Category Archive: Opinion
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The arts? Who needs that?
In the past couple of months there has been discussions in the media about art, artists and the funding that artists receive for their projects. Funding for the arts and culture related projects have been an ongoing debate for a while now but it seems that recently there has been more attention to the subject. [...]
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The photograph as proof
What can a photograph mean and how can a photograph prove certain events? Right now for New Democratic Party (NDP) Deputy Leader Thomas Mulcair, it seems to mean quit a bit. I was surprised to hear yesterday morning on CBC radio that Mulcair was clarifying or defending his statements made Wednesday evening while being interviewed [...]
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Uncle Walter’s Photography
There’s something funny that happened a couple of weeks ago while looking at Edward Burtynsky‘s images of his Railcut series. I’ve seen this series before but this particular image, Railcuts #1, C.N. Track, Skihist Provincial Park, British Columbia, 1985, made me feel like I had seen this image before but in an entirely different way. I [...]
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Save the CMCP
Since posting about the Canadian Museum of Photography (CMCP) and the news about their building being pulled right under them for Public Works Canada to restructure the interior of the museum to make board rooms and office spaces for the “displaced parliamentarians”, things have heated up. To get a full understanding of the situation, you [...]
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The end of iconic images?
What makes an image iconic? Will there be or can there be as many iconic images as there were in the 20th century? These were some questions asked and debated a couple of weeks ago at a rendez-vous put together by Reporters Without Borders of Canada. The panelists included photographers Roger LeMoyne, Jaques Nadeau and [...]
