Awards for BEST COMPUTER ALTERED FINE ART PHOTOGRAPHY and HONOURABLE MENTION in EXHIBITION (of 330 artists)!!! I first started showing rephotography work at Toronto art fairs a year ago at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. So I was really looking forward to this year’s art fair. The 2012 Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition last weekend was outstanding! Thanks to [...]
At the Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival
Toronto Transformed Rephotography @ Akasha Art Projects Not only are Sonja and Kelly of Akasha Art Projects experts in framing and installations, Akasha Art Projects have a great gallery space on Church just north of Wellesley. Akasha has been doing all of my framing for over a year and when they suggested that the Toronto [...]
Not Your Typical Rephotography!
Then and Now Rephotography on Queen Street West For a few years during and after university, I lived and worked in and near the Queen Street West area. The Beverly, The Black Bull, Nick’s Diner and the 24 hour donut shop and Queen and John were mainstays of my time in that neighbourhood. Being part [...]
Toronto Transformed at the Convention Centre
The Toronto Art Expo The Art Expo has been at the Convention Centre for around ten years and with its downtown location, we thought it would be a nice complement to the Artist Project. We also took the opportunity to experiment with a larger booth space and were able to display almost as much [...]
The Question Everyone Asks – How I Used Archive Images
“How do you use Archive Images?” I wish I had a nickel (ok, a dollar) for every time I’ve been asked that question. What I do is first wade through tens of thousands of archive images looking for the ones that speak to me in some way. This is the most important step as there [...]
The Artist Project Experience
Toronto Transformed at Exhibition Place Several artists at the Toronto Outdoor Art Fair recommended the Artist Project as a great venue for emerging artists. So after surviving the summer TOAE show, the Artist Project at Exhibition Place was the one to apply for. We were ecstatic with the location – right in the first [...]
7 Toronto Art Shows You Must See
Having frequented most if not all of the local art fairs, we have our favourites in the following order. There is no single best show, but each of these juried art shows has their strong points. Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition (TOAE) (www.torontooutdoorart.org) this is the big one, currently 300 exhibitors and anticipated will return to [...]
14 Amazing Rephotography Websites
My Top Rephotography Websites With what I would call traditional rephotography of the “then and now” variety (with a couple of exceptions) these fourteen websites are representative of the art. In some of the websites, photographer archivists show they really care about their cities and their histories. A good description of Rephotography http://friscocityrephotography.blogspot.ca/p/rephotography.html Stunning black [...]
How Did We Ever Fill Twist Gallery’s 5,000′ Space?
Twist Gallery December 2011 Susan and I had been to Twist Gallery a few months ago and remembered that it was such a great Queen Street space. When an opportunity to exhibit there came up we both realized it would be a fantastic place to exhibit some of the new pieces I had been [...]
How Do Toronto Moments In Time use Archive Images?
I am a self-taught photographer. Though I have had a camera ever since I was a teenager, it was only in the last couple of years that I decided I wanted to create a meaningful project and put some work uising archive images on display. I thought if I was going to do that, I [...]
First Time at the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition
It was absurd to think with zero experience with art shows or producing and selling art that I would have a display at the city’s, if not the country’s, best outdoor art fair, the Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition. Having applied a few months ago on a whim, when I was accepted, I thought what have [...]
Rephotography. What is it?
Rephotography is the act of retaking an image of an archived photo and merging them together in some way. (Kops Records pictured above) Whether it’s been used for social or historical research, or art or personal aesthetics, there’s no arguing that Rephotography is a poignant and effective way of conveying time lapse visually. Technique may [...]
