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Secret Hollows
Verdant Dreams
Transformations: The Lea/Lee
IN A LONG-TERM PHOTOGRAPHIC SURVEY BEGUN IN 2003, I AM DOCUMENTING THE ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSFORMATIONS OCCURRING IN URBAN RIVERS AND WATERSHEDS IN SEVERAL LARGE INTERNATIONAL CITIES. IN TORONTO, CANADA, GOVERNMENT DECONSTRUCTED ITS EXTENSIVE RAVINE SYSTEM, CREATING CORRIDORS FOR CARS, TRAINS, ELECTRICITY AND STORM WATER SO NEIGHBOURHOODS COULD GROW. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE WAS DONE, HOWEVER. EROSION AND WOODLAND REGROWTH ARE NOW RECONSTRUCTING THE RAVINES, RESULTING IN A TRUCE BETWEEN URBANIZATION AND WILDERNESS.

IN 2007, THE EXHIBITION, SECRET HOLLOWS, PREMIERED AT THE BRICKWORKS GALLERY, TORONTO, AND TRAVELLED TO CANADA HOUSE IN LONDON U.K., AND PHOTOKINA, COLOGNE, GERMANY IN 2007. PHOTOS FROM THE EXHIBITION ARE NOW AVAILABLE IN RICHLY COLORED AND ARCHIVAL ILFOCHROME (FORMERLY CIBACHROME) PRINTS: 28" X 35" AND 18" X 22." THESE SIGNED AND NUMBERED PRINTS ARE AVAILABLE IN EDITIONS OF FIVE EACH. AN iPHOTO BOOK PRODUCED FROM THE EXHIBITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE. PLEASE CLICK MORE INFO TO EMAIL THE PHOTOGRAPHER FOR PRICES. IN EUROPE, PLEASE CONTACT TANIA POS, ARTS AND MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL LTD., LONDON, AT +44 (0)207 381 4531 OR TANIAPOS@AOL.COM.