Author Archives: Dorothy Lander

Old Photographs as Window into Another World

  This is the letter from the letter of Hyperallergenic blog for April 15, 2015.   A certain sadness about photographs that are stripped of their stories. Yesterday, as I was walking through the crooked streets of Beyoğlu in Istanbul, I came across a beaten up suitcase filled with old photographs being sold for 50 kuruş […]

Commemorate the Battle of Culloden Saturday April 18, 2015

http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/1281155-out-and-about-five-things-to-do-in-nova-scotia-this-weekend Commemorating the Battle of Culloden feature in the top things to do in Nova Scotia this weekend.  Antigonish Scots feature in this photo:   Peter MacKenzie gave a rousing and inspired address about the Battle of Culloden and the challenges Scottish settlers faced when they arrived in Nova Scotia. (MICHAEL GORMAN / File) Scots […]

Photographs of Strong Women

  What do photographs of women, taken by women, look like? In honor of International Women’s Day, March 8,  seven female National Geographic photographers shared an image they took that revealed a woman’s experience. In a world where gender equality is still elusive, these photographs tell stories of hope, bravery, hardship, and survival.   Philomene, […]

Street Photography by Photojournalist Benjamin Lowy

“Good art doesn’t follow dots or lines, otherwise we would still be drawing like we did in kindergarten with paint-by-number books,” writes photojournalist Benjamin Lowy, editor of the most recently published Your Shot story. “Art—and for this class specifically, street photography—is about expressing yourself and asking questions through image-making about the world around you. Some […]

Dogs of War: A WWI Exhibition at Bishopsgate Institute, London, England

The Dogs of the First World War exhibition at the Bishopsgate Institute in London explores the role of dogs as both companions and workers during the years 1914-18. It features photographs from Libby Hall, who for more than 40 years collected old pictures of canines that show their unique bond with man. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/expat/expatpicturegalleries/11469622/In-pictures-dogs-of-war.html?frame=3231178 These messenger […]

FoAL launches fundraising campaign

http://www.thecasket.ca/archives/43996 From The Casket, March 12, 2015 Friends of the Antigonish Library (FoAL) vice-chair Len. ‘P.D.’ MacDonald, fundraising chair Edward Langille and chair Lyle Smith, as well as Amberlee Boulton from the People’s Place Library, met recently to discuss a new fundraising campaign FoAL has started. PHOTO: Richard MacKenzie   Noting libraries across the province […]

Snoga on Snowshoes on the Keppoch Summit

Frig Off Get Fit hosted an Antigonish first —  Yoga on SnowshoesOur Snowga instructor Speirag Hendra, Noella Murphy with FrigOffGetFit leaders Rosemary Curry and Filmmaker Corinne Dunphy John Graham=Pole reaches the summit Dorothy Lander reaches the summit

Detroit in the Depression Years Through the Eyes of Frido Kahlo and Diego Rivera

  Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo in Detroit will be on view at the Detroit Institute of Arts (5200 Woodward Ave, Detroit) March 15–July 12. The catalogue is published by Yale University Press. http://hyperallergic.com/184891/detroit-through-the-eyes-of-diego-rivera-and-frida-kahlo/?utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Detroit+Through+the+Eyes+of+Diego+Rivera+and+Frida+Kahlo&utm_content=Detroit+Through+the+Eyes+of+Diego+Rivera+and+Frida+Kahlo+CID_613c462830995bd90d974bde9c4c0153&utm_source=HyperallergicNewsletter The period between April 1932 and March 1933, when artists Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo sojourned in Detroit, was a desperate time […]