Joan owes her career photography to Edward Steichen’s famous exhibit “The Family of Man,” shown in Toronto in the late ‘50s.
Steichen’s exhibit, with its emphasis on the universality of human experience was a visual expression of her goal of fostering cross-cultural understanding. She began taking photographs in that genre to reduce Canadians inherent distrust of “the other.”
Her clients include The National Film Board Still Photos Division, The CBC, The Toronto Board of Education, and Metro Toronto Homes for the Aged.
She was the first woman photographer to receive a short-term grant for Photography and used it 1967 to photograph Miles for Millions Marches across Canada. In the early seventies she obtained a second grant to document Transient Youth.
Her photos have appeared in numerous trade publications, on book covers and exhibitions.

You can see more of Joan Latchford's photographs at - http://www.flickr.com/photos/leica_lover/

Entre sus clientes destacan la Film Nacional Board Still Photos Division, La CBC, La junta directiva de educación de Toronto, y las páginas principales del sitio web Metro Toronto para el Ancianos.
Devino la primera fotógrafa en recibir  una beca de corto plazo en Photography, cuyo proyecto dedico en 1967 a fotografiar los desfiles de Miles for Milions Marches por todo Canadá.

Obtuvo, en los inicios de los años setenta,  una segunda beca, esta vez para documentar aspectos de los jóvenes en Transiet Youth.
Sus fotos han aparecido en numerosas publicaciones especializadas, en portadas de libros y en exhibiciones.