Archive for the 'Canada Week' Category
Once I was able to get past the preconceived notions of what constituted “Canadian” photography I was able to find photographers who not only had historical presence, but artists who fit within a different context other than the sole conceptual realm of the “Vancouver School”. The artist that fits within this territory and seems to [...]
Cutting on a Slope, 2002 © Scott McFarland
One of the limitations I feel that the Internet has pressed upon photography is its lackluster effect of presentation. This is specifically true with the photography of Vancouver based Scott McFarland. His prints are amazingly beautiful and no amount of explanation will do them justice. One that note, his [...]
Iberia Quarries # 8, Cochicho Co., Pardais, Portugal, 2006© Edward Burtynsky
There is a nice little feature over at Kultureflash that focuses on Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky. The feature looks at his Quarries series of images, a book that made my Top Photo Books of 2007 list.
A couple of days ago I was having a conversation with a friend and we got to talking about photographic style. There was an agreement that Germany has a style and you could even say that there is an American style as well, but we wondered if there is a Canadian style of photography?
Before I [...]
Peter Failmezger of Eli Klein Fine Art got in touch with me here at We Can’t Paint to let everyone know of an exhibition called Captive Visions: Contemporary Canadian Art, a showcase of Canadian art. The exhibition features great artists such as Marcel Dzama, Talia Shipman, Max Streicher, Christopher Ross, Cathy Daley, Tony Scherman and [...]
Untitled Series (work in progress)© Jamie Campbell
I Hate Jamie Campbell’s Photography (great title by the way) is the online portfolio of you guessed it, Jamie Campbell. He is a Toronto photographer and has no problem switching from fine art photography to editorial images. I find I’m drawn to his Untitled series. There is something [...]
Darkroom Lesson, 2005 © Adam Harrison
Adam Harrison is a Vancouver based artist who produces a wide range of art from photography to drawing. Harrison is the co-editor of Doppelganger Magazine with Aaron Peck and co-curator of CSA Space with Christopher Brayshaw and Steven Tong. His writing on art has also appeared in Terminal City [...]
