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| Print Sale Biographies 2012 | ||
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David Barbour David Barbour studied photography at the Banff School of Fine Arts in (1973-1976) and has worked as a photographer, photo-editor, curator and teacher. His career has been a balance of assignments and personal projects, highlights of which include: A World Press Award in 1986, and a Mid-Career Canada Council Grant to continue his personal work in Havana, Cuba in 2000. His most recent series "Home" is a series of landscape photographs taken in six provinces of Canada. Using a 4x5 Toyo with a 6x12 back, all the photographs are of places his family has called home. Commercial clients include Canadian Geographic, Ottawa Art Gallery, National Gallery of Canada, IDRC, CIDA, Correctional Service Canada, Natural Resources Canada and the City of Ottawa. Since 1996, he has taught numerous courses and workshops at SPAO, Ottawa School of Art and Algonquin College. To view samples of his work, please visit: www.davidbarbour.com  Auction Image Untitled, Ottawa, 2011 Silver gelatin fiber print 16" X 20" |
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James Borcoman Born Canada. During 34 years at the National Gallery of Canada Borcoman held a number of positions, including Head of Exhibitions and Education, Acting Head of Publications, and Chair of Prints, Drawings and Photographs. In 1967, he founded the Photographs Collection and became Senior Curator of Photographs. After retirement in 1994, he has retained the title Curator Emeritus of the National Gallery. He continues to write. He has been responsible for some 50 exhibitions at the National Gallery and has written a number of monographs and articles on photography and Canadian art, including the first full-length study of the 19th century French painter-turned-photographer, Charles Negre. Since his retirement, he has returned to making photographs. Among other themes he has been pursuing is the nude as portrait, or more correctly the naked individual portrayed as a person rather than the nude as object. The present print is from this series.  Auction Image Untitled (woman with her reflection #1), 2010 Inkjet print on Canson Infinity Satin Baryta fiber base exhibition paper 26.5 X 35.2 cm |
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| Jim des Rivieres A common theme in Jim's photography is connecting the viewer with the beauty that is all around us if we only get a chance to look closely. Moths are a common part of our natural environment, but their nocturnal habits means that they seldom come to our attention. Even when we do see them, their small size and our modest eyesight means that we don't really get to see them up close. The large high-resolution prints Jim makes allow the viewer to see them up close without a magnifying glass. This opens up a marvelous world of intricate shapes, structures, and colours that surprise and delight viewers of all ages. Jim is a self-taught photographer and fine art printer. His stunning moth images are produced digitally at all stages. The images are captured directly with high-resolution flatbed scanners, and printed on large format archival pigment-based inkjet printers. Please see: www.moths.ca/galleries.html for his high-resolution images of more than 300 Ottawa moth species.  Auction Image
Virginian Tiger Moth (Spilosoma virginica) - Lac Bonin, Quebec - May 23, 2007 Inkjet print on 100% cotton rag paper 36" X 24" |
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| Tony Fouhse Tony is an Ottawa-based editorial and commercial photographer. He also spends a lot of time and emotion shooting personal projects. These personal projects have been exhibited throughout North America and in Europe as well as being featured in publications such as The New York Times, Esquire (Russia), Newsweek (Japan), LifeLounge (Australia), CV Photo (Canada) and The British Journal of Photography. Tony has been nominated for 3 National Magazine Awards (and won once). In 2010 he was presented with The Karsh Award for Photography. Website: Tonyfoto.com  Auction Image
D.C., Venice Beach, Los Angeles, 2011 Inkjet print on archival paper 16" X 20" |
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| Louis Helbig Originally from Williams Lake, British Columbia, Louis Helbig is an Ottawa-based aerial art photographer. His best known projects are "Beautiful Destruction - Alberta Tar Sands," seen here, and "Sunken Villages" depicting - from the air and through the water - the cultural remains flooded by the St Lawrence Seaway. His style teeters between documentary and abstract; his approach - whatever the subject - is not to editorialize but to provide viewers the space, in their own imaginations, to reflect, imagine and think for themselves. His work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States and Europe and is held in collections worldwide. He has been published in a range of periodicals and publications in North America and Europe. His background includes membership on Canada's national cross country ski team, a degree from the London School of Economics, being a bush pilot, and employment with various government departments, NGOs and educational institutions in the areas of social policy, economic analysis and civil society. He left the civil service in 2006 to establish a photography business and pursue art. He was elected to the Ontario Society of Artists in 2010. To view his work online, please visit : www.louishelbig.com or www.beautifuldestruction.ca  Auction Image
