William Notman Biography and Story on Photography.ca

from the McCord Museum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Extracted from photography ca. Link here.

"William Notman, b. 1826; d. 1891 Born in Scotland, William Notman immigrated to Canada in 1856 and soon after his arrival established himself as a photographer in Montréal. Notman's business thrived and he became the most important photographer in Canada. His fame as a portrait photographer drew the Montréal elite, prominent visitors to the city, and ordinary citizens to his studio. Although the major portion of his work was devoted to portraits, he also did landscapes, street scenes, and city views across Canada. Over the years the business expanded to include two studios in both Montréal and Boston with one studio in Toronto, Ottawa, St. John and Halifax as well as several in New England. After William Notman's death in 1891 the family business was passed on to two of his sons, William McFarlane Notman and Charles F. Notman. The Montréal business was sold by Charles F. Notman in 1935 to Associated Screen News. (from: McGill University Archives, Montreal)"

I recently came upon the website, photography.ca, where I found the above picture and biography of William Notman.

Before I go any further I was impressed by the site, and will most certainly make a practice of returning to it to check its contents. The article on Notman provides an excellent insight into his life.

Please click here to be taken to photography.ca.

Richard Harrington, Arctic photographer's life and death

Richard Harrington 1911-2005

Please click here to read Richard Harrington's obituary in the Toronto Star.


Picture from the Harrington Collection in the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Click here.

Tina Picard shoots and scores

Tina Picard


Tina Picard is radidly making her presence known in the Canadian Visual Arts scene.
Tina is an Ottawa based photographer, who specializes in fashion, portrait, family and wedding photography. Then when she has some free time she turns her lens loose and connects with some great photo landscape works as well.

Tina writes:
The haunted houses

I took the four first photos near Bathurst, New Brunswick. The house that we see in the pictures has been abandonned for a while, and the weather outside seemed to be perfect for a spooky-dark photo shoot. I went there with my friend Jimmy who served as a model at the same time. Another picture of this series was taken at another location, it was at another abandoned house in Madawaska, Maine. That house wasn't that old, and it was actually surprising to see that it was abandoned since it was a huge house and people that lived there must have had a lot of money. The last set of pictures were taken at an abandoned house in Ste-Anne-de-Madawaska, New Brunswick. I absolutely love those kind of photo shoots, and try to work on some whenever I have free time. Here are a few pictures I got from those three photo shoots:

Look for the other pictures in this set to appear from time to time on the blog, or if you are eager click here to be taken to her blog where they can be found.

The Beauty of Newfoundland, from Rolf Hicker's Canadian Album

Rolf was born in Freising in Southern Bavaria, Germany and has been passionate about photography since his childhood. He became a full time professional photographer once he turned 18. Don't miss to visit rolf's german website: Rolf's Tier- und Naturfotografie.

He travels the world over photographing in remote locations where he captures dramatic impressions of nature, breathtaking scenery, and sensational animal pictures. He is frequently commissioned by governments seeking to increase travel and interest in their countries and has filmed and photographed in North America, South America, Galapagos, Africa, Europe, New Zealand and Asia.

He specializes in North America and has spent more than seven years following the seasons capturing images in Canada, Alaska, and in the USA before moving to British Columbia, Canada




"I'se the b'y that builds the boat
And I'se the b'y that sails her
I's the b'y that catches the fish,
And takes them home to Lizer.

Hip your partner Sally Tibbo
Hip your partner Sally Brown
Fogo, Twillingate, Morton's Harbour,
All around the circle."

"Newfoundland Folk Song, I'se the B'y"

Thanks to Rolf Hicker for this beautiful photograph from near Twillingate, Newfoundland. Please click here to see Rolf's collection of Canadian works.

Is Photography Art?

Larry King poses this question to Yousuf Karsh.
Click this link to see Karsh's 23 second response.