[BCMA] Photography Workshop at the Fraser River Discovery Centre - April 24

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Media Release

For Immediate Release

April 1, 2010

 

Award winning photographer coming to the Fraser River Discovery Centre

 

New Westminster, BC - On Saturday April 24, photographers and photography
buffs will sit down with award winning photographer Rick Blacklaws at the
Fraser River Discovery Centre.  Blacklaws will be discussing his experiences
documenting the landscape of the Fraser River at "Fraser through the Lens"
at 2pm.

 

Blacklaws is trained in landscape photography and has spent over thirty
years photographing the diversity of the Fraser River basin. His work has
been published in a number of books, including "The Fraser River" which won
the 1997 Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Book Prize. He recently traveled down
the river as part of the documentary film "The Fraser Journey". Blacklaws is
currently an anthropology and archaeology instructor at Langara College.

 

Blacklaw's photographs capture the beauty of the basin from the glacial
stream at the base of Mount Robson, through the white water rapids of the
canyon, to the silt mudflats at the mouth of the river. His photos have
often been used by the Discovery Centre in their programs and exhibits.
Shannon King, Education Coordinator says "Rick has such a keen eye for
capturing the feeling of a place. Intellectually, I know the Fraser River is
important to this province, but when I look at Rick's pictures, I really
feel it. I am looking forward to hearing the stories behind the pictures".

 

"Fraser through the Lens" will be held on Saturday April 24 from 2-3:30pm.
The cost is $10 per person and includes admission to the Discovery Centre.
Pre-registration is required by April 16. Please call 604-521-8401 or email
<mailto:info at fraserriverdiscovery.org> info at fraserriverdiscovery.org to
register.

 

The Fraser River Discovery Centre is an interpretive centre connecting
communities in discovery and celebration of the living, working Fraser
River. It is located at 788 Quayside Drive, New Westminster. The Discovery
Centre is open Wednesday to Saturday 10am to 4pm. Admission rates apply for
the galleries

 

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Photo Information:

Drylands; Photo by Rick Blacklaws

 

For more information please contact:

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Kathleen Bertrand | Exhibit and Communication Coordinator

Fraser River Discovery Centre

788 Quayside Drive 

New Westminster, BC V3M 6Z6 Canada

T 604.521.8401 ext. 104  |*F 604.521.9401

www.fraserriverdiscovery.org

 

 

To restore the river to health, we first have to comprehend it. - Alan
Haig-Brown The Fraser River

 

* Do you need to print this email? Please consider the environmental impact
before printing.

 

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