CHAMPLAIN SERIES: Caroline Alexander-Stevens
What does it mean to be the subject of someone else's art? What does it mean to be the subject of someone else's history? What does it mean to be asked to perform for a camera? In part, it depends on who you are. I was honored when, in the autumn of 2001, artist Jeff Thomas asked to photograph me as part of his on going project with the Champlain Monument. I had known of his work for close to a decade, and had [.....]
One Way Begins
"By 1986 Thomas had moved to Winnipeg Manitoba, seven years later he moved to Ottawa Ontario. His move to the Nation''s capital was fueled by his desire to research how aboriginal peoples were represented in official Canadian records. Later he would work for the National Archives of Canada, developing appropriate captions to replace dated terminology used to describe their collections of photos of Aboriginal peoples. In [.....]
Urban Iroquois
"Jeff Thomas is an independent curator and photographer who deals, in examination of his own history and identity, with issues of aboriginality that have arisen at the intersections of Native and non-Native cultures in what is now Ontario and northern New York state. Nationally recognized for ground-breaking scholarship and innovative curatorial practice in this area, he has been involved in major projects at such prominent [.....]
