When I first saw some of the portraits of crack and heroin addicts by Ottawa photographer Tony Fouhse, I was deeply moved. His portraits capture vulnerability and desperation, in shocking but also visual appealing documentary pictures. Now, on Monday, 14 January, 2013, the Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) opens his outstanding solo exhibition: "Live Through This: Photographs by Tony Fouhse".
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| Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG), Ottawa |
Tony Fouhse encounters a wide range of people through the course of his photographic works, including drug addicts in Ottawa's Lowertown, the subject of his renowned "User" series. So, in 2010 he met Stephanie MacDonald, a heroin addict. She asked him for help to get clean. And he did something that most photographers would never do: He stepped outside the boundaries of documentation to get involved. And he actually helped her.
For his upcoming exhibit, Fouhse
selected 41 photographs from the thousands he took of Stephanie. They
will be impressive for sure. Stephanie's drug addiction, and the
steps she took to alter her life's course are captured with his lens
in a documentary but also caring way.
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| Tony Fouhse: Yvon, Ottawa, 2007, digital photograph on paper (in the exhibition: "Place and Circumstance", City Hall Art Gallery, 2011). This photo belongs to a series about crack addicts in Ottawa; and impressed me a lot when I saw it in the 2011 exhibit. |
The opening takes place on January 14th at CUAG from 5:00 - 7:30 p.m. Tony Fouhse will be present.
Facts:
Carleton University Art Gallery CUAG
Live Through This: Photographs by Tony Fouhse
14 January - 17 March 2013
http://cuag.carleton.ca/index.php/exhibitions/upcoming/
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