Under Vancouver 1972-1982
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (742 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1926856104 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 196 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-25 |
| Language | : | English |
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The photographs in Under Vancouver 1972–1982 were made before Girard began earning a living as a magazine photographer, later establishing a formal practice as an artist. Under Vancouver 1972–1982 is the first comprehensive collection of Girard’s early photographs of Vancouver. Pawn-shop windows downtown displayed outboard motors, chainsaws and fishing gear. They reveal an early interest in the hidden and the overlooked, the use of color film at night, and the extended photographic inquiry of a specific place, all of which became signature features of later books such as City of Darkness and City of Darkness Revisited (about the infamous Kowloon Walled City), Phantom Shanghai and Hanoi Calling. At that time, long before post-9/11 security concerns sealed off the working waterfront from the city, many of Vancouver’s downtown and east side streets ended at the waterfront, an area filled with commercial fishing docks, cargo terminals, and bars and cafes for waterfront workers and sailors. Made in and of the moment, a young photographer’s earliest engagements (often featuring the underside of the city), the picture
His work examines the social and physical transformations taking place throughout the region. He lives in Vancouver.. Greg Girard is a photographer who has spent much of his career in Asia
He lives in Vancouver.. About the AuthorGreg Girard is a photographer who has spent much of his career in Asia. His work examines the social and physical transformations taking place throughout the region