Series 2 - Chinatown Greetings

Jordon Hon was born in 1995 in Edmonton to Jeannie Hon and Royce Hon. His parents immigrated from Hong Kong to Alberta at different times. His mother, Jeannie, in the early 1970's and his father, Royce, in the early 1980's. He has an older sister, Jordana Hon. Jordon attended the Mandarin bilingual school system at Caernarvon School and Dovercourt School then later Lynnwood Elementary School, Crestwood Junior High School, and Archbishop MacDonald High School.

Jordon went on to receive his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Alberta from 2013-2018 then worked full-time for the same university in the Office of the Registrar's Marketing and Communications department as a photographer and videographer from 2018-2022.

In April 2022, Jordon left his full time job at the university to start his own photography business, Be My Guest Portrait Studio Inc. and to work on community projects in Chinatown. Notable projects include A Portrait of Chinatown, a six part docuseries where Jordon deepened his relationship with his cultural heritage and home city by exploring Edmonton's Chinatown. Afterwards, Jordon worked with Chinatown Greetings to lead and curate a project showcasing photographs and short essays provided by eleven community members related to Chinatown in a project called Untouchable Chinatown.

Jordon uses a camera to document his relations, urban spaces, and cultural communities while also curating art projects and organizing local experiences to bring people together. Jordon believes in the power of art, specifically photography, to shed light on truths, archive moments in time, and spark radical imagination.