Trevor Godinho, an internationally-acclaimed Toronto based-photographer, recently arrived in Nova Scotia to photograph portraits of veterans on the East Coast.
From Saturday until Monday, Godinho planned to capture the faces and stories of those who have served and continue to serve in Nova Scotia. The photographs are part of his ‘Honour Country Sacrifice’ portrait series, a project he founded in 2019.
“It’s very important for us as Canadians to recognize these people and it’s very important to see ourselves in our military, it’s the only way for us to learn how to support them and learn what they go through,” says Godinho.
Godinho planned to photograph veterans who served in the Second World War all the way to modern conflicts, as well as the peace times. Godinho says this type of work is important to him.
“A lot of them deal with things that they feel they deal with alone, …