Bill Woodley At the Galleries, February 2012

By Hand

SPAO Red Wall Gallery 168 Dalhousie St
17 February — 12 March
By Hand Caroline Tallmadge
Vernissage Friday, 17 February, 6-9pm
Using a bellows on a medium format camera, I photographed materials, tools and handmade products at very close range. I discovered the texture of brown paper as it is used to make patterns in a dressmaker’s studio. I saw the beautiful complexity of the inner workings of mechanical clocks…

The Figure & the Lens

AOE Gallery 245 Centrum Blvd
31 January – 29 March
Opening Reception Sunday 19 February 1-3pm
The Figure and the Lens Roy Whiddon
I strive to portray the beauty, grace and strength of the human body—either on its own with dramatic lighting, or as part of a natural or man-made environment — either on its own with dramatic lighting, or as part of a natural or man-made environment.

Bitumen & Snow
Bitumen and Snow

Corridor Gallery Almonte Public Library &  Chambers Gallery
2 February – 12 April
Beautiful Destruction Louis Helbig
When it comes to photography, Louis Helbig prefers a birds-eye view. He takes pictures through the window of his 1946 Luscombe, a two-seater airplane which he flies above Canada’s vast landscape. (CTV)

Foyer Gallery Nepean Sportsplex Entrance 1
25 January – 12 February
Year of the Dragon Janice Saunders & Ralph Nevins
Black and white photographic arts

Les Saisons

Les Saisons 232 Old Chelsea Road, Chelsea
Until 28 February
Photo Exhibition Adrienne Herron
For the last years Adrienne has been concentrating almost exclusively on using camera movement at the moment the shutter is released. The camera becomes her paintbrush and she uses it to interpret reality; to create her own personal impression of her subjects.
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Storm at Saint-Féréol

National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Dr
03 February – 25 March
Back to the Land Isabelle Hayeur, Ivan Binet, Geneviève Cadieux, Normand Rajotte, Christos Dikeakos, Bill Vazan, Arni Haraldsson, Robert Burley, Shelley Niro…
This collection originally belonged to the Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, now closed.

Arts and Architecture Gallery 1181 Bank
1-26 February
Are You Beautiful Because I Love You?
(or Do I Love You Because You are Beautiful?)
Group Exhibition
Photographic expressions of feelings – no hearts and flowers here!
Opening Reception 10 February 7-10pm

The Great Lakes

Ottawa Art Gallery Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave.
24 January – 25 February
Sweet Seas. A Portrait of the Great Lakes Mark Schacter
Artist’s talk on the evening of Wednesday 15 February

Atrium Gallery 101 Centrepointe Dr.
17 February – 21 March
Breathing Light Jake Morrison
Panoramic landscapes of the Dempster Highway in the Yukon

Eco Art

Rideau Canal Skateway Dow’s Lake
(as long as the ice lasts, through Winterlude)
Eco Art 40 young photographers from coast to coast

Vistek Gallery 499 Bank St.
9 January – 31 March
16 black & white images Chris Prefontaine
Note: Vistek is looking for photographs! If you would like to show your work in one of Vistek’s store galleries, you can email them at gallery@vistek.ca and they will get in touch with you.

Sill in town…

© Olivia Johnson

Alliance Francaise Gallery 352 McLaren
25 January – 24 February
Planete Femmes / Planet Women
Collective exhibition of local photographers based on an international photo contest, in partnership with Dave Andrews and SPAO.

Atrium Gallery 101 Centrepointe Dr.
13 January – 15 February
Land’s End
Janice Saunders

Awesome Artic

Canadian Museum of Nature 240 McLeod
Until November 2012 (free on Thursdays from 5-8pm)
Awesome Arctic  50 images based on the Museum’s research in the north

SPAO Red Wall Gallery 168 Dalhousie St.
13 January – 6 February
Pedro Isztin
Study of Structure and Form
Also a print sale on 8-9 February, and then there will a show of works by one of SPAO’s senior students

Made in America

National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Dr
8 December 2011– 1 April 2012
Made in America 1900-1950
Edward Steichen, Clarence White, Paul Strand, Walker Evans, Margaret Bourke-White, Dorothea Lange, Berenice Abbott, Lisette Model, Weegee, the New York Photo League and others.

Trinity Gallery Shenkman Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd
12 January – 14 February
Pieces of Truth
Reena Kokotailo

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