Lincoln Clarkes

Lincoln Clarkes

Lincoln Clarkes (born in Toronto, 1957) is an award-winning photographer (National Magazine Awards, silver [1]; Western Magazine Awards, gold [2]), who has published two books, Heroines (Anvil Press) [3], an epic photographic documentary of the addicted women of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, which won the Vancouver Book Award, and Views, a retrospective of his works (Universal/Northern Electric) [4].

Peace Arch Entertainment produced a one-hour documentary film about Clarkes' Heroines project called, Heroines: A Photographic Obsession, [5] which has aired on BRAVO! and Women’s Television Network and has screened at numerous festivals.

Clarkes has had solo exhibitions in Vancouver, Toronto and Seattle. His photographs have been used in the feature films Everything's Gone Green, by Douglas Copeland, directed by Paul Fox, and Adam Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter.

Official Website: www.lincolnclarkes.com

Sources

1. National Magazine Awards "Past Awards"

2. Western Magazine Awards "Awards History"

3. Anvil Press: "Publication catalogue"

4. Northern Electric: "Publication catalogue"

5. Peace Arch Entertainment "List of Films"

Los Angeles Times: "Light and Darkness in Canada," by John M. Glionna, (June 1, 2003)"

Geist Magazine: " Lincoln Clarkes, The Eastside Portraits," by Patty Osborne (October 15, 2009)"

The Observer: "Macabre portraits haunt nation" by Christopher Reed, (June 8, 2003)"