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“ The landscape of Saskatchewan is changing as small remnants of land are destroyed to make way for large-scale industrial farming and development.” verasaltzman.com IG:@vera.saltzman
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EDITOR’S NOTE THE THEME OF LAND PRESENTS CONTENTIOUS AND INSPIRING POSSIBILITIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS.
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From clearly demonstrating the abuse we inflict on our Earth, to celebrating and expressing beauty and gratitude for the land we live on, the artists in this edition collectively bring forth an incredible range of observations, possibilities, and questions about the future on our planet.
“ The Earth is what we all have in common.” — Wendell Berry
In our print version, Ella Morton’s analog manipulations speak to her layered experiences of exploring cold northern climates. Her photographs of Arctic lands simultaneously convey stoic beauty and unprecedented environmental changes, overlaid with physical (and metaphorical) human manipulations. Meanwhile, Steve Kean shares his experiences with land, raising questions around the physical experiences we have in nature, or the absence of those experiences, when challenged with accessibility issues. The print edition also features an exciting first: the commission of a poem. I am especially excited to share an original new work by photographer and writer Tenille Campbell, which was used as a prompt for creative
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MARLENE CREATES: PLACES, PATHS, AND PAUSES Edited by Susan Gibson Garvey & Andrea Kunard Multidisciplinary artist Marlene Creates has been digging deep into the land for over 40 years. Her explorations of “place” involve photography, memory-mapping, and site-specific works in and around the Newfoundland property where she lives in “relational aesthetic.” Marlene Creates offers a retrospective of the artist’s output, and an extended contemplation on place and presence — that is, how the actions of people, nature, and time create meaning in particular parts of the land. There are no technicolour sunsets or sweeping vistas to be found in this collection. Instead, there is an openness to the slow, thoughtful work of seasons, and wind and, yes, humans on the land. And in a time-pressed world, that’s a very good thing. Hardcover, 2017, 204 pages $50 + shipping Goose Lane Editions and Beaverbrook Art Gallery Available from online retailers
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ANTHROPOCENE: THE HUMAN EPOCH Since his student days, Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky’s practice has increasingly focused on the impacts of development and resource extraction on the land. When the award-winning Anthropocene debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2018, Edward added his visual voice to those who claim that we have entered a new age, one that is attributable to human action on the planet rather than to natural processes alone. We are messing up the land (and water and air) on a global scale and we cannot avoid the consequences. This film amplifies the alarm, with a presentation that is beautiful and horrible, all at once. 2018, Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier, Directors Available for purchase or rent on YouTube
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SCARBOROUGH MADE: RECLAIMING COMMUNITY SPACE BY SID NAIDU
SCARBOROUGH MADE (SM) IS A SOCIAL IMPACT ORGANIZATION that champions documentary storytelling through photography and video in Toronto’s East. Co-founded by Alex Narvaez and Sid Naidu in 2019, the group aims to shift how this underserved neighbourhood is portrayed in the media, and support emerging BIPOC youth in pursuing creative work that intersects with community building. The project provides mentorship and employment opportunities for documentary storytelling, public art, and community engagement. ABOVE: An aerial view of “Scarborough Made in the Parks,” an installation at Malvern Park in 2023, photo by Sid Naidu. BELOW: SM founders Sid Naidu + Alex Narvaez.
Since we started SM, we’ve produced five unique public art installations. These projects are active demonstrations of how artsbased engagement can positively impact neighbourhoods. The youth artists who contribute to our projects develop a stronger connection to the community that they come from. photo ED 13
SM Youth artists Alicia Reid and Joyce Jiang both documented stories that connect meaningfully to the topic of land. Joyce Jiang is part of our most recent cohort of youth artists who worked on this year’s parks project to engage green spaces in the community of Malvern. Working with the SM team, Joyce pitched and documented the story of Crosby Gitigaan, an Ojibwe and Shawnee family-owned farm cultivating the land for local food production by incorporating Indigenous agricultural knowledge and techniques.
