It says on one of the front pages 'This book was originally produced to mark the 100th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada's', and on the last page was reprinted 1969. James
The Photographers are listed as (non-alphabetically): (If anyone is interested) Freeman Patterson Jean MacKenzie Gar Lunney John de Visser Valerie May John Mailer Egon Bork Don McPhee Jean Marcotte Bruce Weston Mia and Kluas William Mill George Hunter Don Newlands Jean-Paul Morrisset Chris Bruun Ronald Solomon R. Norwood Malak Peter Varley Dick Nye Robert Bourdeau Bob Brooks Ken Patterson Doug Wilkinson John Bryan Peter Phillips Dunkin Bancroft Ruth A. Buck Janet Porchawka Hans Blohm A. J. Carter Joan Powell Audrey Burnand Ed Cesar John Powell Audrey Crich C. B. Chick Nina Raginsky Mary Ferguson Ken Elliott Asta Riives Richard Fyfe Charles Everest E. A. Rogers Rudi Haas Olive Everest Harry Rowed Tom W. Hall Pierre Gaudard D. W. Schmidt Ted Maginn Russell Gee Michael Semak W. Gillies Ross W. E. Gray Robert N. Smith Jeremy Taylor Richard Harrington Karl Sommerer Jean White Gordon Knight Lionel Stevenson Raloff Beny Paul Lambert Kryn Taconis Marcel Cognac Joan Latchford Ted Tadda Vittorio Fiorucci Julien Lebourdais Peter Tasker Rosmary Gilliat Michael Liu Betty Williamson Helen Hancock Chris Lund. James ----- Original Message ----- From: "herb greenslade" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Pentax User's group" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 2:13 PM Subject: RE: Canadian PDML'rs > Hi > > I just caught this message just as I was joining up. Just some info on the CANADA: Year of the Land > > This book was produced to commerate Canada's Centennial. > > The executive producer was Lorraine Monk, a lady who did more for Canadian photographers to establish them as artists, > was the founder of what is now the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography originally part of the National Film > Board but now part of the National Gallery of Canada > > The art director was Allan Fleming, the first Canadian art director to receive the prestigious New York Art Director's award. He > designed the famous CN logo. > > The photographers were some of Canada's finest landscape and nature photographers, including Freeman Patterson, Mary > Ferguson, John de Visser. > > Originally the book was to be printed in an edition of 100, 000, but it became so popular that in subsequent years, many more > editions were printed. > > The main criticism of the book, was that it didn't portray Canadians. Subsequently two other books were published in 1968, > one in French and one in English, the French one was called (my copy) "Ces visages qui sont un pays" . If I recall correctly, > there were minor difference in each. > > Lorrain Monk produced a third book in 1976, called "Between Friends" the official gift from Canada to the US for their 200th > celebration. Again 25 of our best photographers were commissioned to document the vast border between our two countries. > > Just in case you wanted to know!. > > herb > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