Tar Pond Reflections, N 57.03.15 W 111.38.46, Syncrude Mildred Lake, Alberta, Canada. Inkjet print on archival paper 16" X 24" |
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| John Hewett Hallum An accomplished photographer and educator, John Hewett Hallum has successfully merged photography, art and education. A graduate of U Ottawa, he enjoyed a long career in photography and Visual Art education. He was Head of Visual Arts at Arts Canterbury (Ottawa). In 2008 he joined the teaching staff at SPAO where he created and taught many courses and workshops for the part-time program. He is also a graduate of the SPAO 2008/09 Portfolio Program. Hallum resided in Mexico for 8 years during which time he traveled extensively and gained a profound knowledge of the country and its people He returns to Mexico annually to continue capturing images for ongoing projects which reflect the magic of Mexico, the beauty of the land, and its unique culture. His photographic works have been exhibited Canada and USA and are in private collections in many countries. He currently lives in Ottawa and dividing his time between Canada and Mexico. To view portfolios of his work: www.fotograficas.ca/index.html.  Auction Image
Moment(o), Oaxaca, 18:52:14hr Inkjet print on archival paper 11" X 17" |
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| Leslie Hossack Leslie Hossack is a Canadian photographer who lives in Ottawa; she travels extensively and spends three months every year in Vancouver. Her work has been exhibited in several venues, including the National Press Club and the National Arts Centre. Her photographs have been published in Canadian Camera, The Ottawa Sun, the Toronto Contact Photography Festival catalogue, and Apollo (February 2012). Hossack received the 2010 Ottawa Photography Festival Portfolio Review Award, and the 2011 Applied Arts Award for Architectural Photography and Limited Edition Prints. The Germany Embassy in Ottawa highlighted her photographic studies of Berlin on their website, and she was interviewed about this body of work on CBC Radio. In 2012, she was selected to take part in the Canadian Forces Artist Program, following in a long tradition of national war artists. Currently, Hossack is working on multiyear projects exploring zones of urban transition. Her solo show, VANCOUVER'S VILLAGE 2008-2011, is on exhibition in Vancouver from January to April 2012. In addition, she is conducting an extended examination of the massive site of the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Focusing on the built environment, Hossack's photographs explore two themes: change and continuity, and inclusion and exclusion. Having completed major urban studies in Paris (2009), Berlin (2010), Jerusalem (2011), Vancouver (2008-2011), and London (2010-2012), she will turn to Moscow next. Hossack's work is held in corporate collections in Canada, and in private collections, including that of Ralph Gibson in New York. To view her work online, please visit www.hautevitrine.com and www.lesliehossack.com.  Auction Image
Inside the Fortress Looking West to the Judean Desert, Masada 2011 Archival inkjet print on 100% cotton rag fine art paper 10½" X 7" |
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| Pedro Isztin Choosing subjects from around the world, Isztin's work portrays a sympathetic connection to nature and humanity. His intimate portraits reveal landscapes with "spirit" and "human nature that is, wherever you may find it, by definition universal."* Pedro's photographs reflect the richness of his diverse heritage. Born in 1964 to a Colombian mother and Hungarian father, Isztin lives in Ottawa, Canada. His recent work explores monolithic structures, (in the series Remains), inner life and outer world, (the installation Sami), the subtlety of a human gesture, (Nuance), and studies of land and humankind's influence on nature (in The River, The Glade, and Study of Structure and Form). In 2012, images from Nuance will be included in the Peter Hay Halpert Fine Art New York release of "Identities Now: Contemporary Portrait Photography." The River debuts at Ottawa's Photography Festival X, City Hall Gallery, Fall 2012, and Study of Structure and Form debuts January 2012, Red Wall Gallery, School of Photographic Arts, Ottawa. Pedro has received various awards to support the creation of his projects, including an Ontario Arts Council Award, 2006, and a Canada Council For the Arts: Photography Project Grant, 1999. Isztin's work has been exhibited internationally and featured in photography magazines such as Contact Sheet, #148, 2008, Syracuse, NY, Private, #37, 2007, Italy, and Ottawa's Guerilla, #17, Vol 5, 2008. His work is represented in the permanent collection of the Canada Council Art Bank and The City of Ottawa's Fine Art collection. Visit www.isztinfoto.com to view Pedro's photography.  Auction Image
2. Wakefield, Canada 2007 Chromogenic print from cross-processed negative 11" X 14" |
