Lorraine Monk

Lorraine Monk

Lorraine Althea Constance Monk is a Canadian photographer.

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.cite book|title=Canadian Who's Who|year=2004|publisher=University of Toronto Press|editor=Elizabeth Lumley]

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.

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. cite web|title=Lorraine Monk|work=Order of Canada|url=http://www.gg.ca/honours/search-recherche/honours-desc.asp?lang=e&TypeID=orc&id=1191] In 2007, she was awarded the Order of Ontario for having "brought acclaim to Ontario through her contributions as a photographer". [cite web|title=Order of Ontario Recipients Announced|url=http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/news/2007/n20071219.shtml|work=Ontario Ministry Of Citizenship And Immigration] 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. [cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/secretariat/senate/committees/hondeg/recipients.htm#M|title=Honorary Degree Recipients|work=York University]

elected 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
* "Celebrate Our City: Toronto, 150th Anniversary" 1983 (with Barbara Amiel)
* "Photographs That Changed the World" 1989
* "Canada With Love" 1993
* "Moritz Liebling" 2003

References

External links

* [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0005382 Lorraine Monk] at The Canadian Encyclopedia
* [http://lorrainemonk.com/ Official web site]


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