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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. 12  THE ESSENTIAL CALGARY 2016/17 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.