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Kick-ass photog Suzy Lake at Art Gallery of Guelph

“I still have something to say”, said top-shelf photog/performance artist/professor Suzy Lake on Thursday night at the Art Gallery of Guelph, and she had my rapt attention for her whole talk spanning nearly 50 years of work. I landed at … Continue reading

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3 photogs with sustained attention–Thu night @ Laurier Library

Hey, *this* is the week: Thursday, Oct 20 I’ll be hanging out with photogs Stefan Rose (left) and Stephen Orlando (right) at the Laurier Library for the reception of our show f/1.4 The Changing Face of Contemporary Photography. That’s part … Continue reading

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My photos up at Laurier Library–yer invited…

I am super-delighted to be exhibiting my photos at the Laurier Library for their LIFT Series. The TL;DR: the show opens with a Thu/Oct20/7pm-9pm/free-no-pay reception at the Laurier Library (map) on Albert south of University in Waterloo. You are most … Continue reading

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Kick-ass photog Ed Burtynsky in WR at KWAG

Earlier this year, I resolved to attenuate my superlatives. You know… everything is “awesome”, “terrific”, “greatest”, etc. Well, I gotta suspend that modus operandi for just one post so I can tell you about Edward Burtynsky’s show “Infinite Change” on … Continue reading

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Flying-camera envy

I thought I was immune to that common pathology that befalls many photogs: Gear Acquisition Syndrome. Meeting up last week with my old friend and long-time photog Marc Dease in Point Edward led me into the perilous calculations assessing if … Continue reading

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TBT: my original photographer

Takin’ you all the way back to the late ‘80’s for Throw Back Thursday. That’s my Pop, the original photographer. *My* original photographer. Sifting through hundreds of his photos today, we found lots of gems. And yeah, that’s how we … Continue reading

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Forde photographs in DVLB

My friend Nancy Forde (left) has her photos up in DVLB right now. Check it out. I dropped by last night for the opening reception which was jammed with mutual friends. If you don’t typically go to these things you … Continue reading

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Hub Haps #013-Power tools on a shoot

That is to say, the tools of awesome photog Peter Power were on the job at The Hub last week. My good friend Tony Reinhart mentioned that Peter was coming by to do a shoot of Hub denizen Blue Rover … Continue reading

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Larry Towell provokes at WLU

“I want to provoke you” said kickass world-renowned photographer Larry Towell, speaking to Professor Sara Matthews’ Global Studies class at Wilfrid Laurier University this morning. Alternately called artist, photographer, musician, activist through his career, he now prefers the term photojournalist. … Continue reading

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