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!!

Michael Graeme Ross & Rémi Thériault | Relocation

Image By Michael Graeme Ross & Rémi Thériault

Alumni Michael Graeme Ross and Rémi Thériault are having a show at the Council for the Arts.

The show is called Relocation and depicts fictional narratives set in the Ottawa urban landscape:

"We have re-interpreted the factually realities of why these people now inhabit this particular city using carefully selected locations, situational ambiguity and natural light to create a series of narrative portraits. This involved the use of Ottawans, props and large-format film cameras to produce the high-detail images."

The show runs from May 17 - June 7 the opening reception is on May 17 from 5PM to 8PM.

Location: Council for the Arts - 2 Daly Ave. Ottawa, ON

Flash Forward 2013

Magenta Publishing For The Arts has announced the winners of the Flash Forward - Emerging Photographers contest.

One of the Canadian winners is none other than Alumni Genevieve Thauvette.  Congrats to her on the win!!! Thanks to Professor Andrew Balfour for forwarding us this link.

For those that do not know about the Magenta its mission statement:

"The Magenta Foundation is a charitable arts publishing house, the first of its kind in Canada. It fills the very specific niche of establishing a place for Canadian artists in the international arts community, and it provides a vehicle for galleries to join forces and promote the work of Canadian artists internationally through the publication of books and exhibitions. Magenta will bring the photographic community together and work in tandem with key players to help bring increased recognition to Canadians through U.S. and international representation. Magenta intends to set the standard for community collaboration and partner with other organizations to create the domestic and international presence Canadians need to succeed."

The Emerging Photographers contest has been held for the last nine years, and has produced nine publications on Canadian and International photo artists, very cool!!

Kayla Hannaford | Alumni Update

Recent Alumni Kayla Hannaford, nature photographer extraordinaire, has once again been published in Canadian Geographic online.

Her images are on the Rideau Valley Wildlife Sanctuary, check them out!!

Shooter McNally | Judge - Adobe Imaging Portfolio

ALGONQUIN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 2013 Alumni Shooter McNally graduated from the Photography Program in 2005; and with help of Garry Carter, began working for the Ottawa Police Service.

McNally's work at the Ottawa Police ranges from forensic analysis of all video, photographic and audio related evidence, to the creation of creative marketing content through still and video productions.

Shooter has also created a range of work independently including music videos and short films which have been recognized by the Ottawa International Film Festival as well as other local and national bodies.  Shooter eats pizza at least 5 times a week.

This award is sponsored by Adobe.

Rémi Thériault | Judge - Movie Poster Award

ALGONQUIN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 2013 Graduating 5 years ago from Algonquin, Alumni Rémi jumped right into commercial photography. 

During these years, he has gained quite a name in the Ottawa photographic community working with local artist to international clients, often traveling to various locations around Canada and the United States. 

Rémi has also developed his personal photography, his images have been purchased by local Art Collections.  

This award is sponsored by Epson.

Sean Graves | Judge - Best Website

ALGONQUIN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 2013 Alumni Sean Graves graduated from Algonquin's Photography program in 2009. 

He then went on to study web design and development. Sean now works in the field as a web developer for a company named Rideshark. 

This award is sponsored by Adobe.

Michael Ross | Judge - 2nd Year Best In Show

Photo By Michael Graeme Ross - Series Abandon

By Rémi Thériault

ALGONQUIN PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION 2013 Alumni Michael Ross graduated from the gonk in 2007 and quickly entered the industry as principal photographer with Lee Valley Tools publications department.  (the very same position Algonquin Photography legend Garry Carter once held).

After 5 years of commercial product photography Michael joined the Ottawa Police Service's Forensic Identification section as an imaging specialist.

An upcoming fine art photographer in the community with some of his recent prints being sold to the City of Ottawa Art Bank, Ross uses large format photography to capture urban landscapes.

Visit www.leftwithout.com to see some of Ross' additional work. This award is sponsored by Apple.

Dan Neutel | Alumni Update

A few years ago we received a request from a Algonquin Journalism Student Dan Neutel, he wanted to  brush up on his photo skills and take a few of our courses.  

Dan is a keen observer of the world around him and quickly took to the increased class workload with zeal.  He was a pleasure to teach and we all enjoyed his enthusiasm for the art and craft of photograph.

Well on CBC's Ottawa Morning yesterday who do we hear being interviewed, none other that Dan himself talking about his new photo project, Project Rooftop.  Congrats to Dan on the great photo project and we love the A.KA., The Batman Tour Of Ottawa.

Bryan McNally | Alumni Update

Alumni Bryan McNally, aka Shooter McNally, recently won Best Film and Best Actor at the OIFF 72 Hour Film Challenge for his film Change.  The OIFF 72 Hour Film Challenge is a competition with some pretty interesting guidelines:

1. Film had to include a penny in it
2. Had to include the line "Take a penny leave a penny"
3. Had to use songs from at least 3 local artists (There is some great music in this film!!)
4. Had to feature the number 5 (Fifth Anniversary of OIFF)
5. The theme was Freedom

To top it all off of course it had to be shot, edited and rendered in 72 hours.  The film is also being considered by CBC for a National Indie Short Film Faceoff.  Congrats to Bryan on a great vid and for the win!!

