November 2007
Nov 2 – Dec 2, 2007 / Vernissage Nov 2, 7-10pm
Tunes by Christopher Jabbour
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Check out the new issue of Ottawa Magazine (November 2007) for the 7 page spread featuring Tony’s photographs, written by Justin Kingsley.
Artist Satemement: “I was looking for a subject….. I really just stumbled onto the corner where all these photographs were made. I knew that there
would be people hanging around, nowhere to go. I need people. I knew that there would be
drugs there and that seemed right, too. After the first night of shooting I knew I wanted to work
with these people, to show their faces and bodies, their clothes and posture. Their fact.
Down on the corner….. I went to the corner over and over again. Worked from dusk to dark. Overcame initial suspicion
by returning with prints to give to the people I’d shot. Got to know most of the people in these
photographs, some of them I shot 4 or 5 times. There was lots of conversation and cooperation.
These photographs are based on reality….. They’re not real. I’d make mental notes on the vibe and situations I encountered on the corner.
Then I’d set up situations that reflected these. I worked to manifest the look and feel I had in
mind for these images. I believe that you can approach a truth by creating a fiction.
User….. I don’t believe in Objectivity. So here I present pictures that reflect my idea of what goes on on
the corner of Murray and Cumberland Streets. My idea of photography. My idea of drug addicts
and the people that associate with them. They use. I use”. Tony Fouhse, October, 2007
Thanks,
Guy Berube, director
La Petite Mort Gallery