| Alvie Thompson |
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| Alvie has always loved to take photographs. In the sixties he set up a cramped and determined little darkroom in the family bathroom, which slowly, over many years and numerous relocations, managed to evolve into a large, well-equipped bonafide darkroom in the basement of his home on 36th. I have memories of many hours spent with him watching the miracle of an image emerging on the paper as it floated in the developing solution. |
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| Alvie took this picture of mountain wildflowers in 1974 or '75. It's always been one of my favourite pictures. |
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| The White Tank Mountains in Arizona (isn't this gorgeous?) |
| Seaweeds and white shell, 2005 |
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| Haida Gwai |
| Ninstints -Haida Gwai |
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| white-sided dolphins 2005 |
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| He took this portrait of Chinook in our living room in 1973. She was one of those very careful, beautifully groomed cats, and his photo captures this perfectly. |
| (another favourite photo) |
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| ...and the photographer gets photographed too! |
| photo by Donna Thompson |
| photo by Karolle Wall |