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Thursday, April 13, 2006

The Photography of David Barker Maltby

J M Barnickle Art Gallery (West Gallery): April 13 to May 11, 2006

"Tent City" (1999-2000)

TORONTO - Images of squeegee kids and the homeless as seen through the lens of Toronto photojournalist David Barker Maltby will be on view in the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery from April 13 to May 11, 2006.
Toronto-born Maltby, who died of meningitis at age 38 in 2001, often lived with the people he photographed. He also came to know their plight while working as a photographer for such organizations as the city’s Street Health and Anishnawbe Health.
"David was a social documentary photographer in the classic definition of the word," co-curator Susan Maltby said of her brother, who began his photographic career as an undergraduate at the University of Toronto. ...

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