Olivier Du Tre: New Works

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Olivier Du Tre

Olivier Du Tre,"Chair and Crosses, St Johns Anglican Church, Glen Harbour SK,” nd

archival print, 24” x 30”

This exhibit brings together a collection of 11 new photographs chosen from three folios completed in the past two years. Photographs that were made during my travels to Saskatchewan, Tofino and Yukon.

Although most photographers have fully embraced the digital age, I persist in traditional photographic methods. Most of the photographs in this book were made on film with medium and large format cameras.

While some may regard my traditional methods as time-consuming, I find that the process of setting up, waiting for just the right moment to make the image, then developing the images in a dark room slows down my interaction with the world. The extra time required by traditional methods carves out a space in which I can immerse myself in the experience. By taking the extra time and by opening myself to see and hear, I am rewarded with a glimpse of life that most people pass by or overlook as mundane. - Olivier Du Tre