Ashton Tekno, also credited as Ashton "Tekno" Persaud, is a street and cityscape photographer based in Toronto, Canada, whose practice began in 2012 and centers on candid nighttime scenes shot in fog, rain, and snow.,,,,He releases the resulting images as one-of-one and limited-edition NFTs on platforms including SuperRare, Foundation, and Manifold, in collections such as Dark Freeze and Lazers.,,,
Dark Freeze, a collection of 50 one-of-one photographs, documents snowy Toronto nights, candid moments he shoots in cold weather to preserve what he sees as a fast-changing city.Lazers, a collection of 40 one-of-one long-exposure light-trail photographs shot in Toronto and New York City, marks seven years of his photography, going back to his first shot in 2013.In Voices In The Mist, a series shot on a foggy Toronto night in November 2023, six paired color and monochrome images are presented with invented first-person narration for each anonymous subject. The tokens, minted with Transient Labs on the ERC-7160TL standard, can grow over time as collectors add their own written inscriptions to each piece.
His work has been included in hug.art's "100 Artists to Watch 2024" list, and in 2015 he placed first in the Toronto Guardian Photo Competition.,
