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Barbara literally dives into her work, the pool, to photograph images suspended in water, models magically moving in poetry in the clear atmosphere of H2O. Cole has been able to mix fashion and fine art to become a true maverick in her artistic approach, making her work both highly collectable and respected. Her work back on dry land is equally evocative.

Fred Herzog was born in Stuttgart Germany but is a Vancouver treasure. As a young man with no photographic skills, he arrived in Vancouver in 1952 and after picking up a camera he started documenting the city he came to love and call home. He captured the city and its life in startling historical detail. His work today is highly collectable and commands international attention. And he still wanders the city with his beloved camera looking to freeze...

From Oakville, but with a passion for action and travel, Lana's work includes stunning portraits of Afghanistan women. She arrived in Kabul on assignment expecting to stay a month, instead she stayed on for one year. She now lives in India where she continues to explore human nature through her lens. For Snapshot, Slezic will shoot on assignment in New Delhi for Maclean's Magazine and Canadian Geographic.

In this program, committed, creative and tireless artists and researchers will tell us about Mexico today and its challenges in the turbulent and complicated landscape of the 21st century.

Since the Civil War, portrait and snapshot photography have provided a visual history of life-and transformed society. This program explores how professional and amateur photographers capture the essence of people while considering the intensely personal nature of portraits and snapshots, their use as means of self-exploration and cultural narrative, and concerns involving their commodification and decontextualization. Commentary is provided by photographers...

Maya, the flower girl, describes a Mexican American wedding through snapshots of the day's events, beginning with the procession to the altar and ending with her sleeping after the dance.

Snapshots capture everyday occasions. Taken by amateur photographers with simple point-and-shoot cameras, snapshots often commemorate something that is private and personal; yet they also reflect widely held cultural conventions. In this book, Catherine Zuromskis examines the development of a form of visual expression that is both public and private. "Through a series of case studies, Zuromskis explores the social life of snapshot photography in...

In this fictionalized memoir of Laredo, Texas, canícula represents a time between childhood and a yet unknown adulthood.