WINTER 2024/2025
THE COLOUR ISSUE
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A RAINBOW OF RESOURCES by Meredith Poirier
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PORTFOLIO Featuring: Amanda Devison, Manfred Mueller, Stephane Alexis, Daphne Faye Boxill, Eva Kolcze, Monica Rooney, Paul Gravett, Trina Turl, Vanessa Pejovic, David Dorrance, Ryan Puchalski, Marie-Louise Moutafchieva, and Tessy Morelli
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PATRICIA PARSONS: PERCEPTIONS OF COLOUR An interview by Rita Godlevskis
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THE GALLERY Submissions by our readers
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“A WHOLE STRING OF PEARLS” THE HAND-TINTED LANTERN SLIDES OF MARY SCHÄFFER WARREN by Mina Markovic
10 SCARBOROUGH MADE: CULTURE IN COLOUR by Sid Naidu 13
FINN O’HARA: CONDUITS IN COLOUR In conversation with Craig D’Arville
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MICHAEL SELESKI: AFTER ALL
20 THE COLOURISTS: PEPPA MARTIN REFLECTS ON THE ART OF LESLIE HOSSACK AND PETER OWUSU-ANSAH 26
BRIANNA ROYE + WANNA THOMPSON PORTRAITS OF MAS: FOR SHE/FOR HE/FOR THEM by Corinna vanGerwen
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EDITOR’S NOTE
COLOUR MAXIMALISM INSPIRES ME TO NO END.
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MY EYES AWAKEN WHEN I SEE a building in my grey city where an architect has had permission to splash colour into their design; I feel hope when a brightly coloured wildflower pops through a crack in the sidewalk; and I am energized by the work of artists who wholeheartedly embrace colour such as Iris Apfel, Frida Kahlo, Yayoi Kusama, David LaChapelle, and Sarindar Dhaliwal, just to name a few.
“Color is a power which directly influences the soul.” — Wassily Kandinsky
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Colours can be used to direct our navigation (red stop signs), signify a social issue (Orange Shirt Day), or signal corporate brand awareness (McDonald’s yellow), directing our attention, consumer choices, and emotional responses. The artists in this edition work with colour to guide viewers’ gazes and analyses in new directions. Leslie Hossack and Peter OwusuAnsah are artists who have quite literally zoomed in as close as one can get to analyze single pixel colours to explore the emotional impacts of chroma combinations. Michael Seleski’s fashion work was inspired by the idea of light travelling through the colours in pride flags. Meanwhile, Patricia Parsons works to make images to describe how a person with achromatopsia (a form of colour blindness) may see the world.
Looking ahead, our 2025 season will take a fresh direction, with unique themes that will push our ideas about photography into daring new territories. This Spring, we’ll be showcasing work by photographers on the theme of MELD, photography as a creative blender. What passions does your photography meld? A physical combination of sculpture and images, or a blend of sources such as AI and dioramas? Readers can expect these possibilities and more! The later half of 2025 will consider MEMORY, photographs that look backwards to move us forward, and MOVEMENT, community, momentum, and motion. If your work resonates with these ideas, find out more about making a submission on our website. Follow us on Instagram, Patreon, and Facebook, and sign up for our e-newsletter to keep up with all of our adventures!
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Rita Godlevskis /rita@photoed.ca Ruth Alves Craig D’Arville Djenabé Edouard Mina Markovic Peppa Martin Sid Naidu Meredith Poirier Corinna vanGerwen Deborah Cooper Marie Louise Moutafchieva From the Standing Rock series, “On the Heavens,” by Finn O’Hara
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A FEW RESOURCES TO EXPAND YOUR COLOUR PALETTE BY MEREDITH POIRIER
COLOR PALETTE CINEMA JOEL MEYEROWITZ: A QUESTION OF COLOR By Joel Meyerowitz
Colour photography is a given in 2024. When we see black and white photos, we may assume that the photographer is trying to make an artistic statement. It wasn’t that long ago though that colour photography was quite rare and in some communities seen as an amateur endeavour. A Question of Color works through a timeline of colour photography in photographer Joel Meyerowitz’s life. Meyerowitz took on a project that seemed strange at the time. He carried around two cameras and took (essentially) the same exact photographs, but one was with colour film and the other with black and white. The results are moving and incredible. They make the viewer think critically about the difference between colour and black and white. Is one better than the other? Do they convey different messages? This book shares many amazing photographs, side-by-side and back-to-back, allowing the reader to compare and question what we associate with colour.
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Movies that stand out for their use of colour such as La La Land (Crave), Barbie (Crave), and The Grand Budapest Hotel (Disney+) are always fun, but if you’re interested in diving a little deeper, check out the Instagram account, @colorpalette.cinema This Instagram page shares colour palettes relating to specific stills, scenes, and videos from the big and small screen. This account will surely stop your scroll and perhaps inspire you to break down the palettes in your own frames.
THE SECRET LIVES OF COLOR By Kassia St. Clair
A love letter to colour, Kassia St. Clair’s book looks into the science behind how we see colour. This book is beautifully crafted, with an in-depth preface on the science, language, politics, and histories behind colour, diving deep into families of colours. Each new colour family section starts with a two-page spread of lovely hues. Each colour’s history and culture is discussed in depth. Flip through this picturesque and informative book and learn some neat facts about your favourite colour.