“ Through SM, I learned to situate myself and be present capturing what is happening around me.” — Joyce Jiang
Joyce says, “There’s a lot to be done for Indigenous communities seeking reconciliation. I wanted to shed light on stories not being told. Collaborating with the Crosby family allowed me to learn how people in communities contribute to solving problems around our climate crisis. I’ve always watched and had an interest in documentary-style work but have never produced anything in the genre.” Alicia joined SM in our inaugural mentorship program in 2021. “It’s not often that you see media and artwork dedicated to Scarborough, and I loved seeing that sense of pride in my community. I was in awe seeing the installations of people I grew up learning from, spotlighted through SM,” says Alicia. Alicia was drawn to the story of Seema David, founder of the 52N, which was a soup kitchen that had expanded into a multi-food hub that serves those in need. 52N’s garden project took over an area of land primarily used for industry to teach youth gardening skills and provide fresh produce to community members.
ABOVE: Joyce Jiang and her “Portrait of Aiden, Myra & Isaac Crosby at Crosby Gitigaan, Malvern Urban Farm in Scarborough,” installation at Malvern Park.
BELOW: Alicia Reid and her “Portrait of Seema David at 52N Garden Project Founder of 52N,” installed at the Cedarbrae Library.
“From Seema’s story, I learned different aspects of being a documentarian, from using a field recorder for interviews to having my first outdoor installation. I want to be loud and proud about what Scarborough has to offer,” Alicia proudly states. For SM, the youth artists who contribute to the documentary work and installations take their first steps as creative placemakers to reclaim everyday public spaces into landscapes that can inspire and engage. More importantly, they build strong connections to the neighbourhood to ensure we don’t neglect our land and the people who give back to our community.
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XIATONG CAI The Disappearing-It’s raining; will the rain ever stop? Ottawa, ON
People tend to ignore what is large, ongoing, and invisible, focusing instead on what we can see and control. Extreme weather, biodiversity degradation, and a series of environmental issues are happening. As an environmental scientist in this era, I often feel powerless. www.xiatongphotography.com IG:@xiatongc
VERA SALTZMAN ‘Where will the frogs sing?’ Fort Qu’Appelle, SK
While the nostalgic view of Saskatchewan is a beautiful one, it is important to recognise the changes to our landscape have far greater impact than what is seen on the surface. Land stores carbon, provides homes for animals, holds water, and much more. As our relationship with the land and interconnectedness with it becomes fragile, numberous ecosystems are left hanging
by a thread to survive. Through this work, a collaborative project with artist Sue Bland, I strive to understand our Canadian history, my relationship with the land as a white settler, and to focus on reciprocity with land…for the sake of the land itself. www.verasaltzman.com
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HENRY VANDERSPEK Land This sign on an empty plot of land in East York, Ontario, has long intrigued me. I photographed it recently, and found that the unusual look created by Lomography Turquoise film in a Sprocket Rocket camera was quite fitting for this curious scene.
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TERRY HUGHES AA016 Montreal, QC
Set in Ethiopia’s unforgiving Danakil Depression, known as one of Earth’s harshest places. Despite acid pools, deserts, volcanoes, and scorching 50¬∞C temperatures, the Afar People have thrived there for centuries, attesting to their harmonious relationship with the land. www.terryhughesimages.com IG:@ terryhughesimages
PAIGE TAYLOR WHITE Up, Up, & Away Vancouver, BC
In 2018 the new Inuvik-Tuktoyaktuk Highway was completed to reach the Arctic Ocean. The road trip from Vancouver to Tuktoyaktuk is an experiment in art and self documentation through the eyes of a photographer exploring the tropes of adventure and the unknown. This collection of photographs are now published in an artist book, “Up, Up, & Away” by Little Cabin Press. paigetaylorwhite.ca
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NOZOMI KAMEI Grounded: Bringing Curiosity Beneath Our Feet Edmonton, AB
These photographs serve as an invitation to take a closer look at the ground, to appreciate it, and to bring the curiosity and awareness to the perspectives on beneath our feet. Ground is often taken for granted and overlooked, but it is an essential aspect of life on earth. njknewdimensions.com IG: @njk_new_dimensions
FELICITY SOMERSET Intimate Landscape Scarborough, ON
