Jessica Bardosh (staff photographer) loves experiencing the world through her camera. Originally from Montreal, she picked up photography from her mom at an early age and hasn’t put her camera down since. You won’t see this crazy bird perched for long when she has the opportunity to shoot! See her dance around the crowds just to get the best shot. She’s no bigger than church mouse, either, which helps.

East Side Vancouverite Robin Bougie creates Cinema Sewer magazine, a terrifically dirty comic book anthology called Sleazy Slice, and has been self-publishing his work and obsessing over weird genre film since 1991.

Shawn Conner is the publisher/founder/editor/complaint department of guttersnipe, and also a contributor. He has been writing reviews and features on just about everything since the dawn of man, and once had his interview recording device taken from him by the actor Jared Leto, which might explain his obsession.

Kaitlin Fontana tends to write about rock music for publications big and small across the Western Hemisphere. But she’s also an improviser, comedian and MFA candidate. Her first novel is in the works; cogs are a’turnin’. She’ll get there.

Vancouver-based, Nanaimo born and bred Michael Kissinger (he’s the one on the right) oversees the entertainment division of the dynamic community newspaper the Vancouver Courier, plays rawk guitar and sings with Wilderness Years and recently completed his first book of short stories. He became a student of fashion when, on his first date with his current girlfriend, she refused to go out with him until he changed out of his white velcro sneakers.

Evan Larson did the guttersnipe cartoon above. We found him through his hilarious story “Cupid’s Day Off”, which Lynda Barry selected for the 2008 Best American Comics anthology.

After living in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Chicago and Montreal, ace photographer’s Mike Latschislaw’s back in the ‘Peg where he shoots bands and glamour shots for pretty ladies.

Adrian Mack is a freelance fiend with an impressive number of so-so achievements under his belt. He plays drums for Rich Hope and his Blue Rich Rangers every last Thursday of the month at the Railway Club in Vancouver, and likes hanging with the kid (3 1/2 years old) in his off hours. He also had an uncomfortable interview with Jared Leto! Adrian Mack is partly from England.

eugene osudar (in his own words) “born, august 16, 1963. i’m 45, and yes, i’m getting too old for this. bring out the rocking chair. my first concert, november 1978, elvis costello and the attractions. i was 15. their blisteringly brilliant 65 minute set only served somebody to affirm my new direction in the musical parallel universes, new wave punk
alternative, oh sanctity oh celebration (!Freedom!) college radio! i’m old, i’m used up and i’m free. i see 50something Full sets of music every month and dance most of them. and when i dance, i mean to say, I Dance and Celebrate, 2/3/4 hours a night. The Gaslight Anthem. The Boss. The Weber Brothers. The Wind Ups. i’ll dance with Los Campesinos. i’ll move to The Long Winters. The Replacements. Husker Du. The Pogues. oh elvis costello, oh Clash! i could go/go/go Gogol Bordello forever. L(eonard) Cohen. come, Dance With Me (Old 97s) wherever you may be, sincerely, eugene <osudar>

Kate Reid is a freelance writer and illustrator who lives in Vancouver. She co-founded Narwhal Magazine and spends most of her free time interning at Geist. Lately she’s been stalked by paparazzi Robert Pattinson.

Freelance photographer/picture-taker extraordinaire, Melissa Skoda studied her craft in Scotland and photographed her way through Europe before returning to Vancouver seven years later to set up Modern Contemporary Studios. She’s a bit of a night hawk who loves ridiculously loud music and her trusted Alien Bees.

Liz Stanton is a freelance writer from Northern California who has somehow found herself in Vancouver. Now she finds herself in Halifax, where she’s guttersnipe’s Eastern Arts Correspondent.

Gina Tessaro is a patron of the arts, and a fan of reality TV, Dinosaur Jr. and Andy Warhol.