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Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds

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Part Of
Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60. M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Rider…
Date Range
ca.1908-ca.2011
Reference Code
M573 / V797 / S60
Description Level
1 / Fonds
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Published record
Newspaper clipping
Transparency
Textual record
Sound recording
Lantern slide
Part Of
Jean A. Hembroff MacDonald fonds
Description Level
1 / Fonds
Fonds Number
M573 / V797 / S60
Sous-Fonds
M573
V797
S60
Accession Number
2019.111
Reference Code
M573 / V797 / S60
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Published record
Newspaper clipping
Transparency
Textual record
Sound recording
Lantern slide
Date Range
ca.1908-ca.2011
Physical Description
26 cm of textual records.-- 109 photographs (42 prints, 67 lantern slides). -- 2 sound recordings.
History / Biographical
Jean Alexandra Hembroff was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba on April 5, 1908 to Walter B. Hembroff (d. 1945) and Sarah Jane Hembroff (d.1952). Jean was accepted to the MacPhail School of Music and Dramatic Art at the University of Minnesota, from which she graduated in 1927. She returned to Winnipeg to begin teaching courses in speech arts and drama. To establish herself, she first volunteered as the "story lady" at the Williams Avenue Public Library and quickly became known as an excellent speaker sought by many different organizations. She taught at St. Mary's Academy and the Evening Institute at the University of Manitoba, as well as offered private sessions. Many of her students used the skills they learned from Jean as they entered radio, television, politics, and business. Jean was also very active in organizing and adjucating Speech Arts festivals in Manitoba, often going to inaccessible places to give workshops. Her teaching, broadcasting, adjucating, coaching, and speaking career spanned more than 50 years. Jean was hired by the Canadian Pacific Railway's promotions manager to give presentations and broadcast interviews across Canada and the United States. In 1937, Jean joined the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and participated in their summer trail ride in the same year. For that year's issue of the Trail Rider's Bulletin Jean wrote an article - and became the first woman to ever do so. In 1938, during her lecture titled "Trail Riding in the Rockies" on January 18, 1938 at the Royal Alexandra Hotel, Jean met John David (Jack) MacDonald. Jack and Jean were married on June 18, 1938, and the couple had one son, Bruce Walter James MacDonald (August 28, 1946-August 25, 2016). Jean participated in several trail rides with the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Trail, and produced articles reflecting her experiences. Jean loved to travel and visited places all around Canada and the United States, Borneo, Tangier, Montevideo, Stockholm, New Delhi, and Tonga. At the age of 102, Jean passed away on February 2, 2011 and is buried in Winnipeg.
Scope & Content
Fonds consists of three sous-fonds: M573 / V797 / S60.
M573 consists of three series, 26 cm of textual records, 1924-2005. Series I: Personal Papers, 19 cm, ca.1930-2005 (including notebooks and drafts of various talks that Jean delivered and records related to her participation in the Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies and the Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies, particularly 1937-1939). Series II: Correspondence and Newspaper Clippings, 4 cm, 1924-2000 (including correspondence with John Murray Gibbon, former students, and attendees at various talks, as well as newspaper articles that Jean wrote about various subjects and articles of her achievements). Series III: Collected Materials and Ephemera, 3 cm, ca.1930-1950 (including a variety of collected poems and ephemera, as well as a copy of The Beaver Magazine from 1940, for which Jean wrote an article titled "On the Trail of Sir George").
V797 consists of two series, 24.5 cm of visual records, ca.1928-1939. Series I: Photograph Prints, 3 cm, ca.1928-1939 (includes personal photographs of Jean and her family and friends as well as photographs of Jean and Jack's visit to Lake Louise in 1939). Series II: Lantern Slides, 21.5 cm, ca.1937-1939 (Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1937 to Mt. Assiniboine; Sky Line Hikers of the Canadian Rockies official ride of 1939 to Ptarmigan Valley and Skoki; collection of trail ride songs).