I find delight in an intimate view of the landscape. This image is from a series exploring the beautiful sandstone rocks of Gabriola Island in British Columbia. Delicate colours, intriguing lines, and shapes led me to create. www.felicitysomersetphotography.com IG:@felicitysomersetphotography
RICHARD ROBESCO PLACES: CHAOS AND BEAUTY Gatineau, QC
An ongoing exploration of the sublime in the natural landscape. The pictures are metaphors, inviting reflection on the significance of our surroundings and on the environments that define our existence. www.richardrobesco.com IG:@richardrobesco
RICHELLE FORSEY Desire Lines Guelph, ON
Desire Lines aestheticizes the vulnerability of the environment and examines human activity on the land at the intersection of the sublime landscape and the built environment where it meets the interests of capitalism and consumption. www.richelleforsey.com IG:@Richelle4C
RICHARD MILLER & GENEVIÉVE THIBAULT Forgotten | Images | Oubliées Toronto, ON
To document the irreparable changes Gaspé Copper Mines inflicted on the land, Gaspesian Richard and Québécoise Geneviéve recreate archival panoramic images of unspoiled wilderness that Richard’s grandfather commissioned to promote the copper deposit he discovered a century ago. dragonflydocumentary.wordpress.com genevievethibault.com
NATALIE GOULET slow seeing Halifax, NS
slow seeing is in equal parts a meditation on loss, a visual dialogue in and with transformation, and an attempt to reflect on the reach and limits of settler narratives in relation to historical canons of landscape photography. www.nataliemichelle.ca IG:@nataliemichelle.ca
CHRISTOPHER SCHMITT Capturing the Flats Series Ottawa, ON
Inspired by Sternfeld’s photographs of the High Line, my work explores the complex interplay of untamed nature and urban development in Ottawa’s LeBreton Flats, emphasizing the dynamic struggle between nature’s dogged reclamation of the land and the encroachment of urbanization. cjsfoto.ca IG:@CS_Photos
JOHN JETHI Peek Toronto, ON
A peek at the rocks of Cappadocia. IG:@johnjethi
DALE M REID Abandonment Toronto, ON
As we drive by the countryside or seaside, why are our eyes drawn to buildings, ships, or boats that have been abandoned and left to be run down? My attraction is the textures, character and most important the story within the hull or walls. www.dalemreidphotography.com IG:@dalemreidphotography
ATIA POKORNY Land Toronto, ON
My work considers the impact of the climate and of living organisms, including humans, on the landscape. The land, its rocks and minerals seem eternal, for millennia shaped by external factors but the recent acceleration of change is alarming. atiapokorny.ca IG:@pokornyatia
JEFF ADAMS Reckon & Re-imagining Minesing, ON
The purpose of this work is to reckon with the de-construction of my existence within the outdoors and within the land. I begin with the re-examine and re-imagining of my outdoor self as I reflect on my on lived-experiences through sight sound and touch.
ELYSE LONGAIR Kingston, ON
My artistic praxis references and engages with simple images, using collage and collage aesthetics. The simple images encourage us to rethink and reflect on the role of imagination, opening up new possibilities for imagined futures.
In my current series of collage-based work, I aim to explore how fragmented worlds of a reconstructed past may question our notions of time and reshape our thinking of the future. www.elyselongair.com
EDRISS SYDEQI Suppositions in stillness, land relationship in the country’s most populous province Toronto, ON
This work captures a sense of stillness and wonder of the natural landscape in Ontario. This work reflects on the ever-pressing importance of understanding our connection to the nature in our everyday lives. IG:@Edrizyy
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BRIAN GROBERMAN Land Mass Burlington, ON
TBC - Brian Groberman currently is exhibiting images from The Land collection. The imagery incorporates aspects of both urban parks and urban forests. www.BGPhotoAndImaging.ca
EMMA JULIETTE SHERLAND Collision series (2021-2023) Mississauga, ON
This is an ongoing series of how collided nature and architecture photography represents my experiences with suicidal ideation and disconnect with my physical existence as a BIPOC artist while coping in a dream-like fantasy. linktr.ee/juliettetheartist IG: @juliettetheartist
SHELDON LEVY Boreal Montreal, QC
The taiga, “land of the little sticks” in Russian, is also known as the boreal forest. This unique biome is constantly in the state of recovery from natural events such as fire. There is much to be learned in exploring the cycle of events that shape this wonderful land. IG: @levy.Sheldon
MARTHE BUJOLD Trails Ottawa, ON
This series of images explores the relationship between land and place. In a world saturated with images of various locales from across the globe, this series suggests that we can find novelty in the familiar. www.marthebujold.ca
