KONNOR KILLORANkonnor@prairiepeak.ca
Dominican Republic — Toronto Star — Toronto Star

← ALL WORK

Toronto Star2025ESPERANZA, DOMINICAN REPUBLICPHOTOGRAPHERPHOTO ESSAY

Dominican Republic — Toronto Star

PUBLISHED NATIONALLYWITH STEPHEN MAHER

READ THE STORY — “I learned something about the cruel cost of paradise,” Toronto Star →

The assignment

An international assignment for the Toronto Star with veteran political journalist Stephen Maher: Haitian migrants’ access to health care, photographed in the Dominican Republic.

A sensitive subject, a foreign country, one photographer — published nationally.

A collapsed metal shelter and downed sea-grape trees on a sandy shorefront, the Atlantic behind them A gutted concrete building seen over a low fence, its roof stripped to the beams and a single plastic lounger left beside the drained pool A shirtless man sits on a low step against a green and blue painted wall, resting his head on his hand as another man passes behind A boy bends over a large basin outside a corrugated-metal wall, washing up beside a jerrycan A family outside a weathered timber house — a young woman holding a baby, an older woman seated with an infant on her lap, and two girls standing alongside Fishing boats moored along a harbour wall under overcast light, small outboard skiffs in the foreground An older man in a cap and striped shirt stands in a turquoise doorway, mid-sentence
A main street through town — motorbikes, a parked minibus and a lottery sign under heavy trees A man shoulders a pickaxe as he walks a track through a rubbish tip, his face wrapped against the dust, a second worker behind him A man with a cloth wrapped around his head walks past a banana grove and a blue-painted building in hard midday sun A woman in a coral dress leans on a tiled counter with one hand at her shoulder, beneath a printed cleaning notice A woman in a red dress stands at the counter of a small tiled kitchen, a pot on the stove behind her Two cows forage through burnt refuse and scattered plastic at the edge of a dump Laundry hung to dry in a narrow lane between corrugated-metal houses A newborn in a white top lies across an adult's lap indoors, eyes screwed shut, a beaded bracelet on the wrist reaching toward them Four children crowd together laughing in front of a pale blue timber wall, an adult standing behind them A busy street of small shopfronts, children playing in the road and motorbikes parked along the kerb

RESULTS

  • International photo assignment published nationally in the Toronto Star

“It was fantastic to work with Konnor on two separate challenging projects. He was creative, energetic, resourceful, and charmed people wherever he went. And you can see the quality of his pictures for yourself.”

Stephen Maher · Veteran political journalist

RELATED WORK

CBC — Edson Evacuations — CBC

THREE DAYS ON ASSIGNMENT

CBC — Edson Evacuations

CityNews — Edson Evacuations — CityNews

TWO DAYS ON ASSIGNMENT

CityNews — Edson Evacuations

GIRL Tour: 20 Cities in 45 Days — SadBoi

2 COUNTRIESSIX WEEKS ON THE ROAD

GIRL Tour: 20 Cities in 45 Days