Imagining Winnipeg

History through the Photographs of L.B. Foote

Nonfiction, Art & Architecture, Photography, Pictorials, Travel, History, Canada, Modern, 20th Century
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Author: ISBN: 9780887554414
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press Publication: October 30, 2012
Imprint: University of Manitoba Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9780887554414
Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
Publication: October 30, 2012
Imprint: University of Manitoba Press
Language: English

In an expanding and socially fractious early twentieth-century Winnipeg, Lewis Benjamin Foote (1873-1957) rose to become the city’s pre-eminent commercial photographer. Documenting everything from royal visits to deep poverty, from the building of the landmark Fort Garry Hotel to the riots of the 1919 General Strike, Foote’s photographs have come to be iconic representations of early Winnipeg life. They have been used to illustrate everything from academic histories to posters for rock concerts; they have influenced the work of visual artists, writers, and musicians; and they have represented Winnipeg to the nation. In this illustrated essay, historian Esyllt W. Jones reveals the complex artist behind the lens and the conflicting ways in which his photographs have been used to give credence to diverse and sometimes irreconcilable views of Winnipeg’s past.

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In an expanding and socially fractious early twentieth-century Winnipeg, Lewis Benjamin Foote (1873-1957) rose to become the city’s pre-eminent commercial photographer. Documenting everything from royal visits to deep poverty, from the building of the landmark Fort Garry Hotel to the riots of the 1919 General Strike, Foote’s photographs have come to be iconic representations of early Winnipeg life. They have been used to illustrate everything from academic histories to posters for rock concerts; they have influenced the work of visual artists, writers, and musicians; and they have represented Winnipeg to the nation. In this illustrated essay, historian Esyllt W. Jones reveals the complex artist behind the lens and the conflicting ways in which his photographs have been used to give credence to diverse and sometimes irreconcilable views of Winnipeg’s past.

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