contributors
JARED BAUTISTA is a freelance
TINA CHANG is a fashion and portrait
ELLIS CHOE is a Calgary-based freelance
DAN CLAPSON is a food writer based out of
RYAN MASSEL is the personality behind
LEAH VAN LOON is a fashion and
JULIE VAN ROSENDAAL is the author of
MATHEW SILVER is a writer from Calgary,
photographer who has worked in Seattle, New
York, Los Angeles, Iceland, and Portland. Some
of his clients include Helly Hansen, VSCO, Nike,
Icelandair, and SSENSE to name a few. His best
piece of advice: listen to your mother.
writer and radio producer who loves to tell a
good story — everything from art and food to
health and refugees. Her work has appeared in
The Calgary Herald, Avenue Calgary, UCalgary,
Culinaire, cbc.ca, and yp.ca.
the multi-award-winning Canadian blog,
immrfabulous.com. In addition to the blog, he
has contributed to a variety of publications
across North America and can also be found
on-air monthly curating segments for some of
Canada’s top TV and radio networks.
eight best-selling cookbooks. She’s the food and
nutrition columnist on the Calgary Eyeopener
on CBC Radio, teaches cooking classes and
writes about food in publications across
Canada. Many know her from her popular food
blog, Dinner with Julie.
NEIL ZELLER is one of Calgary’s most well
known photographers. Capturing the best
people, places, and companies in and around
Calgary, he is always challenged with showing
the best sides of everything he shoots. Neil
practices what he calls “pure positivity” in his
social media streams as well as every day life.
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photographer. Her work has taken her to
different parts of the world in the past few
years. She has worked with magazines such as
L’Officiel India, Harper’s Bazaar Arabia, Vogue
Australia, Esquire ME, Aesthetics UK, and Grazia
India. She also has worked extensively with Dior
and Gucci in the Middle East. She is currently
living and working in Edmonton.
Calgary who writes for publications including
The Globe and Mail, Food Network Canada
Online, and WestJet Magazine. He is a regular
guest on various morning news shows across
Western Canada including Global Calgary as
their restaurant and food/travel correspondent.
commercial stylist and fashion writer based
out of Calgary. Leah also started the first
mentorship tour to Paris for students interested
in working professionally in the fashion
industry. Leah was in Paris for the spring/
summer 17 fashion week and attended the
Chanel show, which she wrote about for this
issue of Essential Calgary.
AB. He sometimes contributes to Metro News,
along with other publications across online and
print platforms. His favourite topics range from
sports to popular culture, but he’s always happy
to learn about anything in between.