Archive for the 'Canadian' Category
The annual Toronto CONTACT photography festival is on the horizon (May 2nd) and like so many others, I’m super excited. More info from CONTACT’s website:
CONTACT is an annual month long festival of photography with over 500 local, national and international artists at more than 200 venues across the Greater Toronto Area in May. Founded as [...]
© George Steeves
George Steeves is the type of Canadian photographer, like Fred Herzog (previously mentioned here), who is relatively anonymous in Canada. In fact, his last major exhibition, before the 2007 show at the Mount Saint Vincent University Gallery, was in 1989 at the NSCAD’s (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) Anna Leonowens Gallery. Steeves’ [...]
© Noel Rodo-Vankeulen
For those of you who are interested, I have uploaded a series of photographs from my Dad’s biker days (he still rides, and so does my Mom) taken in the early seventies. These can be found by visiting my website and clicking on “Extra”:
© Noel Rodo-Vankeulen
© Noel Rodo-Vankeulen
© Noel Rodo-Vankeulen
© Noel Rodo-Vankeulen
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© Fred Herzog
Fred Herzog is the type of photographer who is often overlooked when there is a discussion about the Canadian history of photography. German born, Herzog arrived in Canada in 1953 and began to focus his lens on the ordinary and working class. What is particularly interesting about his relative anonymity (recently he has [...]
Bobby and Alesha, 2007© Tony Fouhse
About a week ago Canadian photographer Tony Fouhse sent me a link to his work, in particular his project titled User. The series is comprised of portraits of crack addicts (as stated on Fouhse’s webpage) shot on a corner in Ottawa, photos which are both very beautiful and very [...]
Morning Meeting, 2002 - 5© Sarah Anne Johnson
Like Brian Ulrich, I think Sarah Anne Johnson deserves some money, if you have seen her work in person you know what I mean. Well you now have the power! Sarah is one of the five nominated photographers up for the The Grange Prize, one of Canada’s [...]
(Irish grandmother Series)© Kate Hutchinson
Last week I received an e-mail from Montréal based photographer Kate Hutchinson directing me to her online portfolio. You may recognize her series “Why am I marrying him?” which has recently been featured on Heather Morton Art Buyer Blog as well as Conscientious. Although that series is great in [...]
