The Doll – love lost in the Wellington Destructor

  I recently had an opportunity to photograph the interior of the Wellington Destructor (mental note: return this winter for tree free exteriors!). Near the end of my shoot, after just listening to the squeals and screams of pigs entering the neighboring slaughter house (not awesome), I quite literally stumbled on the remains of this artifact from someone's childhood that had found it's way into the collection inside...

It’s all about beauty.

  Nobody ever discovered ugliness through photographs. But many, through photographs, have discovered beauty. Except for those situations in which the camera is used to document, or mark social rites, what moves people to take photographs is finding something beautiful....Nobody exclaims, "Isn't that ugly! I must take a photograph of it." Even if someone did say that, all it would mean is: "I find that ugly thing. ....

An Inventory of Local Ruins

Next week, the group exhibition An Inventory of Local Ruins, photography by The TLR Club: Richelle Forsey, Kevin McBride, Martin Helmut Reis, Colin Savage and Alejandro Valencia opens at 3030 Dundas St. W. The opening reception on Sept. 8, 2012, 7pm-late is also also 3030's "Bring Your Own Vinyl Night" with DJ Nick Bandit and DJ Oh Sixteen. I'll be showing new work and we'll have will have...

The Curators Statement for Domestic Solutions

Currently at the V.M.A.C. Gallery, by Ronald John George Nelson. Domestic Solutions: The Photography of Richelle Forsey  What first struck me when viewing Richelle Forsey’s photos of abandoned industrial sites was how much I was reminded of the famous prison etchings of Piranesi. The dramatic depl­­­oyment of limited light in cavernous spaces, punctuated by decaying structures and the abandoned flotsam of human activity all recalled the famous etchings...

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