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SCARBOROUGH MADE: CULTURE IN COLOUR BY SID NAIDU
SCARBOROUGH MADE (SM) IS A SOCIAL IMPACT ORGANIZATION that champions documentary storytelling through photography and filmmaking in Toronto’s East. Co-founded by Alex Narvaez and Sid Naidu in 2019, the collective aims to shift how underserved communities are portrayed in the media and support BIPOC youth artists in pursuing careers in the creative industries.
When we started SM, we saw a lack of positive media representation for the community we grew up in. We wanted to innovate and create change through lens-based storytelling in and for our neighbourhood. Our work has brought documentary stories, public art, and creative youth mentorships to Toronto’s East. The community’s response has proved that this arts intervention was long overdue. TOP: Masquerader Caneisha Edwards from Tribal Carnival Mas Band in her costume ready to compete in the female individual category for the Toronto Caribbean Carnival King & Queen Showcase. INSET: SM founders Sid Naidu + Alex Narvaez. 10 photoED
Our productions begin by meeting local people and exploring places to find the stories that need to be told. SM youth artists Huma Hamid and Junior Repancol went behind the scenes of the Toronto Caribbean Carnival celebrations. Anyone who has witnessed carnival knows that it is an event best seen in colour, which is why we shifted from our signature black and white aesthetic to tell this particular story in full colour.
LEFT: Junior King pageant winner Amari Bowen-Atchere from Tribal Carnival at the Toronto Caribbean Carnival’s Junior Carnival parade. Photo by Huma Hamid. ABOVE INSET: SM youth artist Huma Hamid at the Junior Carnival. Photo by Ziyaad Haniff.
“Anyone who has witnessed carnival knows that it is an event best seen in colour, which is why we shifted from our signature black and white aesthetic to tell this particular story in full colour.” FAR RIGHT: Portrait of Forest Creek Steel Orchestra’s band leader at the Toronto Caribbean Carnival’s Junior Carnival parade. Photo by Junior Repancol. RIGHT INSET: SM youth artist Junior Repancol. Photo by Ziyaad Haniff.
Scarborough is a special gathering place for the Caribbean community. Young masqueraders participate in the Junior Carnival parade in Malvern, which later gives way to the larger event in central Toronto. Huma took the opportunity to document the festivities while also taking part in the event for the first time. She says, “I’ve never been a part of this event before, but experiencing the culture and seeing all the beautiful costumes and colours made me want to continue going back every year.” The impact of SM programming has always been about connecting both cultures and communities. Huma reflects on this and shares, “I felt there were a lot of similarities that I found with my own culture being South Asian from Pakistan, like the colourful costumes, the handcrafted elements and music. It was nice to see how we’re all a little different but not too different.”
It was also Huma’s first time documenting a live event where she learned how to work with the SM team in the field. “Things were constantly moving with the parade, so I had to keep moving to find the best angles for pictures and make decisions on the fly while trying to capture different stories; it was a great learning experience,” she states. Through SM, Huma received mentorship and guidance on how to document a large public event. Based on this experience, she’s now interested in working as an event photographer for more live celebrations. Junior was part of the same cohort as Huma and worked to document the steelpan bands. Junior first saw SM at the local Nuit Blanche festival, where he was drawn to our work through a public installation. Junior shares the change he has seen through SM: “I’m seeing art around Scarborough, where previously there was nothing. I feel that SM has been pushing for it to be a regular thing here, and I think that’s beautiful.” photoED 11
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LEFT: Chamaenerion augustifolium. 1896, 1905, n.d. Mary Schaffer fonds (V527 / PS 1 – 550) Archives and Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies. RIGHT: Fortress Lake at Head of Athabasca R[iver]. [1907]. Mary Schaffer fonds (V527 / PS 1 – 24) Archives and Library, Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies.
“A Whole String of Pearls” THE HAND-TINTED LANTERN SLIDES OF MARY SCHÄFFER WARREN BY MINA MARKOVIC
FORTRESS LAKE GLITTERS in the setting sun, hues of orange, blue, and dusky grey producing a quintessentially sublime Canadian Rocky Mountain scene. Whether these colours reflect the originals in the landscape is known only to the photographer, Mary Schäffer Warren (1861–1939).
Mary achieved an extraordinary amount of autonomy during a time when North American middle- to upper-class women were confined to the domestic sphere. Encouraged to pursue an education from a young age, Pennsylvania-born Mary seized the opportunity for adventure when she and her first husband Dr. Charles Schäffer began taking trips to the Canadian Rockies. Mary assisted her husband in his botanical research by pressing, sketching, and painting wildflowers. Widowed and grieving in 1903, Mary reinvented herself as a photographer, writer, naturalist, skilled mountaineer, and surveyor.
of Indigenous and non-Indigenous women and men, she became the first non-Indigenous person to explore Chaba Imne (colonially named Maligne Lake), which she described as “a whole string of pearls.” In later years, Mary travelled through present-day Banff and Jasper national parks, making her one of the first non-Indigenous women to do so. On her trips, she produced lantern slides—positive transparencies on glass—of landscapes, botanical species, travel companions, and communities encountered on her journeys. Perhaps realizing colour was integral to authentically capturing her surroundings, Mary hand-tinted her lantern slides. Tinting slides with watercolours or thinned oil paint was one of the few means of creating colour photographs in the early twentieth century. Mary’s vividly tinted slides are now part of the colonial visual narrative of the Canadian Rockies as a land of promise and beauty, beckoning tourists and new settlers alike.
Mary returned to the Canadian Rockies to survey the land and, by 1912, had settled in Canada permanently. Assisted by a team This feature was produced with the support of the Photographic Historical Society of Canada. www.phsc.ca 58 photoED
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