Dylan Leeder | Alumni Update

Alumni Dylan Leeder is having a show this December in Toronto and the opening night is tomorrow, Dec 5th.

The show is at the Steam Whistle Brewery and also features the work of Maria Jose Govea so if you are in TO stop by to check it out.

Check out Dylan's site to see more of his great work.

Michelle Valberg & The Premier's Award

Alumni Michelle Valberg has been nominated for a 2012 Premier's Award for the Creative Arts and Design category.  This very prestigious award is presented annually to:

 "Six recipients, the Premier’s Awards celebrate the outstanding contributions college graduates make to Ontario and throughout the world"

Click here to read about her nomination and highlights from her amazing career.

Also our very own Samantha Henry and David Laferriere where flown down to the Premier's Award show in Toronto to represent the Program and take some pics.

Christina McPherson | Alumni Update

While flipping through the Algonquin Times this week we ran across this article about Photography Alumni Christina MacPherson.

While in the program Christina was actively working on her photography business and has since gone on to create a booming photo business.

Check out her site tiaphotography.com to see some of her amazing images.

Nadine Lamoureux | Alumni Update

Alumni Nadine Lamoureux, owner of Barnyard Studio, is having and open house today to officially launch the studio.

The open house runs today from 10AM to 5PM and coincides with her participation in ARTour.  The studio is located at 3122 Baseline Rd. in Prescott-Russell click here for directions.

Congrats to Nadine we wish you great success in your new venture!!

Andrew Balfour | Nuit Blanche

Alumni Andrew Balfour has a show during Nuit Blanche called Beautiful People.  This collaborative series of portraits shot with Scott Sigurdson shows people reacting to flash cards of a wide range of content.

The show is at EQ3 in the Byward Market it starts tonight Saturday Sept. 22 at 7PM and runs till 10AM Sunday.  Stop by and say hello to Andrew and Scott from 10-11PM.

Genevieve Thauvette's La Filles du Roy

Image © 2012 Genevieve Thauvette

Alumi Genevieve Thauvette's La Filles du Roy is on display at St-Laurent + Hill Gallery during Nuit Blanche on Sept. 22.  

Nuit Blanche is an international art festival held around the world in participating cities that runs all night.   This year it is comes to Ottawa and there are many great shows to see around town.  So get out on Saturday and take in some of the shows.  

If you have never seen Genevieve's work we highly recommend it, check out her site to see even more of her amazing work.  Also check out this Ottawa Citizen article to find out what she will be doing on Sussex and Rideau during the event, hilarious!!  

Jessica Deeks | Alumni Update

Alumni Jessica Deeks has been included in the 2012 edition of Exposure.  What is Exposure you ask well it is a photographic competition put on by artistwanted.org to showcase:

"Photographers of all backgrounds who are able to speak exquisitely in the language of lenses and aperture. Our goal is to find talent from around the world and award everyone who participates in ways large and small."

Jessica definitely does speak exquisitely in the language of lenses and apertures, below are some of her amazing images.

Personal Shot For Star Wars Day - 2012 © Jessica Deeks  

Carleton U. Magazine Milk Researcher - 2012 © Jessica Deeks 

Total Fit Magazine - 2012 © Jessica Deeks 

Matthew Steven King - 2012 © Jessica Deeks 

The above image of Matthew Steven King will be featured in the 2012 edition of Exposure, it was also Featured in the 2012 Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Awards Annual. Congrats to Jessica and for those that want to see more of her great work take a look her site and follow her blog.

Matt Usherwood | Alumni Update

Locals Only Series The Honest Wrench 2012 © Matt Usherwood 

Since graduating Alumni Matt Usherwood has been keeping busy doing press coverage for local and national newspapers.  

He has covered events like the Governor General's Performing Arts Awards, the Ottawa Senators, Buskerfest, events on the Hill and he even has shots of Alice Cooper playing golf.  

Locals Only Ventura Blvd. Tattoo Studio 2012 © Matt Usherwood 

Recently Matt has taken some time off his busy work schedule to do a personal series he calls Locals Only, the images focus on:

"Local business owners and their stores in the Ottawa community. The reason why I am doing this is because I feel that we, in this generation, want things quicker and cheaper so we go to box stores and we forget about local stores that depend on us to stay open. I want to promote local store owners in hopes that people will decide to shop at their stores instead of box stores, which are owned by corporations not individuals. "

We hope Matt keeps developing this great series of images it would make a great show.   Take a look at some recent Locals Only posts the Ottawa Antique Market, The Honest Wrench and Venutra Blvd. Tattoo Studios.

Kaleigh Middelkoop | Alumni Update

I am sure all the 2012 Alumni eagerly follow Kaleigh Middelkoop's blog, I know all the Staff and Faculty do here in the Program.  She is constantly posting amazing images, quirky behind the scenes photos and great video content.

Her latest video addition is hilarious (great choice of music by the way) and she now has a brand new website.   For those who follow this blog and don't know about her take a look a her work, she is definitely someone to watch!!!

Kaleigh Middelkoop Online:  Facebook, Blog, Linkedin, Website.