S60 consists of two sound recordings, 1 cm, 2004 and 2007 (Winnipeg at Christmas, narrated by Jean, broadcasted on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation).
Notes
Lantern slides include wooden case.
Name Access
Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
Subject Access
Banff
Banff National Park
Camps
Canadian Pacific Railway
Discovery and travel
Discovery and exploration
Empress Hotel
European travel
Family and personal life
Guides
Hiking
Horse packing
Horses
Horseback riding
Kananaskis Ranch
Lake Louise
Lantern slide
Mount Assiniboine
Mountain
Organizations
Personal and Professional Life
Photography
Poetry
Scenery
Skyline Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Skyline Trail Hikers of the Canadian Rockies
Sports and recreation
Sunshine area
Trails
Trail guides
Tourism
Travel
Travel and Exploration
Trail Riders of the Canadian Rockies
Women
Geographic Access
Assiniboine
Alberta
Banff
Banff National Park
British Columbia
Canada
Canadian Rocky Mountains
Ireland
Kananaskis Country
Lake Louise
Lake O'Hara
Manitoba
Mount Assiniboine
Rocky Mountains
Victoria
West Indies
Winnipeg
Reproduction Restrictions
Some restriction/s on access
Copyright, privacy, commercial use and other restrictions may apply
Language
English
Creator
Hembroff MacDonald, Jean
Category
Arts
Education
Exploration, discovery and travel
Sports, recreation and leisure
Biographical Source Notes
Contents of the fonds
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/122854759/jean-alexandra-macdonald
https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-174851/MACDONALD_JEAN
https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/winnipeg-mb/bruce-macdonald-7064958
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
Processed
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Anthropocene : Burtynsky, Baichwal, de Pencier

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue19825
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2018
Author
Hackett, Sophie (curator), Andrea Kunard (curator), Urs Stahel (curator)
Publisher
Toronto : Art Gallery of Ontario ; Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
Call Number
06.4 H11a
  1 website  
Author
Hackett, Sophie (curator), Andrea Kunard (curator), Urs Stahel (curator)
Responsibility
Curated by Sophie Hackett, Andrea Kunard, Urs Stahel
Publisher
Toronto : Art Gallery of Ontario ; Fredericton, New Brunswick : Goose Lane Editions
Published Date
2018
Physical Description
251 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photographers
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Art
Exhibitions
Exhibition catalogue
Environment
Subjects
Art - Exhibitions
Art and photography
Art and society
Artists
Color photography
Design, Industrial - Pictoral works
Education
Photographers
Photographs - Catalogues
Photography
Photography - Collections
Photography - Exhibitions
Photography - Landscapes
Photography, Documentary
Recycling (Waste), etc.
Video art - Exhibitions
Abstract
"A catalogue to accompany the exhibition Anthropocene, a collaboration by the artists and filmmakers Jennifer Baichwal, Edward Burtynsky, and Nicholas de Pencier, including film, photography, virtual reality, and augmented reality. Anthropocene is organized by the Art Gallery of Ontario and the Canadian Photography Institute of the National Gallery of Canada, in partnership with Manifattura di Arti, Sperimentazione e Tecnologia (Fondazione MAST)."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Foreword / Stephan Jost, Marc Mayer, and Isabella Sera`gnaoli -- Far and near : new views of the anthropocene / Sophie Hackett -- The anthropocene and its "golden spike" / Colin Waters & Jan Zalasiewicz -- "How anthropo-scenic!" : concerns and debates about the age of the human / Karla McManus -- Works -- Life in the anthropocene / Edward Burtynsky -- Our embedded signal / Jennifer Baichwal -- Evidence / Nicholas de Pencier -- Adams, Adams, Baltz, Burtynsky : the role of landscape in North America photography / Urs Stahel -- The art museum and the anthropocene / Andrea Kunard.
