Karen Maze is a Mississauga resident, a photographer, mom to 2yr old Graham and also a member of momstown Mississauga. This is Karen's guest blog on her photography exhibition at the Art Gallery of Mississauga.
Many Faces, One Portrait is a
photography project that I worked on in conjunction with the Art Gallery of Mississauga and the Mississauga Library System as part of their Roots & Branches initiative. It has been an honour to be involved in the project,
particularly because I am a Mississauga Resident, and through this project I was
also artist in residence at Erin Meadows Library.
I set up a backdrop and light at
the library on six different days in January and February 2013 and asked for
volunteers to be photographed as the entered or exited the library. The response
was from the library patrons was exceptional. Most people - over 350, in fact -
agreed to be photographed.
As a photographer, I am
interested in the idea of "local". What makes a place unique, interesting, and
distinguishable from other places? What does it have in common with the rest of
the world? Inevitably the answer comes from and is the people of that place. The
goal of Many Faces, One Portrait is simply to show a cross-section of the faces
of Mississauga from the vantage point of Erin Meadows Library. My hope is that
viewers will connect with the individual portraits as well as the group as a
whole, and that a unique portrait of the city emerges.
44 faces of Mississauga are on
display as part of Many Faces, One Portrait at the Art Gallery of Mississauga
through April 20. For more information, please visit the Art Gallery of Mississauga located inside City Hall. Admission is free.
Art Gallery of Mississauga
300 City Centre Dr, Mississauga, ON,
Canada
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