Lorraine Monk
| Lorraine Monk | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Lorraine Althea Constance Spurrell |
| Born | 19?? |
| Nationality | Canadian |
Lorraine Monk, OC, O.Ont, née Lorraine Althea Constance Spurrell (b. Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a Canadian photographer.
Her daughter Karyn Monk is a novelist.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Montreal, Quebec, the daughter of Edwin and Eileen Marion Spurrell, she received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1944 and a Master of Arts degree in 1946 from McGill University.[1]
From 1960 to 1980, she was the Executive Producer of the Still Photography Division at the National Film Board of Canada. In 1985, she help establish the Canada Museum of Photography and was its executive director.
Her daughter Karyn Monk is a novelist. She resides in Toronto, Ontario.
[edit] Honours
In 1973, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for the standard of excellence she has set in the publication and exhibition of photography and for the support she has given to young photographers". She was promoted to Officer in 1983.[2] In 2007, she was awarded the Order of Ontario for having "brought acclaim to Ontario through her contributions as a photographer".[3] She was also awarded the Canadian Centennial Medal and the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal. In 1982, she received an honorary degree from York University.[4]
[edit] Selected bibliography
- Canada: A Year of the Land 1967
- Ces Visages qui sont en pays 1967
- Stones of History 1967
- Call Them Canadians 1968
- A Time to Dream—Reveries en Couleurs 1971
- Canada 1973
- Between Friends/Entre Amis 1976
- Female Eye 1976
- Canada With Love = Canada avec amour 1982 (with Hans Blohm and Gail Vanstone. ISBN 0771060823)
- Celebrate Our City: Toronto, 150th Anniversary 1983 (with Barbara Amiel)
- Photographs That Changed the World 1989
- Canada With Love = Canada avec amour 1992 (with Hans Blohm and al. ISBN 1895565278)
- Moritz Liebling 2003
[edit] References
- ^ Elizabeth Lumley, ed. (2004). Canadian Who's Who. University of Toronto Press.
- ^ "Lorraine Monk". Order of Canada. http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1191.
- ^ "Order of Ontario Recipients Announced". Ontario Ministry Of Citizenship And Immigration. http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2007/n20071219.shtml.
- ^ "Honorary Degree Recipients". York University. http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/senate/committees/hondeg/recipients.htm#M.
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