ISBN
978-1-988788-04-3
Accession Number
2019.36
Call Number
06.4 H11a
Collection
Art Library
URL Notes
Website for the Anthropocene multidisciplinary work by Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Nicholas de Pencier
Websites
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Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Strugess, Clea, Trevor Boddy and Jeremy Sturgess
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Figure.1
Call Number
06.5 St9g
Author
Strugess, Clea, Trevor Boddy and Jeremy Sturgess
Responsibility
Clea Sturgess, Trevor Boddy, Jeremy Sturgess
Publisher
Vancouver ; Berkeley : Figure.1
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
116 pages
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Sunwapta
Glaciers
Jasper
Architecture
National parks
Photography
Photography, Aerial
Abstract
"Magical. Breath-taking. Unforgettable. Perched high above the Sunwapta Canyon in Canada's Rocky Mountains, Glacier Skywalk is all of these things--and more. Its choreographed pathways and cantilevered viewing platform allow visitors to see and experience the world in a whole new way. Glacier Skywalk tells the inside story of this award-winning collaboration between Parks Canada, Brewster Travel and the combined design-and-build team of Sturgess Architecture, PCL Constructors and RJC Consulting Engineers. Insightful essays by Trevor Boddy and Clea and Jeremy Sturgess reveal how the ideas came together and were realized in built form. Detailed sketches, three-dimensional renderings and stunning photographs by Robert Lemermeyer show how the structures evolved from start to finish. From the larch wood kiosk that welcomes visitors just off the Icefields Parkway, through the rock-lined walls, the glass floors and railings and the jagged steel forms that emulate mountains and glaciers, Glacier Skywalk reflects and highlights its surrounding environment. Whether or not you have stood suspended over the canyon--floating exposed to the elements, moving gently with the wind and visitors' footfalls, Glacier Skywalk captures the brilliance of the design and the magic of the experience. It is a book to treasure for years to come."-- Provided by publisher.
Contents
Introduction
Designing the Skywalk
Building the Skywalk
Exploring the Skywalk
Afterword
Project awards
Project team
Project credits
About the contributors
Notes
Photography by Robert Lemermeyer
ISBN
978-1-927958-99-5
Accession Number
2019.26
Call Number
06.5 St9g
Collection
Archives Library
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Murray Hay fonds
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 b&w and col. photograph prints, 25 x 20 cm and 15 x 10 cm. File pertains to the personal and professional life of Murray Hay. File includes photographs of Hay with his wife (Gerry); Hay in his studio working on a map; and Hay posing with airplanes (he would take aerial photograph…
Date Range
ca.1980-ca.2015
Reference Code
V795 / I / 1 / 1 to 5
Description Level
5 / File
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Part Of
Murray Hay fonds
Description Level
5 / File
Fonds Number
M570 / V795
Series
V795 / I : Murray Hay Photographs
Sous-Fonds
V795
Accession Number
2019.41
Reference Code
V795 / I / 1 / 1 to 5
GMD
Photograph
Photograph print
Private record
Date Range
ca.1980-ca.2015
Physical Description
5 photographs : b&w and col. ; 25 x 20 cm and 15 x 10 cm
Scope & Content
File consists of 5 b&w and col. photograph prints, 25 x 20 cm and 15 x 10 cm. File pertains to the personal and professional life of Murray Hay. File includes photographs of Hay with his wife (Gerry); Hay in his studio working on a map; and Hay posing with airplanes (he would take aerial photographs of areas that he was making a map of).
