Atlantic Canada: the Cradle of Photography in Canada with Jeff Ward
This presentation will cover the first 25 years of photography [1839-1864] in the Atlantic Region (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador) and will include nationally significant events which happened in the region at this time. It will also discuss the types of photography being undertaken (covering the gamut from sun prints to albumin based emulsions), as well as some of the personalities involved. Imagery shown includes examples of work from my own collection and from public institutions across the region, as well as from Ottawa and Washington; known portraits of photographers of the period; as well as advertisements. The presention aims to provide a balance of material from all four provinces.
About Jeff Ward:
Jeff is an amateur historian and retired professional planner. Since 2015 he has focused his research on identifying and documenting the photographers who were active in the four Atlantic Provinces in the first 100 years of photography - 1839 to 1939 - in an adventure he calls The Early Light Project. He has been sharing the fruits of his research through The Early Light Project's Facebook page, and earlier this year (2024) he completed a series of 100 weekly postings on the history of photography in Atlantic Canada, with each posting discussing another year in sequence. He also publishes regularly in Photographic Canadiana, the journal of the Photographic Historical Society of Canada. Born in New Brunswick, and widely travelled throughout the Atlantic region, he has made Halifax his home for more than 40 years.
This Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia webinar is part of the Fred & Edie Greene Speaker Series.
Photographic Guild of Nova Scotia
