Dr.  Ito has been involved with photography for more than 30 years.  For many years he had a chemical darkroom and worked with both monochrome and colour prints.  He was an early adopter of digital photography technology but still maintains a strong interest in film photography. 

Dr. Ito loves travel and in photographing and interpreting new places and cultures.

He is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of British Columbia and his specialities were computer engineering and image processing.

Dr. Ito is Director of Photographic Imaging for the Canadian Association for Photographic Art (CAPA)