A N N E B a Y I N
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Current Projects
Photography:
"Presence/Absence": an on-going Burma photography project inspired by the words of Aung San Suu Kyi: "Please use your Liberty to promote ours". A conceptual work In four parts: "Suu Kyi at the Oscars"; "Ulla uses her liberty"; "Half-Mask" and "Turkish Delights".
Publications:
Upcoming : "My Saskatchewan" A photo feature and essay. Photolife Magazine
2008: "On the Road with Kim". More Magazine. January issue. Kim Phuc is the iconic subject of Nick Ut's Pulitizer-prize-winning photograph from the Vietnam War. A personal look at Kim's life and travels since defecting to Canada and her role as UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador.
2007: "Portraits- Beyond the Traditional Approach". Photolife Magazine. July issue. "Earthly Possessions". Reader's Digest. An essay on memory and family politics. "Back to Burma". MORE magazine. October issue. Photo feature and memoir: sisters travelling in Burma on a quest for family ties encounter a few heros of democracy.
2006 'Something To Hold On To". Reader's Digest. August issue. A memoir on the summer cottage at Jackfish Lake, Saskatchewan.
2005 Features: "Mocking the Generals". Macleans Magazine. Pictures and article on Myanmar and The Moustache Brothers, a comedy troupe in Mandalay who defy the brutal regime and fight for democracy; "The Lake". Saturday Night Magazine. A portfolio and memoir about a childhood lake in Saskatchewan focuses on environmental issues; "Backpage" a portrait of political dissident Par Par Lay in Mandalay, Myanmar; "Flag": a portrait of a young girl in Medstead, Saskatchewan crossing a field holding a Canadian Flag; Saturday Night Magazine. Honorable mention: National Magazine awards. Feature profile and portfolio on the photographer. Photolife, July issue.
Television: Development and pilot for "Portfolio", a showcase for fine art photography and photojournalism on CBC News:Sunday, a weekly magazine program. Hosted by Evan Solomon and Carole MacNeil, CBC News: Sunday, known for leading edge journalism and a mandate of politics, spirituality and media, airs at 10am on CBC television. Scheduled essays include: Finbarr O'Reilly, World Press Award Winner, 2005; Ed Burtynsky - Manufacturing in China; Lana Slezik - Women in Afghanistan; Brian Howell- Celebrity Impersonators.
"Regarding Mona", a photo essay focused on the behavior of tourists around the iconic painting of the Mona Lisa, aired in spring, 2005. The Mona Lisa had recently moved to new digs in the Salle des Etats, Louvre Museum, Paris. Following The Da Vinci Code book and movie, the Louvre had a record year with 7.3 million visitors.
EXHIBITIONS
Ontario Nature, ©2004
PULP, solo exhibition at Gibsone Jessop Gallery, May 2004, featured 30 images of found collage from an industrial site in Toronto. Full of cultural references and swatches from the news from discarded papers, magazines, maps, account ledgers which had been sorted by machine and were baled and waiting for recycling. Time exposures, natural light.
Travel
Turkey, May 2008
Barcelona, February 2008
Venice, California, November 2007
Morocco, March 2006
Vietnam, Burma, France, 2005