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Citizen Subjects: photography, race and belonging in Canada

Citizen Subjects: photography, race and belonging in Canada

by Gabby | Sep 16, 2017 | Photography, Research

When Canada’s first citizenship laws came into effect in 1947, photography had already been representing this mode of belonging in the country for more than 50 years. Citizen Subjects: photography, race and belonging in Canada explores this unique context that allowed...
Picturing Canadian citizenship in the Black Star Collection

Picturing Canadian citizenship in the Black Star Collection

by Gabby | Aug 8, 2016 | Photography, Research

Throughout the month of June, I had the pleasure of working in the Black Star agency’s collection at the Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) through their Elaine Ling Fellowship. During that time, I looked through more than 3,300 photographs in the collection, as part of...
Family photography in “The Clarion” newspaper (1946-56)

Family photography in “The Clarion” newspaper (1946-56)

by Gabby | Aug 3, 2016 | Photography, Research, Writing

I’ve been increasingly trying to find ways to share parts of my academic research in progress, in part to try to demystify work in photographic archives, in part to keep myself accountable to typing up and beginning to analyze the research I’m doing as I...
Essay in Prefix Photo: Chromophobia–Race, Colour and Visual Pleasure in Richard Mosse’s “The Enclave”

Essay in Prefix Photo: Chromophobia–Race, Colour and Visual Pleasure in Richard Mosse’s “The Enclave”

by Gabby | Nov 17, 2015 | Photography

After many months of research—spent either slack-jawed in awe or infuriated over catalogue essays, image captions and formulaic exhibition reviews—and writing and editing, my first effort at unpacking Richard Mosse’s photographic work in the Democratic Republic...
How to Write a Review of Richard Mosse’s “The Enclave”

How to Write a Review of Richard Mosse’s “The Enclave”

by Gabby | Jul 15, 2015 | Photography, Reviews

I’ve been working on an essay about Richard Mosse’s The Enclave (2013) for the past few months, reading every review, interview and essay I can get my hands on. And, in a way I have never before experienced when researching a contemporary artwork, there is...

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