Artist Statement:

The image of Uwe Reading is an example of my humanist street portraiture. I captured my friend Uwe Harders reading one morning while visiting him. The back-light from the window behind him accentuated his hands as he read his braille book. My approach is to make photographs of ordinary moments that most people pass by without a second glance. I hope when viewers see my work, they pause to linger and contemplate while ultimately feeling an emotive connection with the subject.

My mentor, the late Ted Grant, was the granddaddy of Canadian photojournalism, and taught me that “When you photograph people in colour you photograph their clothes. But when you photograph people in black and white, you photograph their souls.” I pay tribute to Ted through this soulful portrait of Uwe. Both men have inspired me immensely.

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Price: $200 CAD

Biography:

Monique Campbell is a humanist street and fine art photographer from Hamilton, Ontario. She graduated from the Western Pacific Academy of Photography in Victoria, B.C. and has over 35 years of experience as a professional photographer.

Some of her exhibition highlights include the following. In 2018, she exhibited at the Salon des Beaux Arts in Paris, France, at the Carrousel du Louvre. In 2021, she was among 52 finalists for the Salt Spring National Art Prize with her photograph Venetian Laundry Day. Monique was awarded an Ontario Arts Council exhibition grant for that piece. In 2024, she exhibited in the ViewPoint Gallery in the Plus 1 show with Jane Oram. Both are looking forward to their street photography exhibition together in March 2027 at the Craig Gallery with their show Two Lenses on Dartmouth.

Monique's work has been published, collected, and exhibited locally around Ontario, nationally in Canada, and internationally.

https://www.momentsbymonique.com/