The event will be held on November 13, 2025 from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
About This Presentation
Blair Ketcheson was commissioned to photograph the Vimy Memorial in France after it underwent a major restoration. The experience of visiting and photographing it was more profound than I expected at the time. Since then I have exhibited the work and am currently organizing a multidisciplinary stage show around the photographs and the story of Vimy. This show is set to premiere in October and will feature a Juno-nominated band, the Victoria Philharmonic Choir, dancers from Ballet Victoria and others.
The talk he will give will revolve around the experience of photographing the Vimy Memorial as well as other aspects of war art and technologies involved.
About Blair Ketcheson
Blair Ketcheson is a Canadian fine-art photographer who specializes in black & white imagery of the landscapes and architecture of Europe.
He trained at the Banff Centre School of Fine Arts, graduating in 1974 with a Diploma in Visual Communications.
For twenty-five years he worked in Vancouver, BC as an architectural photographer, working for many of Canada’s foremost publications, advertising agencies and designers, including Canada's pre-eminent architect Arthur Erickson and the internationally respected urban design and landscape architecture firm PFS Studio.
He lived and worked for a number of years in France where his photographs have been widely exhibited and collected.
Commissioned by Canadian National Vimy Memorial restoration team to document the site in 2007, his ongoing photographic work there and the exhibitions of his Vimy Memorial photographs have been recognized as a profound and important tribute to its legacy.
Website: www.blairketcheson.com
