All screenings @ Zeidler Hall in the Citadel Theatre, 9828 - 101A Ave
A glimpse into the unique, eccentric mind of a pioneering Canadian photographer, Hannah Maynard (1834 - 1918). Maynard immigrated from England in 1862 to Vancouver Island, where she set up her own portrait studio. After the sudden death of her youngest daughter, she produced a troubling series of experimental images that reflected her haunted state - an attempt to contact her beloved daughter's spirit. Considered overly bold and conventional, she experimented with such techniques as collage, multiple exposures and photo-sculpture. She developed a surreal vision, a world obsessed with children and death, but also the spiritual possibilities of duality, mirrors and the infinity contained in them.
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