Much of our fall editorial program considers the environment and how its overlapping histories inform contemporary social and cultural contexts. Through conversations about the evolution of monster plants, equity in the outdoors, and the aesthetics of food and fat, these works explore the myriad of ways that we can still advocate for ourselves and the natural world.
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Originally written in response to Angeline Simon’s exhibition at the Helen Christou Gallery. A longer version can be found on the University of Lethbridge website.
Photographer and mental health professional, Faisa Omer, welcomes Timiro Mohamed into her apartment and studio to share how she uses photography to tell socio-political stories, amplify voices in her community, and increase visibility of Muslim women in modest fashion.
Saelan Twerdy discusses the practice of Montreal-based photographer Jessica Eaton and the influence of Swedish artist and mystic Hilma af Klint on this new body of work.
Jeff Bierk is a Toronto-based photographer and visual artist whose documentation of his closeknit group of friends has garnered national and international media attention (and consternation).
Kyler Zeleny’s “Found Polaroids” (2011– ongoing) is a project that began with the collection of a few Polaroids at various flea markets in Canada.
Philippe Deneault: What have been your most recent projects, or what have you been currently working on?
Traffic sounds like the heartbeat of a city—the hum of an engine, the clicking of pedestrian crosswalks.
Wendy Red Star and I have only met once in real life.
I came to know Wendy Red Star initially through her social media presence. Her Instagram feed is a collection of historical photographs of Crow life, documentation of her process with materials from Crow and powwow culture (elk teeth, Pendleton blankets, family beadwork), #forestbath walks she takes with her small dog Jasper in Oregon backcountry, documentation of her dresses, prints and photographs in museums and performances sometimes accompanied by her daughter, Beatrice.