Introduction

Photography has been around for a long time now and today it is growing more rapidly then ever anticipated. The invention of the PC, digital photography, bubble jet printing and the internet has led to a vast library of imagery with endless places to record, cut, paste and print. Human creativity through the lens of a camera sees beauty in the world in unique ways. Our frontier is here in our second presentation of professional photography. This year we had a bit of a challenge as we wanted very much to make this as great a success as the first festival. We have more artists and some new venues and a superb show full of an eclectic range of visions. The work is diverse and representative of many artists from throughout Ontario.

Daniel Elzinga

Acknowledgements

Thank you to our jurors Ken Stange, Michael deMoree, Julie Bartkiewicz, Dermot Wilson, and Daniel Elzinga.

The festival would not have been possible without the dedication of the following people: Michael De Moree, Mike Cook, Tony Loeffen, Sterling Campbell, Claire Calarco, Nancy Davies, Claire Powers, Raymond Brand, Joan Ferneyhough, Mike Cook, George Maroosis, Dermot Wilson, Daniel Elzinga, Michelle Trudeau, Urs Riesen, Jennifer Beull, Monique Smith, Jan Cesarano, and Marina Nicoleau.

Camera Frontera gratefully acknowledges the support of our major sponsor, Photo Metro, who have generously donated the printing services for our catalogue and posters. Camera Frontera also acknowledges The Ontario Trillium Foundation. The Ontario Trillium Foundation, an agency of the Ministry of Culture, receives annually $100,000,000 of government funding generated through Ontario’s charity casino initiative. The Foundation allocates grants to eligible charitable and not-for-profit organizers in the arts and culture, environment, human and social services and sports and recreation sectors.