{"id":108464,"date":"2022-07-28T17:11:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/?p=108464"},"modified":"2022-07-28T17:11:09","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T21:11:09","slug":"photography-exhibit-on-cortes-showcases-past-and-present-of-b-c-deforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/photography-exhibit-on-cortes-showcases-past-and-present-of-b-c-deforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"Photography exhibit on Cortes showcases past and present of B.C. deforestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Ellingsen is presenting his latest work \"Falling Boundaries\" at the Old School House Gallery opening this weekend on July 29.<\/p>\n<p>\"Falling Boundaries\" depicts collages of historical imagery of colonial deforestation and Ellingsen's photos of the present day destruction left behind.<\/p>\n<p>\"We've seen the loss of one of the great primary forests of the world here in the Pacific Northwest, BC and Washington and Oregon over the past one hundred years. So I wanted to speak directly to that last century.\"<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_108491\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-108491\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-108491\" src=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-10.01.59-AM-500x332.png\" alt=\"David Ellingsen stands in between two large prints of his photographs depicting tree stumps.\" width=\"500\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-10.01.59-AM-500x332.png 500w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-10.01.59-AM-1024x679.png 1024w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-10.01.59-AM-320x212.png 320w, https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Screen-Shot-2022-07-28-at-10.01.59-AM.png 1272w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-108491\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ellingsen works predominantly in long-term projects with a focus on climate, biodiversity and the forest.<br \/>Photo courtesy of David Ellingsen Photography.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\"It was just what was done and it was the norm. But I really think that sort of construct shouldn't last any longer. It's just been so utterly destructive to the natural world that it really needs to be looked at seriously.\"<\/p>\n<p>Ellingsen grew up on Cortes Island, and after a career in commercial photography, decided to break into the art world with projects focused on climate, biodiversity and the forest.<\/p>\n<p>Listed here are the opening hours for the upcoming show at the Old Schoolhouse Art Gallery:<\/p>\n<p>OPENING RECEPTION<br \/>\nFriday, July 29 6-9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>ARTIST TALK<br \/>\nFriday, Aug. 5 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>GALLERY HOURS<br \/>\nFriday, July 29 6-9 p.m.<br \/>\nSaturday, July 30 2-6 p.m.<br \/>\nSunday, July 31 2-6 p.m.<br \/>\nFriday, Aug. 5 6-9 p.m.<br \/>\nSaturday, Aug. 6 2-6 p.m.<br \/>\nSunday, Aug. 7 2-6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Listen below for more details on David Ellingsen's upcoming show:<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Ellingsen is presenting his latest work &#8220;Falling Boundaries&#8221; at the Old School House Gallery opening this weekend on July 29. &#8220;Falling Boundaries&#8221; depicts collages of historical imagery of colonial deforestation and Ellingsen&#8217;s photos of the present day destruction left behind. &#8220;We&#8217;ve seen the loss of one of the great primary forests of the world&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":127,"featured_media":108461,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[57,219,222],"tags":[17291,4327,7085,17290,17289,6225],"radio":[252],"origine":[280,266,231],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108464"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/127"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108464"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108464\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":108554,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108464\/revisions\/108554"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/108461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108464"},{"taxonomy":"radio","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/radio?post=108464"},{"taxonomy":"origine","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canada-info.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/origine?post=108464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}