CPR Lands: Dalhousie Station/Faubourg Quebec, 1993
Exhibited with the touring group exhibition Track Records: Trains and Contemporary Photography curated by Marnie Fleming, 1997-99
Oakville Galleries; Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa; Presentation House, Vancouver; The Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Calgary; Centre Culturel University of Sherbrooke, Quebec; Mackenzie Art Gallery, Regina; Winnipeg Art Gallery
Kathryn Walter’s work focuses on contemporary social landscapes… Her photographic series CPR Lands: Dalhousie Station/Faubourg Quebec, depicts the redevelopment of a nineteenth century railway site in Montreal… it combines a panorama of colour photographs with an archival image of the departure of the first transcontinental train from the same site in 1885…In contrast to the wide-angle sweep of a panoramic view, the image is fragmented into six separate views. This deliberate separation slows down the viewer’s experience of looking at the image, thereby heightening an awareness of a landscape in ruins.
(excerpt from catalogue text by Karen White)
The above panorama was shown next to the print below (left), a CPR publicity image used to celebrate the train's departure from the station. Below (right) shows the train station in the second panel of the panorama.
(excerpt from catalogue text by Karen White)
The above panorama was shown next to the print below (left), a CPR publicity image used to celebrate the train's departure from the station. Below (right) shows the train station in the second panel of the panorama.
Track Records: Trains and Contemporary Photography included artists Roy Arden, Ron Benner, Vera Frenkl, Angela Grauerholz, O. Winston Link, Louise Noguchi, Glenn Rudolph, David Thomas, Douglas Walker, Kathryn Walter, James Welling