Rodney DeCroo is the author of two previous books of poetry, Allegheny, BC and Next Door to the Butcher Shop. His poems have been published in Canadian publications such as subTerrain, Geist, Event, BC Bookworld, The Vancouver Province, Discorder Magazine, and The Georgia Straight, among others. His poetry has appeared in Beyond Forgetting, an anthology celebrating the work and life of legendary Canadian poet Al Purdy, and as part of BC’s Poetry in Transit. He has appeared on CBC to read his poems and is also a well-known, touring singer-songwriter with eight albums to his credit. His solo plays Stupid Boy in an Ugly Town and Didn’t Hurt have toured across Canada and the US. In 2019, Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s National Writing Centre, awarded him an International Poet in Residency.

WINNER OF THE GEORGE RYGA AWARD FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS IN LITERATURE"With this gritty collection of street photographs, the Vancouver songwriter, poet, and playwright opens a new chapter in his hard-won life as an artist" (Stir)“Rodney Decroo’s street photography foregrounds East Vancouver’s diversity, spotlighting its poor and working class. … DeCroo has masterfully executed his sweeping and precise vision with these unforgettable, penetrating images that reveal the essence of the urban landscape from a perspective we rarely see.” (Carmen Aguirre, international bestselling author of Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter)“Rodney DeCroo’s photography reveals as much about the man behind the camera as it does his subjects, which acutely depict life in East Vancouver. These raw, deeply human portraits connect desolation to revelation, showing us a side of the city we typically ignore. Humane and humanizing, this is beautiful yet urgent work.” (Archer Pechawis, performance artist and filmmaker)“Rodney’s photography renders the familiar unfamiliar and the unfamiliar strangely familiar, resulting in a persistence of vision that lingers long after you close this book.” (Tetsuro Shigematsu, author of Empire of the Son, 1 Hour Photo, and Kuroko)

Rodney DeCroo is the author of two previous books of poetry, Allegheny, BC and Next Door to the Butcher Shop. His poems have been published in Canadian publications such as subTerrain, Geist, Event, BC Bookworld, The Vancouver Province, Discorder Magazine, and The Georgia Straight, among others. His poetry has appeared in Beyond Forgetting, an anthology celebrating the work and life of legendary Canadian poet Al Purdy, and as part of BC’s Poetry in Transit. He has appeared on CBC to read his poems and is also a well-known, touring singer-songwriter with eight albums to his credit. His solo plays Stupid Boy in an Ugly Town and Didn’t Hurt have toured across Canada and the US. In 2019, Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s National Writing Centre, awarded him an International Poet in Residency.

WINNER OF THE GEORGE RYGA AWARD FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS IN LITERATURE"With this gritty collection of street photographs, the Vancouver songwriter, poet, and playwright opens a new chapter in his hard-won life as an artist" (Stir)“Rodney Decroo’s street photography foregrounds East Vancouver’s diversity, spotlighting its poor and working class. … DeCroo has masterfully executed his sweeping and precise vision with these unforgettable, penetrating images that reveal the essence of the urban landscape from a perspective we rarely see.” (Carmen Aguirre, international bestselling author of Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter)“Rodney DeCroo’s photography reveals as much about the man behind the camera as it does his subjects, which acutely depict life in East Vancouver. These raw, deeply human portraits connect desolation to revelation, showing us a side of the city we typically ignore. Humane and humanizing, this is beautiful yet urgent work.” (Archer Pechawis, performance artist and filmmaker)“Rodney’s photography renders the familiar unfamiliar and the unfamiliar strangely familiar, resulting in a persistence of vision that lingers long after you close this book.” (Tetsuro Shigematsu, author of Empire of the Son, 1 Hour Photo, and Kuroko)

Rodney DeCroo is the author of two previous books of poetry, Allegheny, BC and Next Door to the Butcher Shop. His poems have been published in Canadian publications such as subTerrain, Geist, Event, BC Bookworld, The Vancouver Province, Discorder Magazine, and The Georgia Straight, among others. His poetry has appeared in Beyond Forgetting, an anthology celebrating the work and life of legendary Canadian poet Al Purdy, and as part of BC’s Poetry in Transit. He has appeared on CBC to read his poems and is also a well-known, touring singer-songwriter with eight albums to his credit. His solo plays Stupid Boy in an Ugly Town and Didn’t Hurt have toured across Canada and the US. In 2019, Moniack Mhor, Scotland’s National Writing Centre, awarded him an International Poet in Residency.

WINNER OF THE GEORGE RYGA AWARD FOR SOCIAL AWARENESS IN LITERATURE"With this gritty collection of street photographs, the Vancouver songwriter, poet, and playwright opens a new chapter in his hard-won life as an artist" (Stir)“Rodney Decroo’s street photography foregrounds East Vancouver’s diversity, spotlighting its poor and working class. … DeCroo has masterfully executed his sweeping and precise vision with these unforgettable, penetrating images that reveal the essence of the urban landscape from a perspective we rarely see.” (Carmen Aguirre, international bestselling author of Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter)“Rodney DeCroo’s photography reveals as much about the man behind the camera as it does his subjects, which acutely depict life in East Vancouver. These raw, deeply human portraits connect desolation to revelation, showing us a side of the city we typically ignore. Humane and humanizing, this is beautiful yet urgent work.” (Archer Pechawis, performance artist and filmmaker)“Rodney’s photography renders the familiar unfamiliar and the unfamiliar strangely familiar, resulting in a persistence of vision that lingers long after you close this book.” (Tetsuro Shigematsu, author of Empire of the Son, 1 Hour Photo, and Kuroko)