Jennifer Toole
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Viola Gardens.
I had the pleasure of shooting this stellar, permaculture, drought-tolerant, landscape design by Viola Gardens at a Malibu Beach residence today. Viola introduced me to the design philosophy that is permaculture and I’m hooked. The most poetic permaculture lesson I learned was to keep a focus on the edges of things, as it is often in…
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Magenta Foundation: Flash Forward Incubator Program
The Magenta Foundation’s Flash Forward Incubator Program takes high school art students and guides them through the process of creating a work to be exhibited and sold. This year the students completed photographic self-portraits with multimedia components in the theme of ‘Inside & Outside.’ It was such a pleasure to be a part of the…
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NUDE: Subject vs. Object
Adam & Eve committed the original sin when they ate from the tree of knowledge. Their first action after acquiring knowledge was to fashion clothing to cover up with. Until knowledge we were naked. Why with knowledge did we cover up? The fact brings new truth to the old saying, “Ignorance is bliss.” Was it…
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Meghan Lindsay.
In the midst of her busy performance schedule playing Amour in Opera Atelier’s production of Gluck’s “Orpheus & Eurydice” at The Elgin Theatre, revered soprano Meghan Lindsay and I managed to carve out some time for a portrait session. We captured Meghan’s strength, her provocative beauty, her capacity for dramaturge, and a particular “je ne sais…
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Peggy Kriha Dye II.
I had the pleasure to shoot revered soprano and director of Opera Columbus, Peggy Kriha Dye, last month during her run at the Elgin Theatre in Toronto as Eurydice in Opera Atelier’s performance of Orpheus & Eurydice. This was our second time shooting together, the first being our shoot in the gardens of Versailles last…
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Jimmy Limit: Surplus @ Clint Roenisch Gallery
‘Surplus’ by Jimmy Limit opened with a bang last night at the Clint Roenisch Gallery as part of Toronto’s Contact Photography Festival. Limit’s installations are compositions intended to be photographed including items like coins for scale, perfect 2×3 framing ratios with sizing and colour cards in place. The installations are presented alongside photos of the installations in…
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NUDE: Object vs. Subject
Join me at The Museum this weekend for my talk on the female nude and its place in the public spaces of art, advertising, and porn. The talk is part of the Naked Dialogues in conjunction with ‘Getting Naked,’ a new exhibit of previously unseen Canadian nudes. More info at THEMUSEUM and on Facebook.
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Springtime in Toronto.
After Basquiat.
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Eli Langer & Jennifer Murphy: Caravansary of Joy @ Clint Roenisch Gallery
Caravansary of Joy by artists Eli Langer & Jennifer Murphy opened last night at the Clint Roenisch Gallery. With the Spring equinox in full swing alongside a solar eclipse and a waxing supermoon on the rise the vibe was ripe for an incredible night. And that it was. Just take a peek at all the beautiful people…
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