Ms Monk from the G&M article
Toronto. We were saddened to learn that Ms Lorraine Monk died December 17th, 2020 at 98. Her life was recorded in this Globe and Mail obituary by Judy Stoffman printed exactly a month ago.
Lorraine was our keynote speaker at the 10th anniversary seminar in 1984. She was the subject of some Photographic Canadiana articles and spoke at an early Toronto meeting. Lorraine was our very first Lifetime member with free copies of Photographic Canadiana. Lorraine worked hard to promote Canadian photography.
Lorraine was heavily involved with the National Film Board (NFB) and was an accomplished author as noted in more detail in the above links. She will be missed by us and all Canadian photographers.
My thanks to editor Bob Lansdale for bringing this to my attention as we no longer have any newspapers delivered, relying instead on TV. Sadly, TV news is basically COVID-19 and entertainment liberally sprinkled with commercials ad nauseam and little or no in depth reporting or obituaries other than sports and entertainment figures for the most part. The internet occasionally fills in the blanks.
