Cover shot -Alpine desert and Mount Chimborazo, Ecuador, – Courtney Milne © 1991 photo courtesy Royal Ontario Museum
Toronto. The lead article in issue 19-2 is by Verlyn J Rush and is titled. “The great exhibition and book – The Sacred Earth – by Courtney Milne”
The exhibition was held in the ROM’s Institute for Contemporary Culture, at the Roloff Beny Gallery opening (Toronto).
Rush begins the article, “Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Courtney Milne still lives near there in Grandora, a small farming community a dozen miles outside the city.
“His formal training in photography was at the Brooks Institute in California, but he holds Master’s degrees in psychology, journalism and mass communication from the University of Minnesota.
“That Milne is a superb communicator, driven by a deep philosophy, is proven by his compelling image in three books, Prairie Light (1985), Prairie Dreams (1989), and The Sacred Earth (1991).
“The latter was produced largely from a ten-month global expedition during 1988 and 1989 undertaken by the author and his wife Sherrill Miller, to whom the book is dedicated. Some 60,000 photographs were made and an itinerary equivalent to eleven times around the Earth traversed. …”
You can see some of Milne’s works, and read the rest of Verlyn Rush’s article in the paper copy of 19-2 or as a pdf on the free members-only DVD. Not a member? Joining is cheap and easy! See the MEMBERSHIP sub-menu above (form) and the article at right (PayPal). Send your cheque with the form or send the form and use a credit card/your PayPal account . Questions? Email Lilianne at member@phsc.ca.