GARETH JONES Land - Food/Shelter/Play Toronto, ON
Land is actually, life itself. Without land we would have nothing - we farm it; we live/work on it; we play on it. We don’t always use it well think Joni Mitchel’s Big Yellow Taxi “...you don’t know what you got ‘til it’s gone? They paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” gpjones1.format.com IG:@firstgareth
MILENA VASQUEZ LIMINAL WOODLANDS Calgary, AB
I wander the woodlands with my camera while grieving, searching for connection and healing. I navigate liminal spaces, unveiling landscapes, crossing portals and transitioning. My photographs capture enigmatic spirits that resemble my ancestors and the portals between two worlds. www.milenavasquez.com IG:@milena.vasquez.mathewson
JESSE MILETIN Leaving Sunshine Toronto, ON
I found myself in a place where I was alone and feeling small with the Rocky Mountains around me and deep, deep snow. Trudging through the powder in a world of complete silence, I crossed the invisible border from Alberta into British Columbia. The snow was lustrous. IG:@jmiletinart
BRIAN LAVERY Ochre Umber Sienna Port Alberni, BC
Dandelions growing on a strip of land between a Kelowna shopping mall and Highway 97. For the border I chose earth tones-yellow ochre, burnt umber, burnt sienna. www.brianlavery.ca
TIMOTHY KOZLIK Landscapes ; Exploration of Place Calgary, AB
With the goal of exploring the histories and ideas surrounding structures that are both natural and created by humanity, I ask the question, how does our understanding of our environment shape who we are? IG: @timothykozlik.photography
LEAH OATES Transitory Space, Brooklyn, NYC Toronto, ON
This series deals with urban and natural locations that are transforming due to the passage of time, altered natural conditions and a continual human imprint. This series articulates fluctuation in the photographic image and captures movement through time and space. www.leahoates.com
BELLA DOHERTY Pocologan, Fredericton, NB
I am incredibly grateful to have grown up on the east coast. I am surrounded by lush forest and racing tides and I truly believe this place heals. I think it is difficult to express everything I love about the ocean but this photograph captures a small part of it. IG:@bella_doherty_photography
LORETTA MEYER FARM NO MORE Lindsay, ON
I had to pull over and take a photo of this barn. Everything was just so right about this picture. I was hoping to go back to capture the moon rise a little closer to the barn. But it had been torn down. I’m so grateful to have this capture. IG: @lorettameyer.fineart www.lorettameyerfineartphotography.ca
EMMA KERN Home Calgary, AB
These pieces explore my life on and off the farm. I believe this place and these moments will always be my beginning middle and end. My home, my safe haven from the world threatened by progress and the future. studioek.ca IG:@emmakern_photogrpahy
ZIYANG WEI home land Kelowna, BC
Returning to where I grew up after years in Canada, I saw my homeland through new eyes. Exploring familiar childhood haunts, I captured my evolving perspective in this series. These images chronicle the transformation of places, intertwined with the people and land. IG:@ziv__wei
JULIE FLORIO Transitions - Many Ages Stoney Creek, ON
Progress is a word we use to describe how we are different from what’s come before. While landscapes reflect our ecological and ideological victories and failures, they don’t judge us. They simply ask: ‘Is this what you want? Is this view the progress you wanted to achieve? IG:@julieflorio.art
BOB ST-CYR Eclectic Landscapes Abbotsford, BC
I chose to exhibit an eclectic vision of the land. IG:@foto.bob
RACHEL FOSTER Horizon Vancouver, BC
This series of lumen prints examine Earthen soil complexity through impressions of sand, humus, roots, and grass-seeds. Movements of wind and water are encountered during exposure, exploring structural symmetries in comparison with the dynamic activity of Martian soil photographed by the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE).’ Image: NASA/JPL/University of Arizona www.rachelverity.org IG:@_rachelverity
LAURA COOK Pathways Cambridge
The fragility of existence was observed as I photographed this sparse terrain. However, hope was found when I observed life pushing through unexpected places. www.vision-photography.ca IG:@vision_pho Facebook: visionpho
JOSIE LYNN AMENT Basking Pups Rockwood, ON
Spotted beside an onramp, this den was completely surrounded by major roads. IG:@eyesopencreative @knowitlikeapoet
JOANNE WHITE The Land, reclaiming it’s place North Vancouver, BC
Layered with urban and developed spaces, the land pushes through each frame, reclaiming it’s place — a reminder of what was before, and will be again. Captured on film, this series of double exposures speaks to the resilience and power of the land, and the importance of nature in urban spaces. www.joannewhite.com IG:@joannewhitephotography
