Freaktography, Exploring Abandoned Places and Urban Exploration Photography in Canada

Dave Conlon is the founder of Freaktography, a photography, content creation, and media business that he built from the ground up. Over the past 13 years, Dave has grown Freaktography into one of Canada’s most recognized photography and exploration brands, attracting an audience of more than 250,000 followers across social media channels.

Specializing in abandoned places, forgotten history, ghost towns, travel, landscapes, wildlife, and documentary photography, Dave has travelled extensively throughout Canada and internationally, documenting locations and stories that few people ever experience. His work combines photography, filmmaking, historical research, and storytelling to preserve disappearing places while inspiring audiences to explore Canada’s history, culture, and natural beauty.

Through content creation, advertising partnerships, affiliate marketing, speaking engagements, licensing, print sales, documentary production, and digital publishing, Dave has developed extensive expertise in audience growth, brand building, visual storytelling, SEO, and multimedia content strategy.

His photography and storytelling have earned recognition from leading media organizations including The New York Times, Maclean’s Magazine, National Post, Toronto Life, Canadian Geographic, The Weather Channel, and CTV News. His work has appeared on the front page of the National Post, been featured in a four-page spread in Maclean’s Magazine, exhibited in galleries, published in books, incorporated into documentaries, and licensed for television, film, and commercial productions.