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Teck Gallery February 10 to April 9, 2006 Henri Robideau & Svend-Erik Eriksen Vancouver Panoramas Artist and Curator Talk Saturday March 25, 4pm at Teck Gallery, 515 W Hastings |
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Vancouver's history is captured in these striking panoramic images contrasting the quiet Vancouver of the 1970s with Vancouver as a site of protest in the 1980s. In Svend-Erik Eriksen's images, the 'worst' strip of Hastings street (from Main to Victory Square) is shown as it was in 1973 - quiet, peaceful, serene and with a stunning wealth of architectural detail. Henri Robideau's photographs show that even the police were protesting back in 1981. Both of these artists demonstrate that the panoramic photograph is the best available form for giving us a comprehensive view of the world, and in these particular images, for bringing the essence of street activity to viewers. By taking in more, these photographs reveal more, and by revealing more, they are a corrective to the hidden biases that inevitably attend selective photographs of small sections of the social world. |
Henri Robideau Empire Stadium 
Svend-Erik Eriksen Hastings Street North 
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