JANET HINKLE Of Many Worlds Toronto, ON
Of Many Worlds, a series of multidisciplinary photographic works that creatively express the human-environment ecologies present within the Toronto, Ontario, Canada area. This research-based collection of artworks is currently ongoing. IG:@_janethinkle_
ARLIN FFRENCH Lands Vancouver, BC
My land photos are taken through the lands of Coastal British Columbia and the mountains of Iceland. All photos are taken on a toy Diana Camera. I use this camera to celebrate the lack of controls and imperfections when rendering the overwhelming natural world. arlinffrench.com IG:@arlinffrenchart
GERALD WOLFE Buffalo Ranch Squamish, BC
An image that shows our use of land. www.geraldwolfephotography.ca IG: @geraldwolfephotography
MICHELINE GODBOUT The Hendrie Sanctuary: Land Revival Burlington, ON
The Hendrie Sanctuary is a magnificent wetland undergoing revitalization. It embodies the effort and effectiveness of science and human support in restoring the wetlands of Lake Ontario and reflects the hope and resiliency of a positive direction for the land we inhabit. www.michelinegodboutphotography.com IG:@m.r.godbout
LEAH MURRAY Watershed Drought Year Surrey, BC
I live in a coastal rain forest region of British Columbia, in the south western corner, where drought was never a problem - until now. Climate change is drying up our forests. This is a memorial to the trees. www.leahmurray.ca
KATIE ROULIER EF2 Barrie Barrie, ON
The aftermath from the EF2 Tornado that touched down in Barrie, ON. IG: @justmfkatieetho
LAURA JANE PETELKO Nightlife Toronto, ON
An evolution from my last series Phototropic. ‘Nightlife’ employs a similar approach. Tuning into something energetically resonant in the natural world. More the sensation of the land than the observation of it, through the interplay of our human lens. www.laurajanepetelko.com IG:@Laura Jane Petelko
LAURA AYRES Valley of Fire Langley, BC
The Valley of Fire state park is home to vibrant sandstone formations, fiery red rocks, and breathtaking views that seem to come straight out of a dream. These images are a testament to the beauty and wonder of our natural world.
CARL RITTENHOUSE Utilisation of land Jordan Station, ON
A couple of photographs that show how land is being utilised for economic activity in rural areas near where I live. A wind turbine for electricity and a vineyard for wine production. https://carlrittenhouse.com IG:@carlrittenhouseimages
E MCDONOUGH Transformed Land Toronto, ON
A land sits before us, through a lens or a screen. We position just so, compose just so, expose just so. And then we capture it in a rectangle of pixels or particles of silver nitrate. Squashed flat and fixed on paper, hung on a wall, or ‘posted’ on the internet. A dead thing in a box. A billion ‘landscapes’ (not land) all the same made ‘fit’ for human eyes. But what if we stood awhile with the land, in the land and listened and really looked? What would the land tell us? What would the land show us? IG:@edphoto123
RYAN C RITTENHOUSE The land that surrounds us St Anns
The country land surrounding us, heightened by colour or lack thereof. A small town country photographer who frequents the city, these are my interpretations of my surroundings. IG:@rittenhouseryan
CATHERINE BELSHAW Little Big Worlds Toronto, ON
These images transcend boundaries of place and scale, transmitting a story about the interconnectedness of all things in our natural environments, big or small, here or there. IG:@catbelshaw
RICK MCGINNIS Lockdown Pinhole Studies Toronto, ON
I discovered pinhole photography late in my career, during lockdowns, when I had a lot of time on my hands. Working with this primitive optic helped me discover a quality of image that I had actually been searching for since I began shooting nearly 40 years ago. www.rickmcginnis.com rickmcginnisphotographs.wordpress.com IG:@rickmcginnis
JOSLYN PANASIUK Road Trip Orangeville, ON
My sister and I love this place, and end our annual road trips here. No plumbing, electricity or running water for part of the year - we come here to recharge before heading back to the city. www.joslynpanasiuk.com IG:@joslynpanasiuk
JOE ATIKIAN Fractal Landscapes Toronto, ON
Many things in nature are said to be fractal, meaning that they appear similar at any scale of magnification. Here, the highly magnified surface of a frozen pond looks very much like an epic Canadian landscape. joeatikian.com IG:@joeatikian
VILOKINI GAIL ABBOTT Norfolk edgeland Cambridge
The Wash, in North West Norfolk, is one of the last true wildernesses in the UK. Rising water levels threaten this extraordinary place, with its extensive salt marshes, major inter-tidal banks of sand and mud. I love the way the land is reclaimed from the sea twice a day. www.vilokini.com IG:@vilokini
OR DAVID Country Side Fredericton, NB
What we add to the land becomes part of the landscape. IG:@untouched.gold?
