We asked a handful of our favourite photographers and contributors to look back at 2019 and remember it through the photographs they took. From i-D contributions to personal pictures of friends, family and strangers on the street, this is Hazel Ong: My Year in Photos.
Toronto-based stylist and i-D contributing editor Hazel Ong is outfitting some of the biggest musicians on the planet right now. After assisting i-D’s legendary Fashion Director Simon Foxton, she went on to help style Drake on his Boy Meets World tour. Elsewhere she has contributed her work to publications like Billboard, The Fader and Complex and collaborated with brands such Nike, Prada and Stone Island.
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My lovely friend Mags taking in the beauty and destruction of this ice storm.
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Untitled (hollow) by Kevin Beasley taken at the Albright-Knox museum in Buffalo, New York.
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Playa del Carmen at dusk.
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The Toronto Raptors won their first championship in the franchise’s history this year. I witnessed the madness of this historic moment on TV from the comfort of my friend’s living room. Such a proud moment for my city.
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Vini and I pool hopping at Sunnyside Pool at 3am.
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This photo was taken in Coboconk, Ontario at my dear friend Dani’s cottage, Tummonville. Endless memories made and forgotten on this, and every trip to Tummonville.
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Farhia and Pony catching a bubble during Caribana weekend’s JERK party.
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The young ladies taking part in a workshop I participated in for Shoot for Peace, a photo mentorship program in Regent Park that photographer Luis Mora asked me to be a part of.
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A still of Canadian icon Celine Dion from the Thierry Mugler exhibition at The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
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A slide projection of my backside for an installation I created for Nomad Shop and Launchpad Toronto.
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A behind the scenes shot I took on the set of i-D’s Koffee cover shoot featuring Alastair McKimm and Mario Sorrenti.
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Heji Shin’s Baby taken at the Whitney Biennial. Significant to me because I witnessed the live birth of my niece Marquesa Ong Auciello this year.
Credits
All images courtesy Hazel Ong