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Jordan Wiens | Alumni Update

Recent Alumni Jordan Wiens had a great co-op placement at CanvasPop here in Ottawa.  As his co-op drew to a close he was hired on to produce the video above for one of their new products remade.  We will let Jordan tell how the job took shape:

"Having spent three weeks in placement at CanvasPop, I had learned all of the quirks and qualities of working there. It seemed like our relationship would come to an end until Nazim Ahmed (co-owner of CanvasPop and DNA11) was looking for a video guy to produce a fun video for a new product idea. Andrew Szeto (of Maru the Circle Brand) was actually the one that referred me to the job after being asked by Naz, and then the brainstorming began. 

After I heard the concept of the product my brain started buzzing. Remade takes wasted canvas from defects or the end of canvas rolls that don't get used, and turn them into savvy art wallets. Not only do they help their green footprint, but the wallets are produced by local immigrant work charity EcoEquitable and all of the profits go to charity: water. It really ties in with my philosophy of giving back and will hopefully inspire others to do the same."

As everyone in his Multimedia class knows Jordan is quite the director, he definitely lived up to his nickname "Scorsese".

So to see more of his great films check out his site wardenjeans.com, one of our personal favourites Bruyère to Percy. While there check out a project that is close to his heart Giving Back an amazing series of skateboard images.

Convocation 2013

Congratulations to the Photography and all the 2013 Graduates!!

From all of the Staff and Faculty of the Photography Program we wish you all the best in all your future endeavours.

Make sure to keep in touch and let us know how you are doing!!

Natalie Skinner | Student Profile

Student Natalie Skinner's image above has been selected to be in the Exposure Award Exhibition in New York.

The Exposure 2013 show is at the See.Me Gallery in NYC on July 12th, congrats to Natalie on this win.

2013 Info Session

Thanks to all who came out to the 2013 Annual Info Session.  It was great to see so many applicants and their families and friends.

September will be here soon so if any applicant has any questions feel free to send us an email over the summer at machinj@algonquincollege.com.

For those who missed the Info Session make sure to review the program FAQ, we hope you all have a great summer!!

Edward Burtynsky Talk

Tonight we had the pleasure and the privilege of attending the Edward Burtynsky talk at the Museum of Nature on his series Oil.  Tickets were hard to come by and the place was packed.

It was great to hear Burtynsky talk about his process, the stories behind the images and his views on the environment and humanity's affect on it.  We also got a peak into his next still and motion series Water which looks amazing, and of course got a first look at the Ottawa showing of Oil.

Thanks to the Museum Of Nature for putting on a great talk and show.  For those who love photography go see Oil it runs until September 2, 2013. 

Valerie C. Burton | Street Fare

Photographer, author and photo instructor Valerie C. Burton is having a show of mixed media images called Street Fare.

The show is at Guild Galerie 240 downtown in the market.  The vernissage is Thursday, May 30th from 6-9pm, click here for directions.

Edward Burtynsky: Oil Exhibition

Edward Burtynsky, SOCAR Oil Fields #3, Baku, Azerbaijan, 2006

On May 31 one of Canada's greatest photographers, Edward Burtynsky, is coming to the Canadian Museum of Nature to give a talk about his series Oil.  

The talk accompanies the exhibit, Edward Burtynsky: Oil, that will run from May 31 to Sept 2 at the Museum.

All our students know Burtynsky from the History of Photography class so we hope they come out to see these beautiful large scale prints in person.  

Rafael Goldchain | Beautifully Broken

Rafael Goldchain Artist and Photography Program Coordinator at Sheridan College in Toronto has a documentary airing on TVO this Wednesday May 15 at 9PM.  

The documentary is called Beautifully Broken and deals with his,

"Fascination with identity and mortality stems from his Jewish heritage and ancestors who died in the Holocaust.  Understanding the complexity of Jewish identity is something Goldchain hopes to pass on to his son."

Adobe MAX Wrap Up

For all those that missed the Adobe MAX Conference and have a hour and twelve minutes to kill click this link to watch the video wrap up of the conference.

Highlights include new features of your favourite imaging and web software, sneak peaks of new tech coming in the future and a good health dose of Adobe goodness.