GERMAN GARCIA Adaptability Fredericton, NB
The land gives us the opportunity to adapt ourselves to be able to interact on it, no matter if it is on sand, on water or on snow, we always find a way to subsist, and like these children, to play happily. IG:@germangarciaphotography
EDWARD PECK White Mud Valley Moments Victoria, BC
Paradise in the Coulees, homestead generations cleaving to the land in remote SW Saskatchewan’s Whitemud Valley in the Coulees of the Cypress Hills. A series from a Stegner House art residency. www.sassamatt.com IG:@sassamatt
MANDY KLEIN Unspoilt to Degraded Land Newmarket, ON
I wanted to show clean, and lightly used land. Land that feeds and houses animals. I also wanted to show ugly land that has been scraped to ready it for building.
RAMO/HCKYGRLPHOTO She still loves us Toronto, ON
She’s upset. But, like a good parent, she still loves us. Just need to look for the signs. IG: @hckygrlphoto
THOMAS BRASCH Planet Atacama Toronto, ON
In this complete reinvention of my art practice, I’m pushing different limits on photo manipulation. In March 2023, I was beguiled by the inhospitable landscape during a visit to the Chilean Atacama Desert. The glass orbs are an alien presence - sentinels or spectators? thomasbrasch.com IG: @thomasbrasch
PIROSKA MIHALKA Our Landscape, Our Planet Kasterlee, Belgium
“I’ve spent a significant portion of my life capturing the breathtaking landscapes I’ve encountered on my travels; they serve as a constant reminder of how quickly our natural beauty can be destroyed by floods, drought, and fire.” www.piroska.be IG:@PiroskaMihalka
HENRY TATARIN Henry Tatarin’s LAND series Sarnia
The theme for my LAND series is the theme for all my work: To share my love for nature. IG: @henrytatarin
KATHRYN FULLERTON Primordial Series Garden Bay, BC
‘Chthonic’ features an artifact made by hand, birthed from earth, and directly of and relating to earth as one who has been to the depths. The image invites us to be in conversation with what’s under the surface that’s rarely exposed. www.kathrynfullertonceramics.com IG:@kathrynfullertonceramics
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CAPTIVATING LANDSCAPES BILLED AS THE WORLD’S GREATEST PHOTO GAME, GuruShots is an international competition platform for photographers. Players get feedback from more than three billion monthly voters and try to work their way up through rankings, from Newbie to the ultimate status (and bragging rights) of Guru.
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GuruShots’ challenges are voted on by the platform’s Gurus and the wider community, with a fresh challenge every day. Winners can receive prizes from GuruShots’ sponsors such as Adorama, Kodak, Lowepro, and Lensbaby. From mountain tops to ocean views, the Captivating Landscapes Challenge showcases a world of wonderful interpretations on this theme.
1. GURU’S TOP PHOTOGRAPHER WINNER Ivano Pitera • Italy
2. PNW Sasquatch • USA 3. José Carlos Machado • Portugal
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14. Lily Xu • Germany 15. Nate Riggins • USA 16. Yifan Wang • USA 17. Robert Varley • USA 18. Saurav Dutta • Germany 19. Teri Madewell • USA 20. The Enigma • USA 21. Unnamed • Italy 22. Tomasz Czarnecki • Poland 23. TOP PHOTO WINNER Roland Hank • Germany
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One of the first women admitted to England’s prestigious Royal Photographic Society, Minna Keene (1859–1943) gained international acclaim for her Pictorialist compositions, while her daughter, Violet Keene Perinchief (1893–1987), became a celebrated portraitist in her own right — and yet both have been largely overlooked in the history of Canadian photography. The Minna Keene and Violet Keene Perinchief Collection at The Image Centre (IMC) is an extraordinary resource for the study of two of Canada’s pioneering female photographers. With a growing collection of more than 400,000 photographic objects and an innovative scholarly research program, the IMC is a hub for the preservation and study of photography. Learn more at theimagecentre.ca
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Minna Keene, View of Forked River Through Forest and Mountains, 1914–1915, carbon print. The Minna Keene and Violet Keene Perinchief Collection, The Image Centre, Gift of the Sturrup Family, 2020