| dc.description | During July and August of 2012 I traveled across Canada from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland and documented Canadians and their interactions with water. My topic was intentionally broad in scope because I didn’t want to shape my experience too much, I wanted to document what I saw of Canadians and water as I came across it. The results are a mixture of fortunate timing and casual conversation with people along the way.
For example, I arrived at Fort St. Joseph on the southern tip of St. Joseph Island (the second largest island in Lake Huron) 200 years to the day of the first military action of the war of 1812. I did not plan that, but I was enthralled with the reenactments that included solders, metis and indigenous peoples along with an American frigate firing canons just off shore. 200 years ago to that day British, French Canadian voyageurs and First Nation warriors gathered together, crossed that part of lake Huron that currently separates Canada and the USA, and captured the American Fort Mackinac. Water and war. I took some photos there.
I also photographed Canadians and; beaches, boats, canals, clams, ferries, fishing, float planes, mud sliding, rain, sailing, sandcastles and tidal bore rafting to name a few aquatic interactions.
Now I plan on organizing the thousands of images taken and compiling them into something coherent and worth showing. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | With 2013 designated as the UN Year of Water Cooperation, I feel that the bulk of a Canadians and Water project documented this year would offer the opportunity to release a completed project in 2013.
The scope of my project is intentionally broad encompassing many aspects of how Canadians interact with water, from work issues, to food issues, to recreation. I want to gather as much material as I can before I narrow down and select the aspects of water interactions that I’ll focus on.
The goal is to create something with strong visuals that would entice a general audience to view and interact with and in doing so, learn a bit about water issues in Canada. Through the 70’s and early 80’s the government of Canada produced a series of Water Yearbooks that were very informative on water use in Canada, but rather dense and lacking in visual enticements to engage with the content.
By creating a website with strong visuals or hopefully a publication highlighting Canadian’s enjoyment with water, I hope to reach a broad audience and to highlight some water issues that may not resonate currently with a general audience. | en |
