Photographer Neall Calvert was searching for a new place to call home on Vancouver Island back in 2012 when he first began capturing the beauty of Campbell River during rainstorms at night.
At the time, Calvert had begun a three-month journey that combined a holiday with a quest to find a new, smaller place to live in southwestern B.C. after thirty years spent in big-city Vancouver. He eventually settled in Campbell River.
"Awakening around 3 a.m., I looked out my rain-speckled front window to behold a scene in which street lights looked like galaxies and the whole scene resembled a universe," wrote Calvert, who is also a former journalist, book editor and poet. "After that, I made many stormy-night forays around town, and then I settled here, near the quiet and wildness of northern Vancouver Island."
In February, a collection of photos spanning 10 years, and taken from inside his vehicle while exploring the city's rainy nights, called Raining Glory, have been published in The Photographic Journal, an online publication based out of Miami and Los Angeles. The photos were featured in his self-published book, Raining Glory: Campbell River by Night, which includes poetry by himself and others.
Calvert's work has also been featured in books, calendars and magazines, including Beautiful British Columbia, Anti-Heroin Chic (New York), The Woolf (Zurich) and Space Cadet Science Fiction Review (Austin, TX). His work has also been purchased by Canada Post. He is a member of the League of Canadian Poets.
Calvert's photos can be viewed online.
