Books tagged: Photography & Photographs
A Love Letter to Africville
By Amanda Carvery-Taylor
A Love Letter to Africville is a dazzling compilation of personal stories and photos from former residents of Africville. Much has been written about the struggles of the Africville community, who have been hurt, discriminated against and dispossessed for so long — but Africville ... Read more
A Portrait of Canada’s Parliament
By William McElligott
Edited by Lyette Fortin
Foreword by Adrienne Clarkson
A stunning visual exploration of Canada’s most recognized building accompanied by a comprehensive study of its history, in a coffee-table worthy volume.
The Centre Block, the iconic parliament building that has come to be Canada’s foremost representation, was closed in ... Read more
Cup of Coffee
Foreword by Wendel Clark
By Lance Hornby
A full-colour compendium of Toronto’s “Brief Leafs”
Over the past 100 years, close to 1,000 players have suited up for at least one game with the legendary Toronto Maple Leafs, and more than 250 did in the most turbulent era in club history, 1978–1999. In that time ... Read more
Cyclists
By (photographer) Lincoln Clarkes
An exquisite collection of candid photographs, Cyclists is a selection of 150 men and women riding bicycles through the Toronto streets in 2011 and 2012. The street-style fashion portraits document ecological travel as much as the beauty of youth and the vigour of self-propelled ... Read more
Eight Track
By Oana Avasilichioaei
Poet and intermedia artist Oana Avasilichioaei’s Eight Track is a transliterary exploration of traces. Sound recordings, surveillance cameras, desert geoglyphs, drone operators, refugee interviews, animal imprints, and audio signals manifest moments of inspired wonder, systems ... Read more
Lost in Newfoundland
By Michael Winsor
Lost in Newfoundland is an artistic compendium of Newfoundland’s visual wonders—its seascapes, landscapes, cityscapes, and natural inhabitants. This is a fine-art homage to an island where, as Michael Winsor himself suggests, “Every cove, inlet, tickle, island, bay, peninsula, ... Read more
Northern Exposures
By Tom Thompson
In Northern Exposures we have attempted to represent the sentiment of life in this "true north strong and free. " These photographs will take you on a journey to where there are no boundaries. Place yourself into the gleaming sunset, frosty twilight, onto the graceful dance ... Read more
Pots and Other Living Beings
By annie ross
Pots and Other Living Beings is a literally and visually compelling first poetry collection by upcoming Indigenous artist annie ross. The text combines socially conscious poems with geographically grounded photographs, each describing an aspect of living in the postmodern, neoliberal ... Read more