Cylla von Tiedemann
Body in Motion
Advanced Photography of Movement
Outdoor Dance Photography
http://www.cylla.ca/Cylla's photography has been recognized by the National Arts Center through a publication of the book "The Dance Photographs of Cylla von Tiedemann". In recognition of her contribution to dance, she received the 1989 Jacqueline Lemieux Prize given by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Cylla has been a guest lecturer and presented creative workshops at Ryerson University, Sheridan College, La Concordia in Montreal and the Canadian Center for Photography. Beyond conventional photography, Cylla has collaborated on numerous multi-media projects for the stage to further expand her visual creativity both in Canada and internationally. She also works in video and has created 2 films for BravoFact already.
Her keen interest in digital media and the arts will be shown in a new body of work of constructed imagery at the Elaine Fleck Gallery in October 2008.
Ronit Novak
Advanced Photobook Design
http://ronitnovak.com/Ronit Novak is a Photographer, freelance Photo Editor and Designer. She graduated from York University with a degree in Photography and the Creative Process. She was a Photo Editor at Dose and Shameless magazines, and a Designer and freelance Photo Editor at Maclean’s. Ronit teaches History of Photography at the International Academy of Design and Technology and at Haliburton School of Arts. Ronit is also the moderator of CLICK! at Gallery 44, The Centre for Contemporary Photography.
Liz Ikiriko
Breaking in the Magazine Industry
Liz Ikiriko is the Photo Editor at Toronto Life Magazine. As Photo Editor and photographer she’s won silvers in the Advertising &Design club of Canada and National Magazine Awards. In 2007 she co-photo edited FLAVA: The story of wedge; a 10 year retrospective book and exhibit of the Wedge Gallery in Toronto. As a photographer she has shot editorially for Mass Appeal, Res, Up! Magazine, Toronto Life and CBC Radio 3. She has worked in photography since receiving her BFA from the Alberta College of Art and design in 2003.
Markian Lozowchuck
Introduction to Professional Assisting
Location Lighting Workout
Markian Lozowchuk, a Canadian Prairie-born photographer, spends time between Toronto and NYC. Prior to venturing out on his own, he spent the last four years travelling the world assisting renowned portrait photographer Martin Schoeller. During this time it was his unique priviledge to meet a cross- section of humanity: hunter-gatherer tribes from East Africa and the Amazon, world political leaders, and cultural icons.
Inspired by such a diverse range of characters, Markian primarily focuses on people and portraiture, although he is also fascinated with the spaces humans create and discard.
Markian is currently working on a portrait series of villagers from the Transcarpathian region bordering Romania and Western Ukraine.
Nameless cove and Other Places. A Journey through Western Newfoundland
An exhibition of photographs by Mark Schacter
Pikto Gallery, March 31st - April 28th 2009
Opening Reception, Friday April 3rd 6PM-9PM.
The 13 photographs in Nameless Cove, and Other Places were shot during eight days in early June 2008 when I travelled the west coast of Newfoundland from Cape St. George to L’Anse aux Meadows, with a side-trip to the Twillingate area. This part of the province, with its stark landscapes, isolation, and small and scattered settlements, was an ideal place for me to realize my photographic vision.
The special character of the west side of the Island - ethereal, eerie, dream-like – shows up in a variety of ways: the picket-fenced cemetery by the sea in AnchorPoint, the abandoned buildings on the flat and featureless expanse of Flower’s Island, the cliffs towering over the landlocked fjord known as Western Brook Pond, the icebergs, the delicate blue of the Gulf ofSt. Lawrence backed by the distant headlands of Labrador, the odd place-names (Nameless Cove; Parson’s Pond) and, everywhere, vestiges of a once dominant fishing culture. Western Newfoundland is, in a word, “other-worldly”. Above all, this is what I hope the images in Nameless Cove, and Other Places will convey to those who see them.
Mark Bianco
Web Design for the Photographer
Mark Bianco is an interactive designer specializing in web and motion graphics. For the past 9 years his company, Unihead Design, has provided unique online experiences for clients ranging from small independent bands and artists to multi-national corporations. Mark has also freelanced for several advertising agencies in Toronto and spent time as an Interactive Designer at the Banff New Media Institute at the Banff Centre in Alberta.
Josh Cornell
Ultimate Fashion
Advanced Fashion
Josh Cornell has been working in the fashion industry for the past 12 years
His work has appeared in prominent magazines such as Clin D’Oeill, Flare, Fashion, Highrise and Ion.
His impressive client list includes major companies such as Levi’s, Atlantic Records, Cover Girl, The Bay, Cheer, Oil of Olay and Fairweather. Josh’s work has been featured on posters, Cd covers, and more recently on television in the “Naked In the House” photo exhibit. Josh’s creativity and good nature makes him one of the most sought after fashion photographers in the city.
John Edgar
Wedding and Event Photography
John Edgar is a young talented Photographer who got his start working in the information technology industry. Loathing the life of paper pushing and bureaucracy, he quit his day job to peruse his love of Photography. With a keen business sense he joined forces with StillMotion.ca as Director of Business Development and an Executive Photographer. Bringing the company to over half a million in sales annually. He has had his work published across the world, the accomplishments of John are known globally, he has worked relentlessly to push the envelope and raise the bar. John is now working for himself (John Edgar Photography) creating images for high end weddings. He has a formal education in Photography from the Georgian School of Design and Visual Art.
Cylla von Tiedemann on teaching at Pikto
Scenes from SNAPSHOT - written and produced by Bob Barret.
Workshops taught by Cylla von Tiedemann at Pikto:
Advanced Photography of Movement - March 8, 2009
Advanced Photography of Movement - August 22, 2009
Body in Motion - July 18th, 2009
Outdoor Dance Photography - April 11th, 2009
Jean Héguy
A Journey into Night Photography
Introduction to Professional Lighting
Introduction to Studio Portrait
Advanced Studio Lighting
A Weekend Photographing In Montreal
Jean has been a professional photographer for the last 17 years. Jean has traveled all over North America for shooting assignments for annual reports and brochures. He has a strong background in location shooting and lighting. He posses much industrial experience shooting facilities and employees. He is also active in the editorial portrait field.
Clients include Canadian National Railway, Domtar, Air Canada, Rogers Publishing, Marketing Magazine.
Represented by Cobris, Getty, Jupiter and First Light.
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