About

Spencer J. Colby is an award winning Ottawa-based editorial and commercial photographer concentrating in news, sports and documentary based photography. His editorial clients include; The Canadian Press, The Globe and Mail, Reuters Images, Canada’s National Observer, The Hill Times, The Ottawa Citizen, The Ottawa Sun, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC), Ottawa Magazine, Capital Current and the Charlatan Newspaper.

Spencer is also a writer, pairing his documentary styled photojournalistic work with words. Examples of his work can be found at the ‘Photo Essay’ tab above. Spencer does not write opinion or editorialized stories.

Contact

Currently based in Ottawa, Ontario, Spencer is available for hire both locally, provincially, nationally and/or internationally. He can be best reached at the contact information below:

Email: scolby@spencers-photography.com

Phone, WhatsApp and Signal: +1 819-329-3474

Resume

2023 Staff Photographer - 6-week contract at Ottawa Citizen/Sun in Ottawa, Canada

2023 Bachelor of Arts (Political Science) - Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada

2023 News Photographers Association of Canada (NPAC) Student Photographer of the Year

2023 Canadian Journalism Foundation (CJF)/The Canadian Press (CP) Tom Hanson Award

2022 John H. McDonald (JHM) Nomination: Student Photojournalist of the Year

2022 Globe and Mail Photojournalism Apprenticeship: Selected for an 8-week position as a photojournalist based in Ottawa, Canada

2021 and 2020 Emerge Media Award: Photojournalism (First Place)

2021 and 2020 John H. McDonald (JHM) : Student Photojournalist of the Year

2021 John H. McDonald (JHM) Team Nomination: Heartbreak, nostalgia and hope: An oral history of men’s soccer nationals at Carleton

2020-2022: Photo Editor/Staff Photographer of the Charlatan Newspaper, Carleton’s Independent Publication, Carleton University

2020 Room Up Front Mentee: Selected to be a mentee for a BIPOC focused photojournalism mentorship program