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| Rob MacInnis Rob MacInnis studied Directing at New York Film Academy before receiving a BFA with a Photography Major from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 2005. He has received a President's Scholarship from the Rhode Island School of Design where he is pursuing a Masters in Fine Art. He was selected for Magenta Publishing's Emerging Photographers 2006, 2007 & 2009 publication, NSCAD's Off The Wall show, ACT's SNAP!08 auction for AIDS research, The Casey House "Art With Heart" auction and a featured exhibition in the Contact Photography Festival 2007, 2008 & 2009. His work has been featured on Fashion TV and has been the subject of a Bravo Documentary Series called "Snapshot". His prints can be found in both private and public collections both domestic and international, such as the Canadian Association of University Teachers, The Nimoy Family Foundation, Citibank, and the Museum of Fine Art, Houston. He has been published in Enroute Magazine, Eye Weekly, The Globe & Mail and The New York Times, and is shown internationally at Art Basel Switzerland, Scope New York, PhotoLA and the Toronto International Art Fair by Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects in Toronto. He has received grants from The Canada Council for the Arts and Arts New Brunswick, and a Presidential Scholarship from the Rhode Island School of Design. He has received Public Art commissions from The Edmonton Arts Council and the City of Medicine Hat. Currently residing in Providence, Rhode Island, he works primarily in photo. To view samples of his work, please visit: www.robmacinnis.com   Auction Images
Rhode Island Archival Inkjet print 57" X 9.805" (Above) Opening Night Archival Inkjet print 36" X 23.287" (Left) |
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| Marie-Jeanne Musiol Marie-Jeanne Musiol records the luminous imprints of biological bodies revealed in electromagnetic fields. She regularly adds specimens of electromagnetized plants to her various energy herbaria set forth in several gallery, museum and outdoor installations in Canada and Europe. In her more recent works, she probes mirror images of the cosmos enfolded in the light corona of plants. The artist explores magnetic fields as carriers of information, emblematic of a holographic universe. In parallel to her electromagnetic experiments, Marie-Jeanne Musiol continues to journey to Auschwitz to question through photography how the site activates memory, with troubling insights into "dark matter" (Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, 2011). ARCPoetry Magazine, CV and Prefix Photo have published portfolios of her recent work. To view her work online, please visit : www.musiol.ca/index-en.php  Auction Image
Bodies of Light no. 842 (Currant), 2010 Electromagnetic capture, digital print 10" X 7.5" | ||
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| Michael Schreier Former Director of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa, Michael Schreier, Professional Artist, Photographer, has dedicated his considerable professional career, from 1972 to the present, to the celebration of both the public and private hero. Recent work includes Concert with the Silent Witness, a collection of both Ottawaand trans-Canada street portraits, celebrating the presence of the anonymous individual. Selected works are represented both in public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Canada, CanadianMuseum of Contemporary Photography, National Archives Photography Collection, the Agnes-EtheringtonArt Centre, Canadian Portrait Gallery, Visual Studies Workshop,( Rochester, New York ), Carleton University Art Gallery, and the University of Ottawa Library Special Collections.  Auction Image
.untitled from the series Disturbances in Reading, A.P. 1/4, 2012 Ink Jet Print, Epson Ultra Smooth Fine Art 11.75" X 15" | ||
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| Michelle Wilson Born in 1982, Michelle Wilson spent most of her formative years in southern Ontario. There, she spent seven years studying art and photography at several post secondary institutions. Currently Wilson lives in Taiwan where she funds her travels and photography by teaching English. Some of her photo-projects are heavily dependent on the outside world; Portraits and landscapes from her travels. Some of her projects, however, are like crawling inward "stay cooped up in my apartment making intricate little worlds, driving my partner mad with my mess and neurosis." Wilson states, "In both modes I'm trying to get at a rare moment of emotional honesty by doing something very artificial, composing a picture. Even in my most 'straight' photographs I manipulate my subjects by putting words or songs in their thoughts or mouths. That is why I've called my website none of it is truth. Everything is filtered through me and yet when it works it feels like I'm getting at something real despite its evident unreality... maybe I'm just responding to what resonates. After all, I think that's something we are all seeking." In Wilson's new works she is making forays into 3 dimensional and installation based works, please check back at www.noneofitistruth.com to follow her progress as it unfolds. Auction Image
Muang Ngoy - One, 2010 Inkjet print on archival paper 16" X 20" | ||
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