Michael Love – The Long Wait
© Michael Love
Michael Love is a Montreal based photographer. Allot of his works portrays a kind of sarcastic tone to them, funny yet odd. He seems to be drawn into awkward lonely places and he photographs them leaving the viewer with sense of loneliness.
Love’s work is currently up in the vitrines of the FOFA gallery. Long Wait; Canada’s NATO force in Germany, is a series of abandoned buildings, hangers and airplanes. “…decommissioned Canadian Forces bases in Germany in their current states of use and decay.” That sense of loneliness really rings true here. These still somewhat functional buildings are left to the weather and the land to consume them, taking up space and visually disturbing the land. Some of the images look plastic, like maquettes even – Very surreal.
And while at the FOFA gallery, take the time to visit the exhibit Preoccupations: Photographic Explorations of the Grey Nuns Mother House. Exhibiting is an impressive list of photographers, they’ve created a really interesting and evocative portrait of the house of the Grey nuns. This is a one of a kind show, the images commissioned for the exhibit are no where to be found on the web – yet. (With the exception of two images! Chih-Chien Wang, below, and Thomas Kneubühler.)
© Chih-Chien Wang
Preoccupations: Photographic Explorations of the Grey Nuns Mother House.
Works by twelve Fine Arts photography alumni and retired faculty, commissioned by curator Martha Langford, are featured in this exhibition exploring the creative possibilities of the Grey Nuns Mother House as the future home of the Faculty of Fine Arts.
About Aislinn
Aislinn Leggett is a Montreal-based photographer. You can learn more about her work on her website and on her personal blog. You can also follow her Twitter @aislinnleggett and on Facebook.
