peace to his own party?

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Photography by Christopher Wahl
September 2009

Alice in Borderland

September 12, 2009April 15, 2020 - by Christopher Wahl

A trip through Munro country, where the writer became herself

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Photograph by Christopher Wahl
May 2008

Grounds to Pound

May 12, 2008March 23, 2021 - by Christopher Wahl

Mixed martial arts fights for legitimacy

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