{"id":4381,"date":"2015-01-07T17:16:29","date_gmt":"2015-01-07T21:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?p=4381"},"modified":"2015-01-22T00:04:14","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T04:04:14","slug":"the-past-is-never-far-summer-leigh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-past-is-never-far-summer-leigh\/","title":{"rendered":"The Past is Never Far &#8211; Summer Leigh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AllanGardens_watermark.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4383\" src=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AllanGardens_watermark-sm.jpg\" alt=\"AllanGardens_watermark-sm\" width=\"173\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><strong>NEXT TORONTO MEETING:\u00a0Wed, Jan 21st, 2015<br \/>\n<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bysummerleigh.com\">Summer Leigh<\/a>\u00a0is the artist behind <em>The Past is Never Far<\/em>, a photographic series that explores the extraordinary changes Toronto has experienced since its founding in the 18th century. Ms Leigh held her first camera at the age of 4 and has been an avid photographer ever since. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Ryerson University in Toronto, where she currently lives.<\/p>\n<p>The inspiration for this series came from <em><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elizabeth_Simcoe\">Elizabeth Simcoe<\/a>\u2019s<\/em> paintings. In experiencing Toronto&#8217;s wildness through <em>Simcoe&#8217;s<\/em> work, Ms Leigh\u00a0sought out the <em>Simcoe<\/em> locations and re-documented them 220 years later. Revisiting the sites, she noticed little nuances of the past which caused a deeper appreciation for the spaces we occupy today. Those little hints of the past, like the muddiness still at Fort York, helped Summer\u00a0realize <em>the past is never far.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The public is welcome. \u00a0Go to our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/?page_id=34\">Programs<\/a>\u00a0page for times and directions.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Summer Leigh&#8217;s exploration of landscape change in Toronto is both novel and engaging. Historical geographers often view landscape as a palimpsest &#8211; as layers of form and activity which are partially or wholly erased over time. Leigh mines Toronto&#8217;s artistic history and marries it with her own contemporary photography to literally superimpose past and present at specific sites. She reminds us that urban places are inherently dynamic; her non-judgmental eye allows us to see environmental change free of nostalgia.&#8221; -Wayne Reeves Chief Curator, Museums &amp; Heritage Services, City of Toronto.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4384\" src=\"http:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Simcoe_Pier_watermark.jpg\" alt=\"Simcoe_Pier_watermark\" width=\"2100\" height=\"1454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Simcoe_Pier_watermark.jpg 2100w, https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Simcoe_Pier_watermark-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Simcoe_Pier_watermark-1024x709.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2100px) 100vw, 2100px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Note: If you Google <em>Elizabeth Simcoe Painter<\/em> you will \u00a0get a number of images and historical links.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEXT TORONTO MEETING:\u00a0Wed, Jan 21st, 2015 Summer Leigh\u00a0is the artist behind The Past is Never Far, a photographic series that explores the extraordinary changes Toronto has experienced since its founding in the 18th century. Ms Leigh held her first camera &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/the-past-is-never-far-summer-leigh\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45,12,3],"tags":[58,30,5,4,332],"class_list":["post-4381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-people","category-processes","category-program","tag-history","tag-images","tag-photographer","tag-speaker","tag-summer-leigh"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4381"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4389,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4381\/revisions\/4389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/phsc.ca\/camera\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}