This site is
what happens when a "Recovering Academic"©
(UofT PhD *ABD in per-pe-tuity...) with a life-long passion for
cycling [thank you NCC] gets a digital camera and the wind in her hair!
None of these photographs are staged (just copyrighted). The photo of an
insignificant bit of graffiti at Carleton University that reads: “School
is for alcaholics” (sic) is an amused favourite – as is the image
of a “Vote for Me” poster affixed to a sign in the Central Experimental
Farm.
Separate galleries
reflect the different themes and trajectories that are emerging from this
ever-evolving work. While the bias is in favour of nature and macro photography,
a quick tour and you will readily discern that “The Nature of Ottawa”
is an intentional double entendre. Landscape and urban photography is also
well represented.
There are over
400 photographs on this site - with new batches (and galleries) being added
weekly. The slide-show format currently in use will soon be supplemented
with static galleries to better accommodate the needs of selective viewing.
Like what I’m doing? Contact: barbara[at]theNatureofOttawa.com ["at"=@].
Time permitting,
be sure and stop by and pay your respects to my sweet mother, Jane
Jordan, who passed away August 28th, 2007 at the age of 81. She did
more for this city and the cultural arts scene from 1971-2007 than most
busy folks know or have time to remember (with some noteworthy exceptions)!
If you would like to order a copy of her last book of poetry, "A Signature
of Leaves" (2004), please visit the publisher's website at Penumbra
Press.
Permit me likewise
to invite you to pay your respects to my dearest father - "My
Hero" - G. Russell White, who passed away November 7th, 2008, at the
age of 83. Russell White served as a "Leading Aircraftman" in the Royal
Canadian Airforce from 1943-1946, earning the Canadian Volunteer Service
Medal. His career as a Chartered Accountant (UofT B.A. 1949; C.A. 1958)
was distinguished by significant contributions to Massey Ferguson, Rio
Algom and (from 1971-1990) Canada Revenue Agency. All of the photographs
on this site are a testament to the eternal gratitude I will always feel
for having been raised in this beautiful city of Ottawa [thanks Dad].
Merry Christmas...
Shalom...
Namaste...
