Ric Burns’ brilliant documentary Ansel Adams — A Documentary Film was created for the Sierra Club and PBS in 2002. You can watch it by clicking here.
You can see lots of his images on his website and read more about him on this wikipedia page.
Category: Inspiration
National Geographic 2017 Travel Photographer of the Year Contest
Take a look at the incredible images here.
Photography at the National Gallery
The Canadian Photography Institute at the National Gallery of Canada has several photo exhibitions this year. From the CPI website:
Joseph Sudek
Continuing until February 26
Known as the “poet of Prague,” Josef Sudek created some of the 20th century’s most evocative images of nature, monuments, objects and streets.
A true “flâneur,” he enjoyed meandering through the streets of the Czech capital, recording intimate and beautiful details of the city he loved. Over many decades, he took thousands of photographs of its architecture and inhabitants.
Organized by the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, The Intimate World of Josef Sudek features a thoughtful selection of 163 works by the photographer and his artistic circle.
Spanning his career, the exhibition explores how Sudek’s photography reflected his deeply personal relationship with the city of Prague during its artistic heyday and reveals his sensitive understanding of light — and its absence.
On display are works of Sudek’s photographic experiments carried out within the privacy of his studio, images of the garden seen from his window and pictures taken during his walks through the city.
PhotoLab 1
Continuing until 02 APRIL
Windows have fascinated artists for centuries. In photography, the transparency and reflectivity of glass as both a subject and symbol have made windows a particularly popular theme. Since the invention of the medium, photographers have been attracted to the subject, whether as an exploration of still life, portraiture, popular culture or even abstraction. With their ability to both reveal and obscure, to challenge ideas about the viewer and the viewed, or to dissolve the boundaries of inside and outside space, windows have been used as a metaphor for the act of looking itself.
Photography in Canada: 1960–2000
07 April – 17 September
Experience the diversity of Canadian photographic practice and production from 1960 to 2000. Bringing together more than 100 works by 71 artists — including Raymonde April, Edward Burtynsky, Lynne Cohen, Angela Grauerholz, Michael Snow, Jeff Wall and Jin-me Yoon — it explores how the medium articulated the role of art and the artist in an ever-changing world, along with differing ideas of identity, sexuality and community. Formulated around themes such as conceptual, documentary, urban landscape and portrait, this exhibition celebrates the enormous growth of the practice, collection and display of photography over more than four decades.
PhotoLab 2: Women Speaking Art
07 April – ?
Celebrates contemporary art photography by women that features text, including posters, prints and videos.
A Shot of Summer
We’re somewhere in the middle of winter. If you are ready for a little shot of summer, you might want to visit the Tropical Greenhouse at the Experimental Farm. This map shows its location on Maple Drive. Here are a few images taken on a recent visit.
The Greenhouse is open Open Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Sunday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; closed Saturday.
2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year
If you’d like to see some spectacular wildlife photographs, take a look at the results of the 2016 Wildlife Photographer of the Year contest, developed and produced by the Natural History Museum, London.
If you disagree with the judges’ choices, take a look at the People’s Choice Award.
Edward Burtynsky
A friend recently pointed out a great article on the photographer Edward Burtynsky published in The New Yorker. It describes his process, features several of his images and includes some biograhical details. One highlight was this great quote:
“Somebody way back when said it takes two people to use Photoshop: one to work, the other to say when to stop,”
For more Edward Burtynsky images visit his web site or look at this google image search.
Rhine River Cruise Slideshow
Here’s a great slideshow from club member Frank Knor that documents his recent cruise up the Rhine River from Amsterdam to Budapest. At almost 10 minutes, it’s too long to show during one of our meetings (we try to stick to a 3 minute maximum) but well worth watching.
You can see more of Frank’s slideshows on his YouTube channel.
Gift of Lights
Camera Club member Kathy Brown pointed out Gift of Lights as good chance to get some interesting Christmas light pictures.
Quoting from their website:
Gift of Lights is a family-friendly 2 kilometre drive-thru holiday light display featuring a 100+ foot light tunnel at the exit, and over 30 full light static & animated displays!
It’s on from Friday, November 25th, 2016 to Sunday, January 1st, 2017 7 days a week: from 5:00 PM until 10:00 PM at Wesley Clover Parks Campground, 411 Corkstown Road.
If you go and take pictures, please share them with the club.
Thanks for sharing this with us Kathy.
[Added later]
Kathy did some checking with the organizers and it’s not possible to get out of your car to take pictures so this might not be a great opportunity.
Mario Cerroni
At the latest camera club executive meeting, Sue Carey told us about Carp photographer Mario Cerroni and how he combines photography and poetry.
You can see lots of his excellent images on both his web site and his Facebook page.
If you want to meet Mario and discuss his work, he’ll be at Studio 4 during the Red Trillium Studio tour November 26th and 27th.
Hopefully we’ll be able to persuade him to present at a future meeting.
Time Magazine: 100 Photographs
Starting Noveber 17th, Time Magazine is publishing what they feel are the 100 Most Influential Images of All Time. While this may turn out to be more of an American history lesson than examples of great photography, it certainly should be interesting.
This video hints at what we’ll be seeing.
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