Name Access
Hay, Murray
Subject Access
Aerial photography
Artist
Family and personal life
Professional and Personal Life
Photography
Geographic Access
Calgary
Alberta
Canada
Quebec
Language
English
Category
Family and personal life
Exploration, discovery and travel
Title Source
Title based on contents of file
Processing Status
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Photography in Canada 1960-2000

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue24959
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2017
Author
Canadian Photography Institute
Publisher
Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Photography Insitute : National Gallery of Canada
Call Number
06.4 C16ph
  1 website  
Author
Canadian Photography Institute
Responsibility
Andrea Kunard
National Gallery of Canada
Publisher
Ottawa, Ontario : Canadian Photography Insitute : National Gallery of Canada
Published Date
2017
Physical Description
175 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Canada
Canada - After 1914
Canadian art
Photography
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
Collection
Abstract
This fifth and final volume in the series dedicated to the National Gallery of Canada's immense photography collection documents the emergence of the medium as a recognized artistic discipline in Canada. The creation and growth of this unique collection reflects the enormous development in the practice, collection and display of photography over the latter half of the 20th century. Prior to this time, government institutions, commercial establishments and the legal, medical and journalism professions prized it for its documentary value. As a result, photographs rarely entered the collections of major institutions. This changed in the 1960s when art became more vigorous and dynamic. Photography especially articulated probing, contentious ideas of art, the artist, identity, sexuality and community. Art institutions, themselves undergoing radical transformation, acted as an interface between artist and public, and attempted to articulate movements and trends in art and photography. With dozens of full-page plates each accompanied by an individual abstract, the publication offers a scholarly essay providing artistic, cultural and historical context. Artists featured include those at the forefront of the changes in the 1960s and 1970s, as well as more contemporary figures who continue to push at the limits of the definition of the medium. They include Roy Arden, Raymonde April, Ed Burtnysky, Carol Conde´ and Karl Beveridge, Evergon, General Idea, Rodney Graham, Angela Grauerholz, Geoffrey James, Suzy Lake, Ken Lum, Gabor Szilasi, N.E. Thing Co, Ian Wallace and Jin-me Yoon.
Contents
Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Photography in Canada, 1960-2000: a selection from the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography and National Gallery of Canada Collections -- Catalogue -- Note.
Notes
Features photographs by Jin-me Yoon taken in Banff National Park
Features photographs by Edward Burtynsky - Whyte Museum has Burtynsky's in art collection
ISBN
9780888849489
Accession Number
2019.95
Call Number
06.4 C16ph
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
National Gallery of Canada website for publication
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Superman : 5 - Film Collection [DVD video]

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Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Published Date
2013
Publisher
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Entertainment
Call Number
06.3 Su1 DVD
Publisher
Burbank, CA : Warner Home Entertainment
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
5 videodiscs (636 min.) : sound, color
Medium
Library - Moving image (includes film and digital video - published)
Subjects
Film making
Films
Hunter, Eddie
Engler Bruno
Photographers
Photography
High River
Kananaskis
Athabasca Glacier
Abstract
A child from a dying planet is sent to Earth, where he is brought up by human parents and poses as a newspaper reporter, becoming Superman when necessary to use his special powers to save others. Cast:
Superman: Marlon Brando, Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Glenn Ford, Trevor Howard, Margot Kidder, Valerie Perrine, Maria Schell, Terence Stamp, Phyllis Thaxter, Susannah York.
Superman II: Gene Hackman, Christopher Reeve, Ned Beatty, Jackie Cooper, Sarah Douglas, Margot Kidder, Jack O'Halloran, Valerie Perrine, Susannah York, Clifton James.
Superman III: Christopher Reeve, Richard Pryor, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Annette O'Toole, Annie Ross, Pamela Stephenson, Robert Vaughn, Margot Kidder. Superman IV: Christopher Reeve, Gene Hackman, Jackie Cooper, Marc McClure, Jon Cryer, Sam Wanamaker, Mark Pillow, Mariel Hemingway, Margot Kidder.
Superman returns: Brandon Routh, Kate Bosworth, James Marsden, Frank Langella, Eva Marie Saint, Parker Posey, Kal Penn, Sam Huntington, Kevin Spacey.
