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Larry Towell Biographie
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1972 - 1976 |
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Visual Arts, York University, Canada
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1976 |
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A stint of volunteer work in Calcutta provoked Towell to photograph and write
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1984 |
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Became a freelance photographer and writer focusing on the dispossessed, exile and peasant rebellion
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1991 |
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W. Eugene Smith Foundation Award
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1991 |
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Silver Medal, Canadian National Awards
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1991 - 1993 |
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Gold Medal, Western Canada Magazine Awards
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1993 |
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Member of Magnum Photos
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1993 |
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1st Prize in category ‘Daily Life Stories’, World Press Photo
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1994 |
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Picture of the Year, Canon Photo Essay Award
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1994 |
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World Press Photo, 1st Prize in category ‘Daily Life Stories’, 1st Prize in category ‘General News Stories’
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1994 |
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Premier Photo of the Year, World Press Photo
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1994 - 1995 |
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Gold Medal, Canadian National Awards
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1995 |
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Ernst Haas Foundation Award
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1996 |
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Towell completed a project based on ten years of reportage in El Salvador, followed the next year by a major book on the Palestinians
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1997 |
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Golden Light (Best Monograph Award)
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1998 |
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1st Prize, Alfred Eisenstadt Award
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1998 |
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‘Pictoral’ Prize, Pictures of the Year Foundation, University of Missouri
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1998 |
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Overseas Press Club, New York, Citation of Excellence
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1998 |
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Society of Publication Designers, Magazine of the Year,"The New York Times"
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1998 |
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Society of Publication Designers, Merit Award, "The New York Times Magazine"
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1999 |
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Hasselblad Foundation Award
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1999 |
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Roloff Beny Book Award
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1999 |
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Picture Of the Year (Best Use of Photography in Books)
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2000 |
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Completed an eleven-year project on the Mennonite migrant workers of Mexico
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2000 |
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Society for News Design Award, La Nacion
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2000 |
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Photo-eye Award, Citation of Excellence
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2001 |
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1st Prize, British Design and Art Direction (D&AD) Award
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2002 |
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Roloff Beny Book Award
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2003 |
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Henri Cartier-Bresson Award
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2005 |
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With the help of the inaugural Henri Cartier-Bresson Award, he finished a second highly acclaimed book on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict
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2005 |
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Prix Nadar (for No Man's Land)
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2006 |
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PDN Photo Annual: One of the year’s best projects
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2007 |
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Achievement In Filmmaking Award, New York Independent Film And Video Festival
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2007 |
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Alicia Patterson Award (USA, Finalist)
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2008 |
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Released the award-winning The World From My Front Porch, a project on his own family in rural Ontario where he sharecrops a 75 acre farm
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2008 |
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One of the year’s best pictures, Photo District News
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2009 |
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The World From My Front Porch, Top ten best photo books of 2008, Photo-Eye
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2009 |
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The World From My Front Porch, And/or Photography Book Award(Kraszna-Krausz Foundation, UK- shortlisted)
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2009 |
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The World From My Front Porch, One of “50 Best” photo books of the year. Festival Of The Photograph. Charlottesville, Virginia.
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| Expositions sélectionnées |
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2008
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The World From My Front Porch, Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, On (solo)
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2008
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The World From My Front Porch, George Eastman House, Rochester, NY (solo)
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2005
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Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, France (solo)
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2005
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Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON. (solo)
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2000
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Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON. (solo)
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1999
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Art Director’s Club, NYC
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1999
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The Alternative Museum, NYC
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1998
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“Underexposed” Underground Station Zinkensdamm, Stockholm, Sweden
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1998
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Gallerie du Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse, France
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1998
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Museum of Jewish Heritage, NYC
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1998
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The Station Gallery, Whitby, ON
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1998
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Aubenades de la Photographie, Aubenas, France (solo)
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1998
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Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (solo)
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1998
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Wisconsin Union Gallery, Madison, Wisconsin, USA (solo)
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1998
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Vox Populi, Montreal, Que (solo)
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1998
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Sala Ciaxa Galicia, Lugo Spain (solo)
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1998
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Ciculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid Spain (solo)
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1997
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Manifestations Culturelles, Nablus, Ramallah, East Jerusalem, West Bank (solo)
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1997
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The Leica Gallery, New York City (solo)
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1997
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Stephen Bulger Gallery, ON
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1997
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Art Gallery of North York, North York, ON
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1997
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Galerie d’art du centre Cultural Universite Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Quebec
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1997
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Milton J. Weil Art Gallery, NYC
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1994
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Retrospective - Nieuwekerk, the Netherlands
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1994
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Carnets de Voyage - Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography, Ottawa, Canada
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1991
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Le Mois de la Photo - Maison de la Culture Plateau, Montreal, Canada
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
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Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, IA
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The Ernst Haas Memorial Collection, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME
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Elvehjem Museum of Art, Madison, WI
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Art Gallery of Windsor, Canada
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Canadian Museum of Contemporary Art
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Toronto Photographer's Workshop, Canada
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The Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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The George Eastman House, Rochester, NY
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The National Archives Of Canada, Ottawa
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Archive Of Modern Conflict, London, UK
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Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation, Paris, France
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L’Hoist Collection, France
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA
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The Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography
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| Littérature |
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2008
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The Cardboard House, Trolley, Italy
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2008
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The World From My Front Porch, Chris Boot UK
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2006
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In the Wake of Katrina, Chris Boot, UK
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2005
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No Man's Land, Marval, France; Chris Boot, UK
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2000
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The Mennonites, Phaidon, UK/France
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1999
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Then Palestine, Marvel, France
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1997
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El Salvador, DoubleTake Books/W.W. Norton, USA
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1994
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House on Ninth Street, Cormorant Books, Canada
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1992
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The Prison Poems of Ho Chi Minh, Cormorant Books, Canada
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1990
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Somoza's Last Stand, Williams: Wallace Publishers, Canada
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1988
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Gifts of War, Coach House Press, Canada
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1983
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Burning Cadillacs, Black Moss Press, Canada
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