Portfolio > Photography, 1978 - 1980

When I look back at my undergraduate work in photography, I see that my visual orientation hasn’t changed much.

Cameras in those days were a struggle for me. I could manage only a few of the variables. I carried a tripod and a grey card wherever I went. A student had to be frugal when shooting film. I spent hours in the darkroom, only able to print the negatives that had a useful tonal range. The images couldn’t be enlarged without getting grainy, and they couldn’t compete with the colour and scale of painting. Although I loved the notational process of photography, I didn’t feel like my images would ever look much different than anyone else’s. That seemed to matter then (I don’t care about that so much now). But back then it felt like I was going to have to choose painting if things were going to move forward.

All square formats were taken with a Mamiya C220 twin lens reflex. Rectangular formats were taken with a Minolta Hi-Matic 7 fixed lens rangefinder.

Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
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Sackville, New Brunswick, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
53"x120"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Amhearst, NS, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Amherst, NS, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, New Brunswick, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Sackville, 1979
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1979
Marion, Sackville, NB, 1980.
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1980
Peter, Sackville, NB. 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5" x 3.5"
1980
Janis, Sackville, NB. 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5" x 3.5"
1980
Alison, Lucy, Sackville, NB, 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5" x 3.5"
1980
Su, Jo, Sackville NB, 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5" x 3.5"
1980
Thaddeus, Sackville, NB, 1980
gelatin silver print
5.5 x 5.5"
1980
Lianne, Tea Hill, PEI, 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5" x 3.5"
1980
Dad, Tea Hill, Prince Edward Island, 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5" x 3.5"
1980
Tony, 123 Bellwoods Ave, Toronto, Ontario, 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5" x 3.5"
1980
Anne, Sackville, NB. 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5" x 3.5"
1980
Laurie Woods, Sackville NB, 1980
gelatin silver print
3.5 x 3.5
1980
Amherst, NS, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Amherst, NS, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1979
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1978-79
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1979
Ottawa, 1978
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1978
Ottawa, 1978
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1978
Fine Arts Department, Université d'Ottawa
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1978
Montreal, 1978
gelatin silver print
1978
Store window, Ottawa
silver print
5"x 8"
1978
Farm near Ottawa, 1978
gelatin silver print
5"x 8"
1978