Contents
Superman, the movie (Expanded ed., 151 min., 1978) / Alexander Salkind presents an Alexander and Ilya Salkind production in a Richard Donner film ; produced by Pierre Spengler ; story by Mario Puzo ; screenplay by Mario Puzo, David Newman, Leslie Newman and Robert Benton ; directed by Richard Donner -- Superman II (The Richard Donner cut, 116 min., 1980) / Alexander Salkind presents an Alexander and Ilya Salkind production ; produced by Pierre Spengler ; producer 2006 reconstruction, Michael Thau ; story by Mario Puzo ; screenplay by Mario Puzo, David Newman and Leslie Newman ; directed by Richard Donner -- Superman III (125 min., 1983) / Alexander Salkind presents ; produced by Pierre Spengler ; screenplay by David and Leslie Newman and Robert Benton ; directed by Richard Lester -- Superman IV, the quest for peace (90 min., 1987) / rWarner Bros. Pictures presents ; a Cannon Group, Inc. Golan-Globus production ; produced by Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus ; story by Christopher Reeve and Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal ; screenplay by Lawrence Konner & Mark Rosenthal ; directed by Sidney J. Furie -- Superman returns (154 min., 2006) / Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Legendary Pictures and Bad Hat Harry Productions ; produced by Jon Peters, Bryan Singer, Gilbert Adler ; screenplay by Michael Dougherty & Dan Harris ; directed by Bryan Singer.
Notes
Contains still photography by Eddie Hunter and Bruno Engler in Superman III
Superman contains scenes filmed near High River, Alberta and the Kananaskis Valley
Superman II contains scenes filmed on the Athabasca Glacier
Accession Number
P2019-31
Call Number
06.3 Su1 DVD
Collection
Archives Library
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Innovate : the Mountain Legacy Project

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25006
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2019/2020
Author
Anthony, Leslie
Call Number
P
  1 website  
Author
Anthony, Leslie
Published Date
2019/2020
Medium
Library - Periodical
Subjects
Mountains
Photography
Climate
Climate change
Glaciers
Abstract
Pertains the the Mountain Legacy project and their use of repeat photography and historic photographs to chart changes in climate in the Canadian Rocky Mountains
Notes
In Mountain Life Annual, 2019/2020, pg. 42 - 43
Call Number
P
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Mountain Life Annual website
Websites
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Through the Lens celebrating 15 years

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25123
Medium
Library - Periodical
Published Date
2013
Author
Montgomery, Jenny
Publisher
Photolife - Canada's guide to everything photo
Call Number
P - General
  1 website  
Author
Montgomery, Jenny
Responsibility
Jenny Montgomery
Publisher
Photolife - Canada's guide to everything photo
Published Date
2013
Physical Description
66 pages : illus.
Medium
Library - Periodical
Series
Volume 38, Number 2, February/March 2013
Subjects
Photographers
Photography
Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies
Abstract
Pertains to the 15th anniversary of the "Through the Lens" project offered throught the Whyte Musuem of the Canadian Rockies since 1998
Notes
In Photolife; vol.38 no.2, February/March 2013
Call Number
P - General
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Photo Life website
Websites
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Fred Herzog : photographs

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25240
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2011
Author
Herzog, Fred
Coupland, Douglas
Wall, Jeff
Milroy, Sarah
Gochmann, Claudia
Publisher
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
Call Number
06.4 H34f
  1 website  
Author
Herzog, Fred
Coupland, Douglas
Wall, Jeff
Milroy, Sarah
Gochmann, Claudia
Responsibility
Fred Herzon
Douglas Coupland
Jeff Wall
Sarah Milroy
Claudia Gochmann
Publisher
Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre
Published Date
2011
Physical Description
197 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photographers
Photography
Vancouver
Streets
Abstract
