Coquitlam resident Jess Stewart-Lee snapped up second place this month in Passage Canada’s inaugural Imagine Culture photo contest.
More than 560 entrants between the ages of five and 29 submitted an image that visually answered the question: “What does culture mean to me?”
During a trip to China, Stewart-Lee took this picture — titled Linking Our Worlds — that expressed her struggles to embrace her dual identity as a Chinese and a Canadian.
“This is the work of a new generation of Canadian photographers defining questions of culture and identity,” said Historica Canada president and CEO Anthony Wilson-Smith, in a news release. “The results are impressive not only in creative terms but also in expanding our perception of ourselves.”
