And if you had been around Vancouver in the 1970s and later, you could have attended his slide shows - usually in places like publicly accessible halls - where for a small admission charge he would project his work for your enjoyment.
The work you see now displays a skewed version of his total work. He travelled widely, and the slide shows featured much more than the street photography we now see.
For his day job, he worked as a photographer and technician at the University of British Columbia.