Born in Germany, Fred Herzog came to Vancouver in 1953. Since that time, he has produced a substantial body of photographs, taking urban life in Vancouver—second-hand shops, vacant lots, neon signage and the crowds of people who have populated the city’s streets over the past fifty years—as his primary subject. Herzog has self-consciously drawn upon documentary traditions in photography while incorporating something of an outsider’s idiosyncratic sensitivity to a new environment into his work. Within his images, bodily gesture, the detritus of consumer culture and the architecture of the street take on a heightened resonance, as the impact of modernity becomes visible in the everyday life of the city. Much of Herzog’s work was produced on Kodachrome, a colour slide film that was difficult to work with in a spontaneous fashion. Herzog’s use of colour was unusual in the 1950s and 60s, a time when art photography was almost exclusively associated with black and white imagery. In this respect, his photographs can be seen as a pre-figuration of the “New Colour” of photographers such as Stephen Shore and William Eggleston, which received widespread acclaim in the 1970s, and the work of contemporary Vancouver photographers such as Roy Arden, Arni Haraldsson, Karin Bubaš and Christos Dikeakos. Herzog has been active in Vancouver’s art scene for more than forty years, while working as a medical photographer from 1957 to 1990. During that time he participated in group exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada, Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver Art Gallery and UBC Fine Arts Gallery (now the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery) (From Vancouver Art Gallery website)
Contents
Fred Herzog : in colour
Fred Herzog : words and pictures
Vancouver appearing and not appearing in Fred Herzog's photographs
Somebod spoke and I fell into a dream
Fred Herzog : photographs
Chronology
About the contributors
Notes
Signed by Fred Herzog
ISBN
9781553655589
Accession Number
2021.08
Call Number
06.4 H34f
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Information about 2007 exhibition via Vancouver Art Gallery
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Notman : a visionary photographer

https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/catalogue25241
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Published Date
2016
Author
Samson, Helene
Sauvage, Suzanne
Publisher
Paris : Hazan ; Montreal : McCord Museum
Call Number
06.4 Sa4n OS
  1 website  
Author
Samson, Helene
Sauvage, Suzanne
Responsibility
Helen Samson
Suzanne Sauvage
Nathalie Houle
Sarah Parsons
Joan M. Schwartz
Christian Vachon
Nora Hague
Heather McNabb
Publisher
Paris : Hazan ; Montreal : McCord Museum
Published Date
2016
Physical Description
239 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits
Medium
Library - Book (including soft-cover and pamphlets)
Subjects
Photographers
Photography
Exhibition catalogue
Exhibitions
Notman, William & Son
Abstract
This beautifully illustrated book offers a comprehensive look at the career of photographer William Notman (1826-1891). Born in Scotland, Notman emigrated to Canada in 1856; he settled in Montreal and opened a photography studio that later had branches throughout Canada and the United States. Notman documented the development of a continent, photographing street scenes in burgeoning cities and modern transportation by steam and rail, and creating portraits of such notable figures as Mark Twain, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Sitting Bull, and Buffalo Bill. By fully exploiting the commercial and aesthetic potential of the rapidly advancing photographic technology, Notman contributed to the establishment of the socio-economic prominence of Montreal and played a key role in the formation of a Canadian national identity. Published and unpublished photographs are paired with texts that explore the photographer's numerous achievements. (from publisher's website)
Contents
Foreward - Suzanne Sauvage
Chronology - Nathalie Houle
Notman : a visionary photographer - Helene Samson
Notman's Montreal - photographs
The art of photography according to Notman - Helene Samson
Notman's studio as a space of performance - Sarah Parsons
The creative portrait - photographs
With word and image : Notman and the photographcially illustrated book - Joan M. Schwartz
Notman, creator of the first halftone - Christian Vachon
An imaginative geography - photographs
Notman's numbers - Nora Hague
The arrival of the Notman archives at the McCord Museum - Heather McNabb
Bibliography
About the authors
ISBN
9780300223675
Accession Number
2021.08
Call Number
06.4 Sa4n OS
Collection
Archives Library
URL Notes
Exhibition information via McCord Museum
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