Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. McKellar, Don, 1963-

Description

1. 255 pages : illustrations (color); 29 cm

Summary

1. "Rita Leistner planted over half a million trees from 1984-93. She spent the next twenty years working as a documentary photographer and photojournalist, primarily in war zones, claiming the backbreaking work of tree planting and the logistical skills she acquired as a crew boss prepared her for thriving in challenging environments. Returning to the cut-block (the vast swathes of land cleared by logging) in 2016, Leistner 'embedded' with a community of 100 tree planters, spending four years living in their bush camps in remote parts of western Canada. She creates heroic and uncanny portraits of work and of the land in homage to the people, profession and environment that were so formative to her... In addition to the book, the five-year project resulted in large scale works that are in major collections in Canada, and a feature documentary film Forest for the Trees." --publisher's website.

Uniform title

1. Works. Selections

Alternative title

1. Works.

Subject

1. Leistner, Rita, 1964- - [Browse in index]
2. Trees in art. - [Browse in index]
3. Tree planting -- Canada -- Pictorial works. - [Browse in index]

Genre/Form

1. Photobooks.
2. Pictorial works.

Call number

1. JQF 21-328

Language

1. English

Language (note)

1. Text in English and French.

Local note

1. Photography Collection copy is the gift of the photographer.

Author

1. Leistner, Rita, 1964- photographer.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Added author

1. McKellar, Don, 1963- interviewer.

ISBN

1. 9781911306757 hardback
2. 1911306758 hardback