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Residential School Art Print
by Doug Matthews
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Residential School art print by Doug Matthews. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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The remains of one of the residential schools in Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, just off the northern end of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. An... more
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Artist's Description
The remains of one of the residential schools in Alert Bay on Cormorant Island, just off the northern end of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. An excellent museum, the U'mista Cultural Centre, is nearby and explains what happened during the period the schools were operating.
As of 2015, this building no longer exists so this is a true reminder of the history of the area and of the residential school system.
These two images depict my interpretation of what it must have been like for the children in the schools. First, they were removed from their parents and culture and perhaps their only ray of hope was looking out the windows at the scenes of natural beauty that reminded them of home. Perhaps they also thought of escape and how they might achieve that, maybe even in a traditional dugout canoe...
About Doug Matthews
I began photography with a Brownie camera my parents gave me as a child sometime in the 1950s. In the 1970s I finally graduated to an SLR and actually won a few contests, then took a hiatus through the 1990s but picked up digital photography in earnest in the mid-2000s. Now, many years later, it still excites me to venture out and try to find what the world is all about in my own way through this wonderful medium. To me, photography is about capturing the hidden meaning, the emotion, and the invisible in a given moment in time. It transcends mere composition and lighting. When it's done well, we sit up and take notice, we pause over an image, and if everything is perfect, we might even feel that slight tingling up the spine. While I try...
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Constance Lowery
very nice work. L
Murray Rudd
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Sora Neva
Bravo Doug! Your artwork is featured in Mutamea - My Change.
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks for the feature, Sora.
Caitlyn Grasso
Impressive work!
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, Caitlyn
Marty Fancy
Wow, powerful!
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, Marty
Marcia Lee Jones
Well told story about the children and buildings! v/f/t
Doug Matthews replied:
Thanks, Marcia
Doug Matthews
Thank you everyone for your comments. I did not know when I took the images that the building would soon thereafter be demolished. As it turns out, I'm really glad I took this series.
Gary Richards
Well presented and documented, Doug! I once photographed an old barn, the next day I returned to shoot it in different light and it had been torn down! History waits for no one...
Debra Martz
So much thought and emotions in this piece. Great historical work you have documented!
Marco Oliveira
Very very nice, indeed! V.
Hanny Heim
Very interesting work and documentation !
Keshava Shukla
Awesome juxtaposition , L